This week has seen the announcement that the living wage will increase to £8.55 per hour in London and £7.45 outside of London. The living wage is determined by the Centre for Research in Social Policy and the Greater London Authority as being the amount needed by a worker to meet reasonable living costs. The […]
Following recent investigations on Radio 5 Live into temp and contractor pay, and a continuous focus by government on tax avoidance particularly in the public sector, Lawspeed will explore these and other issues relating to contractor models in a seminar to be held on the 14th November 2012. With guest speaker Shawn Healy, a tax […]
Lawspeed is delighted to announce that a senior employment tax specialist from BDO LLP will speak at the forthcoming ‘Knowledge is Power’ seminar on 14th November, the topic ‘Critical issues for the recruitment industry – Contractors’ addresses issues that relate to contractor supply models and covers a wide range of related aspects. Shawn Healy is […]
The forthcoming ‘Knowledge is Power’ seminar called ‘Critical issues for the recruitment industry – Contractors’, is aimed at business owners, operations directors, FD’s and HR. It explores the threats and opportunities within contractor models, and includes a bespoke Q&A element for delegates to ask focussed questions during and after each presentation. The seminar kicks off […]
Ed Miliband MP, and Labour leader has enjoyed a heightened profile after his signature address to the party faithful at the annual Labour conference in Manchester. In it, he has again criticised the recruitment industry. The ARC is now exploring the roots of this negativity – which stems from the assertion that access to […]
On 1st October 2012, the annual National Minimum wage increases take effect. Adult workers aged 21 and over will now be entitled to £6.19 an hour, an increase of 11p an hour from the previous rate of £6.08 per hour. There are also increases in the minimum wage payable to apprentices, which will increase for […]
Theo Paphitis and Karen Brady are all over our tellies backing auto-enrolment in adverts informing workers that from 1st October 2012, employers will have to provide a pension scheme, and to encourage worker contributions aswell. If this is the first you have heard about it, or you don’t feel at all ready yet – don’t […]
CRITICAL ISSUES FOR THE RECRUITMENT INDUSTRY: CONTRACTORS Lawspeed is pleased to announce a new seminar, part of our established ‘Knowledge is Power’ series. This seminar will provide a comprehensive round up of the critical issues that are currently affecting recruiters who are engaged in the supply of Limited Company and Umbrella Company contractors. The seminar […]
The Association of Recruitment Consultancies has enhanced its coordinated bank of recruitment and employment materials for UK corporate members. Its new web platform features an extensive ‘knowledge centre’ with additional training tools that include the information-rich Autumn 2012 webinar series, created by commercially-oriented recruitment law consultants at Lawspeed. The series (which is free to ARC […]
Following controversy over tax avoidance by some senior civil servants, and a dictum from the Treasury that those engaged to work for the government must be ‘on payroll’, the scope for recovering ‘proper levels of tax’ from highly placed individuals in the private sector recently took a step closer. The ‘Controlling Persons’ consultation involves individuals […]
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