Sick Pay is a statutory payment due to employees who meet certain criteria:

From 1st October 2016 new minimum wage rates will apply to workers up to the age of 24. The National Living Wage rate of £7.20 per hour which was applicable from 1st April 2016 doesn't change. The National Living Wage must be paid to worke…

Earlier this month the Government's Department for Business named another 197 employers who have not paid their workers the National Minimum Wage making a total of 687 since the scheme to publicly name and shame employers was introduced in Octobe…

When an employee hands in their notice the first thing you will think about is how you are going to manage without them and how you are going to find a replacement soon enough for your leaving employee to train them. Most small businesses will not h…

A couple of years ago the Government announced a Tax-Free Childcare scheme and have recently announced this will launch sometime in 2017. Under this scheme eligible families will be given 20% of their annual childcare costs by the Government…