Monthly Archive for: ‘December, 2011’
A celebration of the 1,000 brightest companies which have weathered the economic storm
This caught our attention and so we wanted to post the link for those who had not seen it. Bad times and good for those companies that can innovate and adapt. That sounds familiar! Read more here.
Read More →Qualifying Period for Unfair Dismissal is reduced for Employers
The Government has recently extended the period for the right for employees to claim unfair dismissal, from 12 months to 2 years. This is expected to save employers up to £6m and to help increase the confidence in business owners to employ more workers. In addition, a fee will be introduced which the ‘employee’ will have to pay and which [...]
Read More →2012 Pension Reform for Employers
Pension reform is on its way. The government is set to introduce compulsory workplace pensions from 2012 and all employers, will be affected eventually. Initially, smaller businesses with fewer staff need not to worry, because the reform be carried out in stages. Only employers with over 30,000 staff will be forced by law to offer their workers a company pension [...]
Read More →Employers not confident enough to hire staff due to economic turmoil
According to the CIPD, due to the economic turmoil, companies are holding back on recruiting as they are not confident to hire staff at the moment – banks aren’t willing to lend, cashflow problems and lack of business demand. For more information, click here.
Read More →Employers plan to ‘scale back all employment-related operations’
The UK jobs market is heading for a “slow and painful contraction”, according to the latest Labour Market Outlook research from the CIPD. Organisations are planning to scale back all employment-related operations, including hiring, redundancies, offshoring and overseas recruitment. The survey was taken of more than 1,000 employers revealed. The CIPD anticipated that the UK’s employment situation would deteriorate further [...]
Read More →Do you know what the deadlines are for submitting your Tax Returns?
31 January: online returns Your online tax return must reach HMRC by midnight on 31 January. You only have longer than this if you received the letter, telling you to send a tax return, after 31 October. In this case you’ll have three months from the date you received that letter. There’s also an earlier deadline of 30 December if [...]
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