by Michelle Bourne | Apr 5, 2019 | PAYE
There are 7 things you need to do when employing staff for the first time:
- Decide how much to pay someone – you must pay your employee at least the National Minimum Wage.
- Check if someone has the legal right to work in the UK. You may have to do other employment checks as well.
- Check if you need to apply for a DBS check (formerly known as a CRB check) if you work in a field that requires one, eg with vulnerable people or security.
- Get employment insurance – you need employers’ liability insurance as soon as you become an employer.
- Send details of the job (including terms and conditions) in writing to your employee. You need to give your employee a written statement of employment if you’re employing someone for more than 1 month.
- Tell HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) by registering as an employer – you can do this up to 4 weeks before you pay your new staff.
- Check if you need to automatically enrol your staff into a workplace pension scheme.
by siteadmin | Mar 8, 2017 | PAYE
The National Living Wage and the Minimum Wage will be increasing on the 1st April 2017.
As from April 2017 both the MW and NLW will increase each year in April instead of October, going forward.
You will need to prepare for the changes and ensure you are paying your employees the new rates.
From the 1st April 2017 the Minimum Wage rates will increase as below:
- 25+ year olds – NMW (National Living Wage) will increase from £7.20 to £7.50 per hour
- 21 – 24 year olds – MW will increase from £6.95 to £7.05 per hour
- 18 – 20 year olds – MW will increase from £5.55 to £5.60 per hour
- 16 – 17 year olds – MW will increase from £4.00 to £4.05 per hour
- Apprentice rate (for apprentices under the age of 19 or 19 and over but in the first year
of apprenticeship) – MW will increase from £3.40 to £3.50 per hour
N.B. Don’t forget that failure to pay the correct rate could lead to a penalty charge of up to £20,000 for each member of staff underpaid.
by siteadmin | Sep 28, 2016 | PAYE
Reminding you of the minimum wage increase because any failure to correctly pay National
Minimum Wage (NMW) or National Living Wage (NLW), even because you didn’t know about an
increase, will break the law.
From the 1st October 2016, the National Minimum Wage rates will be increasing as below:
• 21 – 24 year olds – NMW will increase from £6.70 to £6.95 per hour
• 18 – 20 year olds – NMW will increase from £5.30 to £5.55 per hour
• Over compulsory school age but not yet 18 – NMW will increase from £3.87 to £4.00 per
hour
• Apprentice rate (for apprentices under the age of 19 or 19 and over but in the first year
of apprenticeship) – NMW will increase from £3.30 to £3.40 per hour
You may have noticed that the National Living Wage is not increasing in October.
As the NLW rate for those aged 25 and over was only introduced in April 2016 the current rate of £7.20 per
hour will continue to apply until April 2017. The quoted increase from next April is £7.60 per
hour but this has not yet been confirmed.
This may appear to be more of a problem because some staff’s wages will rise in October and some will
rise in April. However, from April 2017, the NMW and NLW will align and each annual increase
will take place in April from then on. This means it is likely that the NMW will increase in both
October 2016 and April 2017.
Quickpaye will keep you up to date with future NMW and NLW increases and
when these will take effect in the future.