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Government response to auto-enrolment consultation published
The Government has published a revised edition of its key facts booklet ‘Automatic enrolment into a workplace pension’ the booklet provides a general overview of workplace pensions ant is targeted at helping employers and businesses to manage their new duties. The toolkit can be found at http://www.dwp.gov.uk/policy/pensions-reform/workplace-pension-reforms/toolkit/ The above package, together with the revised timetable [...]
Pension Auto-Enrolment
The Government has confirmed that the auto-enrolment pension scheme has been pushed back for SMEs. Firms employing between 30 and 49 staff will not now have to enrol staff until 1 August 1 2015 at the earliest. Those businesses with fewer than 30 staff will not have to comply until 1 January 2016 at the [...]
Health and Safety – Needless red tape or force for good
The health and safety regulations are designed to protect employees, employers, contractors, self employed and the public from harm arising from workplace activities. Don’t always believe the news headlines – hype sells newspapers! The regulations should be proportionate to the risks of your business and that’s where interpretation comes into play. Regulations have to be [...]
