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Softworld Human Resource & Payroll 3 dates, 3 locations
Glasgow Marriott, 24 February 2009
Reebok Stadium, Greater Manchester, 10 February 2009
Hotel Ibis Earls Court, 3 February 2009
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SMP, SAP, SPP and SSP are all well-known statutory payments but there are many other circumstances where employees take time off and their employers have a statutory obligation to pay them. Well known examples are holiday pay, redundancy pay and time off for ante-natal care. But there are many, many more and they do not all share the same payment rules. This week’s news item about the Acas consultation on time off for trade union duties and activities refers to eight different kinds of workplace representatives, all entitled to full pay when they take time off to perform their duties. How many of these situations have you come across? And there are many, many more. How many other “time-off” payments can you think of?
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In June 2008, the Government published a consultation document entitled Dispute Resolution – Secondary legislation consultation that sought views on a number of measures relating to the reforms to the dispute resolution procedures in the Employment Act 2008.
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In July 2007, Regulations were introduced to exempt the provision of health screening and medical check-ups from income tax. The regulations came into effect from 14 August 2007. Prior to that date , the concessionary treatment of these benefits was as follows:
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Employers and agents are being invited by HMRC to volunteer to participate in a study of how they “payroll” in practice in order to explore further the idea of collecting tax on benefits-in-kind and expenses through the payroll.
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Acas has published a consultation document on a revised Code of Practice on time off for trade union activities and duties. The document also includes a draft Guide on Developing effective employee representation: a guide to managing provisions for time off, training and facilities.
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The Double Taxation Convention with Moldova, signed on 8 November 2007, entered into force on 30 October and is effective for income tax purposes from 1 January 2009 in Moldova and from 6 April 2009 in the UK.
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As generally expected, the European Parliament voted on 16 December to adopt an amendment to the European Working Time Directive that would phase out the opt-out from the 48-hour average working week within three years. The votes were 421 votes in favour, 273 against and 11 abstentions.
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Interest is charged by HMRC when income tax and NICs are paid late, and credited when they are overpaid. New interest rates have been announced and take effect from 6 January 2009.
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The Labour Court has given notice that it has received an application for the variation of the Registered Employment Agreement (REA) for the Electrical Contracting Industry and also an application to cancel it. This REA sets working hours, hourly rates for pay and other terms and conditions for electricians and apprentices, as agreed between, on the one hand, the Electrical Contractors Association and the Association of Electrical Contractors (Ireland) and, on the other hand, the Technical Engineering and Electrical Union (TEEU). The rates were last increased from 11 May 2007.
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