Financial services firm Quantum Advisory has launched a tailored employee benefits service for small to medium enterprise (SME) employers. Through the service, SMEs will be able to access advice...
Read moreDetailsMore than half (57 percent) of companies offer the same health and wellbeing benefits to overseas employees as those in the UK, meaning they may risk falling foul of...
Read moreDetailsPrime Minister Rishi Sunak’s package of measures to boost the number of UK apprenticeships is not enough to fix the failing apprenticeships levy, the CIPD has said. From April...
Read moreDetailsFinancial advisers have urged the government to reduce the tax burden on people saving for retirement in anticipation of the next general election. The call to action was revealed...
Read moreDetailsPlanned changes to child benefits mean that pension salary sacrifice schemes will be more attractive for higher earning households. For a family with three children, child benefit is worth...
Read moreDetailsEmployers have expressed relief that government proposals to scrap the current non-dom tax regime will not mean the end of all tax concessions for international employees. This was the...
Read moreDetailsYou can download a pdf of the full report here: Benefits Expert Corporate Healthcare and Cash Plan Round Table Healthcare benefits are becoming a key attraction, recruitment and...
Read moreDetailsThe government will abolish the current non-dom tax system and replace it with a “simpler and fairer residency-based system”, announced chancellor Jeremy Hunt in today’s Spring Budget. “From April...
Read moreDetailsThe Government has been consulting on greater regulation of umbrella companies to address its concerns over tax avoidance and exploitation of workers’ rights in the flexible labour market. Some...
Read moreDetailsIn the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee report on HMRC’s administration of the various employment support schemes was critical of the department's perceived failure to...
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Return-to-office mandates are a topic that’s generating plenty of heat in the media, but how closely do the headlines match workplace reality?
In this episode, one of a three-part series of 10-minute podcasts, hosts Claire Churchard and Steve Herbert discuss data that shows remote or home working is on the rise.
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