Checking employees DBS certificates

Checking employees DBS certificates

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is an executive non-departmental public body sponsored by the Home Office. The DBS helps employers across the public, private, and voluntary sectors make safer hiring decisions by

Living Wage rates to be overhauled

Living Wage rates to be overhauled

In a move to put more money in working people’s pockets, the government has overhauled the remit of the Low Pay Commission (LPC).

This will, for the first time, ensure the independent body considers the cost of living

Check employment status for tax

Check employment status for tax

The Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool can be used to help ascertain if a worker should be classified as employed or self-employed for tax purposes in both the private and public sectors.

The service provides

Statutory Pay assistance

Statutory Pay assistance

An employer can usually reclaim 92% of employees’ Statutory Maternity, Statutory Paternity, Statutory Adoption, Statutory Parental Bereavement and Statutory Shared Parental Pay. If the business qualifies for Small

Payback company car private fuel

Payback company car private fuel

Where an employee with a company car is provided with fuel for their own private use by their employers, the default position is that the employee is required to pay the car fuel benefit charge. The charge is determined