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Employers urged to act now on auto-enrolment
07 October 2014

Hundreds of thousands of small businesses have been urged to check when they need to meet their new workplace pensions duties.
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Accounting rules shake-up planned for 11,000 businesses
07 October 2014

An estimated 11,000 UK medium-sized businesses could benefit to the tune of £8 million a year as a result of planned changes to accounting rules.
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Bereavement at work guidance launched
03 October 2014

New guidance has been published to help employers support employees following bereavement.
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Latest fuel advisory rates published
03 October 2014

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has updated its advisory fuel rates, applying to all journeys on or after 1 September 2014.
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Help us to close zero hour contract loopholes, says Cable
05 September 2014

Business Secretary Vince Cable has urged businesses, unions and individuals to help identify and close potential loopholes in plans to ban the use of exclusivity clauses in zero hours contracts.
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New NMW rates coming soon
05 September 2014

Employers are reminded that new national minimum wage (NMW) rates will take effect from 1 October 2014, benefiting more than one million lower paid workers.
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Employers cash in with £2,000 NICs saving
04 September 2014

New government data has shown that almost a million employers are benefiting from a £2,000 cut in their annual national insurance contributions (NICs) bill.
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Auto-enrolment hits 4m landmark
04 September 2014

New figures from the Pensions Regulator show that more than four million workers have now been automatically enrolled into a workplace pension.
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