The new rules for off-payroll working (IR35) in the private sector are fast-approaching. If your business is busy preparing for the changes on 6 April, perhaps this blog post will help you. We've compiled the questions asked by attendees at our recent off-payroll working (OPW) webinar. Our in-house payroll experts have answered them all - we hope you find them useful. To help you find relevant FAQs, we've grouped them together under the following themes: General FAQs Qualifying Criteria Running a Separate OPW Payroll Intermediaries…
When the imminent changes to off-payroll working were first introduced, I have to admit, there was a lot of terminology to take in. One article would refer to the changes as IR35. Whereas other articles would described it as off-payroll working. This led to some debate amongst Moorepay colleagues. We were of course keen to understand, what exactly is the difference between IR35 and off-payroll working? What is IR35? IR35 is the abbreviated term for the intermediaries legislation. It came into force in April 2000.…
The off-payroll working (IR35) rules in the private sector are changing on 6 April 2021. HMRC recognises that businesses are facing challenges due to COVID-19 and are therefore providing lots of information and support to ensure businesses have plenty of time to prepare for the changes coming into effect. Have you started planning for this change in legislation? If you haven’t, we urge you to start now. Not sure where to begin? Fear not. This blog will give you an overview of what’s changing and…
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has recently ruled that individual workers for Royal Mail are indeed agency workers. Agency workers have the right to be treated no less favourably when compared to those who are employed by the organisation, as per the Agency Workers regulations 2010. This means they have the same right to basic employment and working conditions, including bonuses, annual leave and paid time off for antenatal appointments, after the agency worker has completed a 12-week qualifying period. An appeal lodged by Angard…
'How can I automatically move data from one system into another?’ you ask, brimming with concern that you're doomed to an eternity of entering it all manually. Your tech savvy colleague frowns at you and says ‘Err... We can just use an API.’ You nod vigorously and say ‘Of course, yeah, yeah… obvious now you’ve said it.’ There’s uncomfortable laughter... You immediately return to your desk and ask Google: 'WHAT IS AN API?' But all the articles thrown up by your search are written in…
Whilst the COVID-19 pandemic is not over, now is perhaps a good time to reflect on how we at Moorepay have dealt with the situation and what we’ve learnt. In previous communications, I shared the steps we pledged to take to support our customers, to continue to pay their people on time and in line with all the emergency changes to legislation and in particular the Job Retention Scheme. And it’s with a great deal of pride I can say we have delivered on our…
Did you know that your payroll staff are key workers? Celebrate them properly this National Payroll Week, beginning 7th September. Yes, we’ll admit it: it’s been a difficult year. With the pandemic affecting every business in the UK in different ways, as individuals we’ve been under a huge amount of both professional and personal strain. Your payroll staff in particular have had to adapt to so many changes this year: new legislation, dreaded furlough calculations, redundancy payments, changes to parental leave, holiday calculations and more.…
National Minimum Wage With Sleep in Shifts: Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson-Blake BEIS (The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy) has published a revised guide on calculating the NMW, with particular reference to sleep-in shifts. They appear to have brought in a new concept of ‘suitable facilities for sleeping’ when deciding if the payment of NMW is due: “If the employer provides suitable facilities for sleeping, minimum wage must be paid for time when the worker is required to be awake for the purpose…
Waiting up to three working days for a BACS payment to land? That is so last year. You should be using Faster Payments and making payments in three seconds. If you work in payroll, you’ll know that sometimes mistakes happen. It’s not right and it’s not pretty. But occasionally things get missed, balls are dropped, and that new starter your business was so excited to welcome, hasn’t been paid. ARGHHHH! Every minute, every hour, and – heaven forbid – every day that employee hasn’t been…
The deadline for issuing P60s is fast approaching. All employers are legally obliged to issue P60s to employees by 31 May. So, we've summarised what a P60 is, what's on a P60 and the benefits of an electronic P60. What’s a P60? A P60 (also known as an End of Year Certificate) is an annual statement issued to employees by their employer. It outlines the tax and national insurance (NI) contributions employees have paid over the previous tax year. As an employer, you’re legally obliged…
