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With over 20 years’ experience in rolling out international HR systems to many of the world’s leading organizations, Cezanne Software today announced that they will be presenting an online webinar on “How to achieve a successful roll-out of global HR software solutions on Thursday, 26th November 2009 at 2:30pm GMT.
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Posted November 6th, 2009 | No Comments »
We have a little less reading this week, covering a variety of subjects. If you have strong views about retiring at age 65 and would like to see the default age scrapped, you have an invitation from the Government to make your views known. The recent High Court decision gives reason to think that change is necessary in order to comply with European legislation.
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Posted November 4th, 2009 | No Comments »
November 5 – This is the final day of tax month 7. Tax and NICs etc. for payments made in the tax month to November 5 are due for payment to the Accounts Office by November 19, or by November 22 if paid electronically.
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Posted November 4th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In September 2008, the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) published a consultation document entitled Standing for Office: Time-Off Entitlements. It is available at www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/976040.pdf.
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Posted November 4th, 2009 | No Comments »
Under the provisions of the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006, employers are obliged to consider seriously requests from employees to work beyond the default retirement age of 65. An earlier retirement age may be used but only if the employer can justify it objectively. The Age Equality Regulations are the UK’s implementation of the European Equal Treatment Directive.
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Posted November 4th, 2009 | No Comments »
Figures issued by the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission (CMEC) show that, by the end of September 2009, over 797,000 children were benefiting from child maintenance. It is now a year since CMEC took over responsibility for the Child Support Agency. The latest figures also show that
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Posted November 4th, 2009 | No Comments »
Section 394 of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 imposes a tax charge on the provision of relevant benefits from an employer-financed retirement benefits scheme (EFRBS). For example, if a retired employee continues to be provided with private medical insurance, it is fully taxable under these rules.
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Posted November 4th, 2009 | No Comments »
Sections 270A and 318A of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (ITEPA) provide limited tax exemptions for the provision of childcare vouchers and employer-supported childcare. One of the conditions that must be met in order for these exemptions to apply is that the childcare must be “qualifying child care”. The definitions of “qualifying child care” are complex and are different for each country of the UK. Equivalent definitions are also used to determine entitlement to tax credits.
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Posted November 4th, 2009 | No Comments »
November 14 – This is the deadline for P30 monthly PAYE/PRSI payments to the Collector General for October by employers who pay monthly, unless they pay (and file form P30) through Revenue On-Line Service (ROS).
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Posted November 4th, 2009 | No Comments »
The provisions of the concession (E6) relating to awards made for passing professional examinations were updated on 20 October 2009, as follows:
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Posted November 4th, 2009 | No Comments »
