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Small Business Auto Enrolment delay

Government announced changes for small business to the automatic enrolment timetable

The Government today (28th November 2011) announced  that automatic enrolment will begin, as planned, in the autumn of 2012 and all employers will remain in scope. However, small businesses, (i.e. those with less than 50 employees), will be given additional time to prepare for the implementation of automatic enrolment. The timetable will be adjusted so that no small employers are affected by the reforms during this current term of Parliament.

 

The rate of pensions contributions will remain unchanged until all businesses have started automatic enrolment. The Government considers that his measure will benefit all employers.

 

Under the revised timeline, small business would begin automatically enrolling their staff in May 2015, instead of the current timing of April 2014.

Summary of Employee related tax changes 2011/12

Summary of Employee related tax changes announced in the Finance Bill 2011 Read the rest of this entry »

Equality Act update

There have been a few controversial developments since the introduction of the Equality Act 2010 on 1 October 2010. Read the rest of this entry »
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