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ELFS Launches UK-Wide NHS Shared Services Strategy in Partnership with COA Solutions

PayPerShop.com — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:13:04 +0000

16 March 2010 – East Lancashire Financial Services (ELFS) (www.elfsnhs.co.uk), a UK provider of business shared services to NHS client organisations, announces that it is expanding its reach across the UK in partnership with business software provider, COA Solutions (www.coasolutions.com). ELFS provides NHS organisations with fully-flexible accounting, financial management, procurement, ESR payroll, online expenses and [...]

FRONTIER SOFTWARE WINS WEB ARUBA HR CONTRACT

PayPerShop.com — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:23:13 +0000

Frontier Software plc has won a contract to supply WEB Aruba with chris21, a comprehensive human resource integrated solution, together with additional modules: L&D21 Learning and Development and HR21 Employee Self Service Module. WEB Aruba, Water-en Energie Bedrijf Aruba NV, is a water and energy supplier in Aruba, Netherlands Antilles, West Indies with 300 employees and [...]

Introduction to Newsletter 10.03.10

Ian Congreave — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:30:27 +0000

A wide variety of topics are covered in this week’s newsletter. A key article is a summary of the Government’s plans to restrict the tax relief on employer-supported childcare – including childcare vouchers – for employees paying tax at 40% or 50%. The changes will not occur until 2011/12 and there are yet a number of unanswered [...]

Statutory Sick Pay - DWP guidance on “fit notes” for employers and doctors

Ian Congreave — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:25:55 +0000

Our recent review was unable to confirm the date when the new “fit notes” will come into use in Northern Ireland. The necessary Regulations were made on 1 March 2010 and come into force, as in the rest of the UK, from 6 April 2010. Further information: The Social Security (Medical Evidence) and Statutory [...]

Employment Law Payments and Awards - New statutory limits from 2010

Ian Congreave — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:21:16 +0000

In a newsletter at the end of December 2009 we announced the annual changes to various payments and awards that are reviewed annually on 1 February. At the time it was expected that the same rates would apply in Northern Ireland from 15 February 2010. However, the Northern Ireland Department for Employment and [...]

Employment of Children - Paper boy was not an employee for employment rights purposes

Ian Congreave — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:18:32 +0000

In a decision given on 23 February 2010 in the case Bebbington v Palmer (t/a Sturrey News), the London Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) dismissed the appeal and confirmed that the paper boy in question was not an employee for the purpose of employment rights and his claim for unfair dismissal could not [...]

Employer CD-ROM - 2010 Guidance on installation problems

Ian Congreave — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:16:00 +0000

The 2010 CD-ROM was issued during February and installation errors are already being reported. HMRC has issued the following instructions: “If you have encountered a problem where you were asked to run the Diagnostic Tool installed with the Employer CD-ROM: There is an issue with the Employer CD-ROM 2010 which may cause [...]

National Insurance Contributions - New report forms for Modified NICs Procedures

Ian Congreave — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:12:39 +0000

HMRC’s online Employment Procedures Manual includes two Appendices (7A and 7B) that provide special modified procedures for PAYE tax and NICs. Appendix 7A allows employers to make a formal agreement with HMRC in respect of tax-equalised employees coming from abroad that allows estimated NICs to be paid and reported and [...]

Official Rate of Interest for Beneficial Loans - Reduction in the rate from 6 April 2010

Ian Congreave — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:09:07 +0000

The official rate of interest is reduced from 4.75% to 4.00% from 6 April 2010. There is no change to the official rates that apply in relation to Japan and Switzerland. The official interest rate for a particular tax year is published annually in form P11D(INT) and is included on the [...]

Company Cars - Improved guidance on advisory mileage rates

Ian Congreave — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:06:39 +0000

In December 2009, HMRC changed the period of notice given to employers of the semi-annual adjustments to the advisory mileage rates for company cars. Previously any changes had been introduced from January and July each year and a month’s notice was given in advance in each case, allowing employers to introduce [...]