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'Emergency brake' on minimum wage rises may be needed

Date:: 3 April 2020

As the national living wage rate increases by more than 6%, the economic uncertainty posed by the coronavirus means the government could be forced to abandon its pledge to ensure the lowest-paid workers earn 60% of UK median earnings by 2024.

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to be running by end of April

Date:: 30 March 2020

The Government has revealed further detail about its Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, also known as the Furlough Scheme, and it is expected to be up and running by 30 April 2020.

Self-employed eligible for 80% of monthly pay

Date:: 26 March 2020

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled measures to support self-employed workers who have been hit financially by the coronavirus.

IR35 reforms postponed until April 2021

Date:: 18 March 2020

Changes to the IR35 off-payroll working rules in the private sector have been delayed by 12 months in response to the growing business uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic.

Employees on boards do not restrict CEO pay

Date:: 12 March 2020

Having an employee representative on the board does not necessarily mean that a CEO's pay will be reduced, according to research from Vlerick Business School in Belgium.

Budget 2020: Seven things employers may have missed

Date:: 12 March 2020

Given the covid-19 coronavirus has now been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation, chancellor Rishi Sunak's Budget announcement yesterday was rightly focused on the how the Government would support employers and workers as the UK attempts to contain the spread of the virus.

Budget 2020: National living wage to hit 66% median earnings by 2024

Date:: 12 March 2020

The Low Pay Commission has been tasked with ensuring that the national living wage reaches two-thirds of median earnings by 2024.

IR35 review: Changes will go ahead in April

Date:: 27 February 2020

Despite intense lobbying to delay their introduction, the Government has confirmed that changes to IR35 rules in the private sector will go ahead on 6 April 2020, following a review of the impact the reforms will have.

'Perverse' minimum wage enforcement replaced by 'proportionate' approach

Date:: 11 February 2020

The Government has abandoned its previously "pedantic" approach to ensuring businesses pay the national minimum wage after a review led to what it claims will be a more "proportionate" enforcement regime.

Lords launches IR35 inquiry as freelancer confidence 'plummets'

Date:: 6 February 2020

A House of Lords select committee is to scrutinise the extension of IR35 rules to the private sector, just two months before the new rules are set to become law.

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