Voluntary Reporting on Disability, Mental Health and Wellbeing ......................................................................143 Positive mental health in the workplace............................................................................................................143 New EU wide protections for whistleblowers approved ....................................................................................145 Learning at Work Week – ‘Shaping the Future’ ................................................................................................146 Common cause of stress and anxiety at work is workload ...............................................................................146 Employers not doing enough to keep pregnant women safe at work ...............................................................147 New alliance calls on government to make employers prevent sexual harassment .........................................148 UK’s gig economy workforce has doubled since 2016, TUC and FEPS backed research shows ....................148 Wages overtake inflation for 16th month in a row.............................................................................................149 Holiday pay claims increase since tribunal fees abolished ...............................................................................150 Consultation on Sexual Harassment in the Workplace .....................................................................................150 Pregnancy and maternity discrimination ...........................................................................................................151 Confidentiality clauses: measures to prevent misuse in situations of workplace harassment or discrimination152 Consultation on transparency in supply chains.................................................................................................152 Cybercrime costing small firms millions ............................................................................................................154 Average pay has fallen for millions of lower and middle-income jobs...............................................................154 New Zealand sanctions wages paid in cryptocurrencies ..................................................................................155 Holiday entitlement calculator temporarily removed .........................................................................................156 Employment numbers continue to break records .............................................................................................156 Withdrawal of Microsoft support for Windows 7 operating system may affect your access to Bacs .................157 Non-receipt of payslips for UK employees between 2016-2018 for 9% of UK staff ..........................................157 Barclays to transfer all contractors to PAYE to avoid IR35 issues....................................................................158 Lloyds the latest bank to announce plans following IR35 reforms from April 2020 ...........................................158 Potential deportation for EU citizens who miss registration deadline................................................................159 Survey finds that Contractors may ‘jump ship’ determined by ‘inside IR35’......................................................159 Budget date provisionally set for 6 November ..................................................................................................161 100% of tips for workers in The Employment (Allocation of Tips) Bill ...............................................................161 Social Market Foundation recommend that profits be translated to pay increases and training for workers ....161 ONS reports total pay increases of 1.9%..........................................................................................................162 Continued support for the Mental Health at Work Commitment........................................................................162 BACS 2020 processing calendar available to download ..................................................................................163 Statistics highlight that three quarters of mothers were in work from April – June 2019...................................163 QuickQuid set to close, but how can employers help staff in times of financial stress?....................................164 Government proposals to make references mandatory....................................................................................164 Research reveals professions Brits complain about the most – amazingly, payrollers do not feature! .............165 Advice for employers ahead of 2019 general election ......................................................................................166 Scottish budget postponed until after Christmas ..............................................................................................166 BACS publish processing dates for the festive period 2019 .............................................................................166 Work-related mental health conditions resulted in over 12 million sick days last year ......................................167 Employees would sacrifice their Christmas party in return for more regular rewards throughout the year .......168 Bacs dates over Christmas and the future of the UK payments infrastructure..................................................168 Unfair gender pay gaps in companies may prompt staff to look for another job ...............................................170 Tax and NIC considerations on seasonal reward schemes ..............................................................................170 Number of people placed in permanent jobs drops in November .....................................................................171 Majority of workers confirm that December’s early pay date results in financial difficulty in January................172 New higher Social Security contribution rates for Jersey from January 2020 ...................................................172 The holiday entitlement calculator is available for use online after being removed earlier this year .................173 Small & medium businesses fret about the expectations of staff at Christmas.................................................174 Newcross Healthcare offers Flexi Pay option to staff .......................................................................................175 The number of people working on Christmas Day in the UK is expected to exceed the 4.5 million mark.........176 Study predicts Santa’s salary and job role........................................................................................................176 Research suggests that 60% of employees in the retail sector have received incorrect pay............................177 Webcast: Christmas payroll considerations ......................................................................................................178 Three-fifths of UK organisations not prepared for executive pay ratio reporting ...............................................178 Carer who was overpaid £10,000 due to company error spent the money before employer noticed ...............179 £50 billion in late payments being chased by SMEs in the UK .........................................................................179 Number of Greater Manchester businesses to prohibit zero-hours contracts ...................................................180 201 million hours lost to healthcare appointments in the last year....................................................................181 The bank and public holiday dates for England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland for 2020 and 2021181 Pay.UK processed record pay volumes and amounts in 2019 .........................................................................183 The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2020 published.................................................................184 Temporary changes to right to work checks during coronavirus outbreak ........................................................184 Executive Pay ......................................................................................................................................................185
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