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The Agricultural Wages Board for England and Wales has agreed a new Wages Order to come into force on 1 October 2008. The principal changes to rates of pay and benefits are as follows: Continue reading Agricultural Wages in England and Wales - New rates and benefits from October 2008
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Ian Congreave - Payroll writer and lecturer
Filed under: National Minimum Wage, Recent Payroll News on October 6th, 2008 | No Comments »
The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform has reissued the detailed National Minimum Wage Guide. As the guide is dated September 2008, it uses the 2007/08 minimum wage rates in the worked examples, rather than the new rates that come into force from 1 October 2008.
Continue reading National Minimum Wage - BERR updates guidance for employers and workers
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Ian Congreave - Payroll writer and lecturer
Filed under: National Minimum Wage, Recent Payroll News on October 6th, 2008 | No Comments »
The Scottish Agricultural Wages Board has confirmed an increase of 24p per hour for agricultural workers with more than 26 weeks’ continuous employment from 1 October 2008.
Continue reading Agricultural Minimum Wages - Increased rates in Scotland from October 2008
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Ian Congreave - Payroll writer and lecturer
Filed under: National Minimum Wage on August 25th, 2008 | No Comments »
Following recent high-profile newspaper campaigns, the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform has announced its intention to amend legislation so that tips will not count towards National Minimum Wage (NMW) compliance.
Continue reading National Minimum Wage - Proposals to prevent tips counting towards minimum wage rates
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Ian Congreave - Payroll writer and lecturer
Filed under: National Minimum Wage on August 11th, 2008 | No Comments »
The Agricultural Wages Board for England and Wales met on 16-18 June 2008 to discuss proposals for a new Wages Order to come into force on 1 October 2008. Representations on any of the changes may be sent to the Secretary of the Board, no later than 21 July 2008.
Continue reading Agricultural Wages in England and Wales - Proposals for changes from October 2008
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Ian Congreave - Payroll writer and lecturer
Filed under: National Minimum Wage on July 21st, 2008 | No Comments »
The owners of a Sheffield butcher’s shop have been ordered to pay over ÂŁ11,000 to two former employees after they failed to pay the National Minimum Wage (NMW). It is the fourth successful NMW criminal prosecution and the first for deliberately not paying the National Minimum Wage.
Continue reading National Minimum Wage - First prosecution for deliberately not paying the minimum wage
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Ian Congreave - Payroll writer and lecturer
Filed under: National Minimum Wage on July 14th, 2008 | No Comments »
The Government has asked the Low Pay Commission (LPC) to prepare a further report on the National Minimum Wages (NMW). The increases recommended by the LPC in its February 2008 Report were accepted by the Government and come into force in October 2008. The next Report, due to be presented in February 2009, will recommend changes to the NMW in October 2009 and provisional changes to take effect in October 2010.
Continue reading National Minimum Wage - Low Pay Commission to make further proposals by February 2009
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Ian Congreave - Payroll writer and lecturer
Filed under: National Minimum Wage on July 14th, 2008 | No Comments »
Wage-fixing machinery in the agricultural industry in Scotland has been in place in various forms since 1917. The Agricultural Wages (Scotland) Act 1949 consolidated the regulatory Acts of 1937 and 1940 and provided for the establishment of the Scottish Agricultural Wages Board (SAWB). Under the 1949 Act and its subsequent amendments, the Scottish Agricultural Wages Board is empowered to make Orders fixing minimum wage rates, holiday entitlement and other conditions of service for agricultural workers in Scotland.
Continue reading Scottish Agricultural Wages Board - Consultation on continued need for minimum wages for agricultural workers in Scotland
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Ian Congreave - Payroll writer and lecturer
Filed under: Discipline and Grievances, National Minimum Wage on June 30th, 2008 | No Comments »
In a decision given in the case HM Revenue and Customs v Annabels (Berkeley Square) Ltd & Ors on 13 June 2008, the London Employment Appeal Tribunal allowed an appeal by HMRC that, in the particular facts of the case, the tips distributed by the troncmasters were not payments by the employers and did not, therefore, count towards the employers’ liability to pay employees at at least the national minimum wage (NMW).
Continue reading National Minimum Wage - Distribution of tips by a troncmaster and minimum wage compliance
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Ian Congreave - Payroll writer and lecturer
Filed under: National Minimum Wage on June 23rd, 2008 | No Comments »
In an Impact Assessment document, the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (DBERR) has
Continue reading National Minimum Wage - Legislative changes planned for October 2008
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Ian Congreave - Payroll writer and lecturer
Filed under: National Minimum Wage on June 16th, 2008 | No Comments »
