by Will | Jan 26, 2020 | Employee Management, Human Resource, National Minimum Wage, Retail Management, Staff Management
A new wage app designed to serve modern workforces has launched following high-profile investment in its first round of fundraising. Backed by both ShopWorks and investors including Sir Terry Leahy and Bill Currie, fastPAYE offers businesses a service where they can...
by Will | Dec 4, 2019 | Employee Management, National Minimum Wage
With another General Election looming in the UK, both main parties are trying to persuade voters that they are committed to raising living standards by promising a significant rise to the minimum wage. We could well see a transformative assault on low pay in the UK.In...
by Will | Sep 17, 2019 | National Minimum Wage, Staff Management, Time and Attendance
Increasing minimum holiday entitlement and wages would help solve the UK’s productivity crisis and stimulate economic growth, a think tank has suggested. The New Economics Foundation said policy makers need to look at how the nature and level of spending across the...
by Will | Jun 19, 2019 | National Minimum Wage, Time and Attendance
Last month, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) said it was necessary to record employees’ hours so that legal working time limits can be properly applied. “In order to ensure the effectiveness of the rights provided for in the Working Time Directive and...
by Will | Jun 3, 2019 | National Minimum Wage, Staff Management, Workforce Management
The national minimum wage is at risk of low-paid workers being priced out of a job if the current rising rate isn’t slowed, according to an anti-poverty think tank said on Thursday. The Resolution Foundation, welcomed the rapid minimum wage increases that Britain’s...
by Will | Apr 9, 2019 | Employee Management, National Minimum Wage, Staff Scheduling, Workforce Management
Nearly 300,000 workers will be handed their first payslips under new plans, the government has said. Staff on casual and zero-hours contracts will receive a payslip to mitigate any unscrupulous or mistake-prone employers. The new legislation has been...
