The People Bulletin

Chris Johnson reviews the issues for companies and employees to address in light of government’s decision to carry out early review of default retirement age.
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When it comes to remitting employee deductions to HMRC, you just cannot afford to miss the deadlines. Lorraine Owens explains the implications of the new penalty regime.
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When it comes to end-of-year returns to HRMC, it pays to be fully prepared and familiar with the online filing process. Karen Thomson provides some background on this essential payroll procedure.
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Rupert Merson reflects on the recent outbreak of public indignation over bankers’ bonuses and concludes that it is only too easy to lose sight of what those incentivised by performance-related pay are supposed to be doing in the first place
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When it comes to maximising shareholder value in an adverse economic climate, attention inevitably turns to drastic reductions in staff costs and slashed training budgets. Philip Whiteley argues that this is the wrong way of assessing the overall value of an organisation and suggests an alternative.
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With most employers moving away from defined benefit to defined contribution pension schemes, they face different challenges in engaging with employees on retirement provision. Charles Cotton looks at some recent research and makes the business case for pensions.
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When are the genuinely self employed actually employed? When it comes to class 1 NIC payments, says Lorraine Owens.
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Dragons’ Den entrepreneur and philanthropist Duncan Bannatyne is appalled at how much charities lose each year through inefficient giving and calls on employers to kick start their Workplace Giving schemes.
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Mike Locke argues that setting up an employer-supported volunteering scheme not only does wonders for social reponsponsibility, but helps with employee engagement, retention and is an important component of the benefit mix.
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In difficult economic pay freezes have been commonplace but that is no excuse to neglect your pay strategy. Wendy Blake Ranken outlines a transparent approach to pay schemes and identifies some non-financial motivators to add to the reward mix.
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