Monthly Archives: October 2024

Autumn Budget 2024

In the Autumn Budget of 2024 the Chancellor announced a number of changes that will affect payroll calculations for the tax year 2025-26 onwards. There was nothing in the recent budget that will affect payroll calculations in tax year 2024-25. Changes from April 2025 include: An increase to the rate of Employer National Insurance Contributions (NICs)…

The Employment Rights Bill – published 10 October 2024

The Government has recently published the ‘Employment Rights Bill’, which (amongst other things) proposes a number of changes to the way that Sick Pay (SSP) and also Parenting Pay (SMP, SPP etc) will operate. Should this legislation pass, then Payroll Manager will implement the necessary changes via a scheduled software update. We do not expect…