If an employee is under notice of redundancy, they may want to leave your employment early, before their notice period expires, perhaps to start a new job. If they do, are they still entitled to
receive a statutory redundancy payment (SRP)?
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The government has announced new legislation to reduce the time it takes for certain criminal convictions to become “spent”. What does this mean in practice?
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New regulations will make various procedural changes to the current employment tribunal and early conciliation (EC) rules. Why are the rules being changed now?
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There’s still no general statutory right to bereavement leave for employees. If an employee suffers the loss of a family member, partner or close friend, whether due to coronavirus or another cause,
in what practical ways can you support them?
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In its December 2019 Employer Bulletin HMRC seems to have changed its interpretation of what counts as a trivial benefit. What’s the position now?
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New retrospective penalty legislation.. On 31 October 2019, HMRC published a technical note indicating that it would be changing the law retrospectively, effective that day. This was in response to a
number of tribunal cases that it had lost over the last year because the judge said that the legislation in the Taxes Management Act 1970 doesn’t allow...
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It’s one of those urban myths that anyone you dismiss under the terms of a settlement agreement or make redundant can receive £30,000 tax free on departure. But what does the law really allow?
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HMRC clarifies CEST usage.. Last month we advised you that HMRC had upgraded its check employment status for tax (CEST) tool. Following the launch, HMRC received feedback that it was not clear how to
distinguish between a public sector engagement and how the rules would apply in the private sector from April 2020. Whilst for engagers it’s still difficult...
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Fuel rates updated..New advisory fuel rates (AFRs) for company car drivers came into force on 1 December 2019. HMRC reviews the AFRs on a quarterly basis based on fuel price data. The rates enable
company car drivers to claim business mileage covering fuel only, and to reimburse private mileage if this has been provided by the employer via a fuel card...
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