Significant minimum pay rise may impact employer reward strategies

Employers may need to review their reward strategies! With the proposal of the Low Pay Commission (LPC) for a significant rise in the National Living Wage (NLW) and National Minimum Wage (NMW), low paid employees are set to see rises exceeding 9%! And the future prospect of seeing the NLW starting point drop to 21 … Continue reading Significant minimum pay rise may impact employer reward strategies

Student Loan Thresholds Confirmed for April 2023

As part of the April 2023 changes to payroll, the HMRC Software Developers Support Team (SDST) has additionally confirmed the remaining student and postgraduate loans repayment thresholds. Plant Type 1 (with change) & Plan Type 2 (frozen – no change) had previously been confirmed. Additionally the threshold the threshold for Plan Type 4 for Scotland … Continue reading Student Loan Thresholds Confirmed for April 2023

Statutory Sick Pay increases from April 2023 to £109.40

Following the government Autumn Statement on 17th November 2023 and the indication that benefits would rise by 10.1%, the Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) weekly rate is to increased by 10.127% from £99.35 to the higher weekly amount of £109.40. The new rate will s applicable to relevant qualifying sickness days from 6th April 2023. The … Continue reading Statutory Sick Pay increases from April 2023 to £109.40

Statutory Parental Payment increased by 10.1% from April 2023 to £172.48

Following the governments Autumn Statement on 17th November 2022 and indication that benefits would rise by 10.1%, it has been confirmed that the standard rate for: Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP) Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP) And Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (SPBP) will increase from the current £156.66 to … Continue reading Statutory Parental Payment increased by 10.1% from April 2023 to £172.48