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HMRC to reform CEST tool ahead of IR35 changes

Date:: 23 October 2019

HM Revenue and Customs has announced it will make changes to its Check Employment Status for Tax tool, which has been criticised by businesses and contractors alike for inaccuracy.

Most female professionals never negotiate pay

Date:: 20 September 2019

More than half of all female professionals (57%) have never attempted to negotiate a pay rise, and if they do it will result in them getting less than their male colleagues.

Consultation into NHS pensions flexibility launched

Date:: 12 September 2019

A new consultation into NHS pension changes designed to enable senior clinicians to work additional shifts without facing prohibitive tax bills has been launched.

Government admits defeat in police pensions legal battle

Date:: 6 August 2019

The government has conceded defeat over its attempt to alter police pensions in 2015, acknowledging that moving police officers to new police pension schemes, based on their age, is discriminatory.

IR35: HMRC publishes private sector tax rules

Date:: 11 July 2019

Organisations have just nine months to prepare for changes to off-payroll working rules, which are being extended to the private and third sectors, with HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) publishing draft legislation today.

Boris Johnson pledges to 'fix' pension tax allowance rules

Date:: 10 July 2019

Tory leadership front runner Boris Johnson has vowed to "fix" the pension rules that have led to NHS consultants finding they are better off if they work fewer hours.

Waning productivity costs staff £5,000 over past decade

Date:: 8 July 2019

Workers have lost out on just over £5,000 in wages because of poor productivity growth over the last decade, new figures show.

Landmark public sector pension ruling confirmed

Date:: 28 June 2019

In a decision that will have implications across the public sector, the government has been denied leave to appeal a landmark ruling that pension reforms discriminated against younger workers.

Junior doctors' pay to increase after accepting new contract

Date:: 27 June 2019

NHS junior doctors have accepted a deal which will see annual pay increases of 2% for four years, ending the four-year long dispute that saw mass walkouts.

Post-Brexit regional salary thresholds for migrants to be considered

Date:: 26 June 2019

The Migration Advisory Committee is to consider how salary thresholds should be calculated under a future immigration system - including whether there is a case for regional salary thresholds to be set.

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