Tax guide to using employee’s car on employer’s business
Ray Chidell of Mazars Neville Russell provides TaxZone readers with the latest in his series of bulletins on employer-related tax issues. Ray is author of the P11D Handbook and the abg book on company cars. He offers employers a free, regular e-mailed tax advice bulletin, Employer Tax Update (ETU). To get on the mailing list […]
Company car tax under the new regime
a href=”http://www.taxzone.co.uk”>Ray Chidell of Mazars Neville Russell has written a book on the new emissions-based car tax scheme with his co-author Alison Sampson. In the workshop he explains many of its nuances and deals with some frequently asked questions.Introduction(Gary Mackley-Smith) Welcome to the first tax workshop for August 2001. This week Ray Chidell, author of […]
Most workers are dissatisfied
More than half of Britons are dissatisfied with their job and salary is their greatest gripe according to research by Alliance and Lecester.Just over half (51 per cent) of private sector employees who are unhappy with their job cite low pay as their biggest grumble, and more than a quarter of dissatisfied staff (28 per […]
Workers on holiday find it difficult to forget the office
According to a new study by Office Angels, going on the annual summer holiday is giving rise to Summer Office Withdrawal (S.O.W) syndrome among office workers. , , the UK’s leading secretarial and office support recruitment consultancy. 86% of employees claim that in the first few days of a holiday, they find it difficult to […]
Employers warn that further rights for temp workers will damage job market
A CBI survey claims that a draft EU directive on temporary agency work would cause 57 per cent of firms to offer fewer temp assignments. The EU directive proposes giving agency workers rights to the same pay and conditions as full-time staff in the organisation where they temp. Most significantly, it forces host firms to […]
Many employees are dissatisfied with working hours
According to research done by National Statistics, about 5.4 million workers in the UK (nearly one in five) would prefer to change their working hours, with most wanting to work shorter hours for less pay. The full results are published in Labout Market Trends.The autumn 2001 Labour Force Survey found there were 2.979 million workers […]
School’s out – but dad’s in!
The Government has launched a new initiative to encourage fathers to spend more time with their sons. The Dads & Sons ‘Give an Hour’ scheme to be launched by Minster for Young People and Learning Stephen Twigg today, aims to encourage companies to support fathers in helping their sons with their education. Electronics retailler Comet […]
HR Zone Any Answers Digest #13 – Best and worst managers… benchmarking rewards… Data Protection… diversity
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DTI offers help on understanding and implementation of employment law
New Government measures to help firms understand and implement employment regulations are to be introduced by– Piloting free or subsidised employment law advice visits to employers of less than 50 employees– Running a number of pilot schemes giving a shared HR resource to small firms– Consulting on how harmonising start dates for domestic regulations could […]
Know your board members by their cars
Watson Wyatt’s 2002 UK Compensation Report gives an insight into the lives of the UK’s senior executives. It indicates that the E-Class Mercedes is the most popular car among UK Group Chief Executives, followed by the BMW 5-Series and the Jaguar XJ6. Perhaps living up to popular stereotypes, BMW 5-Series are most favoured by both […]
DTI guide to Fixed Term Working Regulations
The DTI has provided a Guide to the Fixed Term Working (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations, which will come into force in October 2002.
TUC slates executive pay awards
Responding to a recent survey on executive pay, TUC General Secretary John Monks said: “With such excessive pay packages for company directors it is becoming clear to staff that ‘there’s one rule for us and one rule for them’. Indeed, the obscene pay offs for directors leaving failing companies is more like throwing ‘good money […]
Company car resource centre
Our sister site AccountingWeb has assembled a number of useful resources to help you through the company car tax regime. Latest update: Get the lowdown on the tax implications of London's congestion charging scheme here. Contents Car tax table and guideSee this popular brief guide to the new regime written by experts Deloitte & […]
Spam invasion eats up time and space
Unsolicited email, or “spam”, is becoming a major drain for UK business by using up employee time, bandwidth and storage space, according to resarch by MessageLabs.The UK survey reveals that on average 15% of emails received per day contain spam – about one in seven. It also shows the problem of spam is here to […]
Employment tribunal task force looks for improvements
The Employment Tribunal Taskforce has commended the system’s performance, but recommended some changes to improve it: “The Employment Tribunal system is generally well thought of and respected, despite the strain that rising caseload has placed upon it over the last decade. Our recommendations for moving forward should be seen in the context of a system […]
Smoking bans in workplaces encourage smokers to quit
According to findings published in the British Medical journal, smoke-free workplaces not only protect non-smokers from passive smoking, but also encourage smokers to quit. The research summary states: “Totally free smoke-free workplaces are associated with reductions in prevalence of smoking of 3.8%, and continuing smokers smoke 3.1 fewer cigarettes a day. The combined effects reduce […]
ACAS annual report shows state of employment relations
The Advisory, Arbitration and Conciliation Service (ACAS) has released it’s annual report, detailing cases handled.Summary– There were 100,878 applications to tribunals (compared to 105,909 in 2000/01) covering 165,093 different complaints. Of these, 75% were settled or withdrawn so went no further than the Acas stage (compared with 71% last year). Unfair dismissal continues to be […]
You can find love in the office
According to research by Fish4jobs, you are just as likely to meet your partner at work (25%) as meeting through friends/relatives (27%) or in a bar/club (21.5%). The industry sectors with a high proportion of single men are the hotel & restaurant industry, banking, sales, retail and IT. While you are likely to find more […]
Holidays improve productivity
Nearly two thirds of UK workers feel more productive after going on holiday, according to research released today by Reed. The survey of over 2,500 workers throughout the country found that 64 per cent of respondents feel more productive when they came back from holiday. Holidays also increase creativity. Over three-quarters of workers (78 per […]
Fall in number of work-related fatalities
New figures from the Health and Safety Executive for the year 2001/2002 show a drop of 15 per cent in the number of fatal injuries among Britain’s workers, with 249 deaths compared to 292 in 2000/01. The rate of fatal injury dropped from 1.03 to 0.88 per 100,000 workers over the same period. The number […]
