Thinking about HR software? These are the questions you need to ask

Software as a service is big business, and there are plenty of HR software solutions on the market that can help you to streamline your processes, and save time and money.  Plenty of vendors will be happy to come into your workplace and talk you through exactly how everything works, and how it could benefit your organisation. The presentations are …

Don’t ignore it – Pensions Auto Enrolment

Is this one on your radar yet? If you employ just ONE person, it should be. Following a recent auto-enrolment update from the DWP (Department of Work and Pensions), they have predicted that by 2020, £17bn a year will have been put into workplace pension schemes as a direct result of auto enrolment. They also predict that just over 10 …

EqualPayDay – Women Working For Free Until 2017

History was made last month when Hillary Clinton ran as the first-ever US female presidential nominee, which if she had been successful, would have seen her become the first-ever female president. But despite her seeming popularity, she was beaten to the post by Donald Trump. Clinton commented, ‘We have still have not shattered that highest and hardest glass ceiling. But …

Budget 2016 Round Up – What do employers need to know?

The Chancellor’s Budget today revealed a few surprises. However the key aspects for employers were the introduction of compulsory national insurance contributions (NICs) on termination payments over £30,000, and an increase in the threshold for personal tax contributions. The Chancellor claimed this was “a budget for working people” and announced that from April 2017, the tax threshold will rise to …

Zero hours contracts – exclusivity clauses banned

Zero hours contracts have been a hot topic for some time and you may recall the Government conducted a consultation exercise about them back in 2014.  The main conclusion reached from that consultation was that exclusivity clauses in zero hour’s contracts needed to be addressed. The usual aim of a zero hours contract (also known as a casual or bank …