January 17, 2017
We carry out a full workplace pension services, from worker assessments through to pension set up and ongoing management of your scheme. It doesn’t matter which pension scheme you choose you’ll need to involve payroll at some stage. But we … Continue reading
January 11, 2017
Gender Pay Gap Reporting for employers with 250 or more employees becomes compulsory in April 2018 The gender pay gap is an equality measure that shows the difference in average earnings between women and men. It doesn’t show differences in … Continue reading
December 21, 2016
When you set up a workplace pension you’ll need to consider the costs and decide how to calculate pension contributions There are three ways to calculate pension contributions. Which way you choose will depend on whether your staff get regular … Continue reading
December 19, 2016
One of the many challenges that employers face is trying to work out who to enrol into their workplace pension scheme. Don’t assume that only employees on the payroll will need to be assessed for auto enrolment. Freelancers and contractors … Continue reading
December 7, 2016
Thinking of rewarding your employees’ hard work with a gift or a Christmas bonus? Then read on… Just because it’s Christmas doesn’t mean the tax rules disappear. The rules around rewarding staff at Christmas are confusing and can turn a … Continue reading
October 24, 2016
By 2018 all employers have to set up a workplace pension scheme and automatically enrol eligible employees. If an employee already has a personal pension it may seem like a good idea to simply contribute to the existing scheme. But … Continue reading
October 11, 2016
Auto enrolment is becoming a reality for small business owners, but there’s still a lot of confusion around which companies need to have a pension in place. This is especially true among employers where the staff is made up of … Continue reading
October 6, 2016
Employees taking parental leave – that’s maternity leave, paternity leave, adoption leave or shared parental leave, continue to build up pension benefits while on leave. Any sort of parental leave will form part of qualifying earnings for workplace pension contributions. … Continue reading
August 3, 2016
You don’t need to enrol every employee into your workplace pension scheme. Only eligible employees have to be enrolled. But as part of your duties you’ll have to write to the staff who aren’t eligible for automatic enrolment and tell … Continue reading
August 3, 2016
Employees who’ve been automatically enrolled or have opted into your workplace pension scheme have the right to opt out. The decision to opt out must be freely taken by employees – ie you cannot ask them to opt out. When … Continue reading
