by admin | Sep 12, 2019 | Self Employed
What can you do to safeguard your Company’s reputation? In this era of social media it can only take a few uncomplimentary tweets or a casual unfortunate remark on Facebook to go viral to trash your organisation’s good name and reputation. Companies are particularly...
by admin | Jan 10, 2019 | Employed, Newman HR, Self Employed
Happy New Year Hope you had a restful and enjoyable holiday season This update summarises the key developments to look out for in 2019. Increase in National Minimum Wage rates Both the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rates will increase on 1 April 2019,...
by admin | Nov 30, 2017 | Employed, Newman HR, Self Employed
The latest HR news is that businesses with self-employed workforces are highly likely to have to compensate many of their workers for previously unpaid holiday, after the European Court of Justice (ECJ) today ruled in favour of a worker in the long-running and eagerly...
by admin | Jul 12, 2017 | Employed, Newman HR, Self Employed
The government has published the review by Matthew Taylor into UK work practices. I would emphasise at this stage it is a report and while the recommendations have attracted several comments both positive and negative employers should remember that until legislation...
by admin | Apr 19, 2017 | Employed, Newman HR, Self Employed
Equal opportunities and more – there’s probably never been a month like it for employers. Although April has always denoted the implementation date for new legislative changes in the UK, 2017 sees a record-breaking array of far-reaching initiatives. And while...
by admin | Nov 1, 2016 | Newman HR, Self Employed
In relation to staff used for freelance jobs, a specialist HMRC team will target employers suspected of avoiding national insurance. HMRC has announced it is to form a specialist team to examine working practices at organisations that use staff for freelance jobs to...
