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Women in Construction: More women and apprenticeship grant can fill skills gap

11/03/2021

This week (7-13 March) marks women in construction week, and one of our Construction recruitment experts, Matt Wainwright is calling for employers to use the apprenticeship grants announced as part of the COVID support packages to attract more women…

New Starter Checklists for Tax Year 2021/22 - Guest Article by Ian Holloway

11/03/2021

HMRC has issued a new Starter Checklist (and Expat version) to be used from 06 April 2021: This is issued to new starters who commence employment without producing a P45. Or, in HMRCâ€™s words, â€˜a recent P45â€™. This takes…

Top 3 Mental Well-Being Options in the Workplace - Guest Article by Jess Levine

16/03/2021

Promoting the mental or psychological well-being of employees within the workplace is quite challenging. First, there would be privacy concerns. Some employees would prefer to seek mental help privately after-work hours. But some employees would appreciate it if…

The National Minimum and Living Wage Increases are Effective from 01 April 2021 - Guest Article by Ian Holloway

23/03/2021

The National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2021 comes into force on 01 April 2021. This implements the UK Government accepted recommendations of the Low Pay Commission (LPC) regarding the rates of the National Living and Minimum Wage (NLW and NMW)…

Employment Law Payments and Awards from 06 April 2021 - Guest Article by Ian Holloway

31/03/2021

On 02 March 2021, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) laid The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2021 that applies in Great Britain. Section 34 of the Employment Relations Act 1999 provides for changes to employment…

Donating to Cathedral Archer Project

06/04/2021

We announced the â€˜Walk and Talk â€“ 50 for 50â€™ initiative in February across all our brands. Those who took part pledged to walk the equivalent of 5,000 steps per day throughout February. At the end of the month, each…

Donating to Long Eaton & Sawley Foodbank

06/04/2021

Our parent company Nicholas Associates Group announced the â€˜Walk and Talk â€“ 50 for 50â€™ initiative in February across all our brands. Those who took part pledged to walk the equivalent of 5,000 steps per day throughout February. At the…

P11Ds and Leavers - Guest Article by Ian Holloway

21/04/2021

UK-wide, employers, agents, bookkeepers and other professionals are completing forms P11D for employees who were in receipt of taxable expenses and benefits for the previous tax year. These have to be with both the employee and HMRC by 06…

Right to Work Checks Back to Pre-Covid Regime - Guest Article by Ian Holloway

05/05/2021

It is mandatory that employers perform â€˜Right to Workâ€™ checks on new applicants and employees.Â The underlying reason for this is to ensure that they do have the right to work in the United Kingdom, thereby preventing illegal working. Legislation…

Classroom Learning to eLearning the Big Shift - Guest Article NA Software

12/05/2021

Many HR teams had to adapt quickly during the start of the pandemic as onboarding and training became more difficult than ever. How they should or even could welcome, train and engage new employees with social distancing, little time in…