Policy News Journal - 2011-2012

Tax Relief Models

PAY DAY BY PAY DAY TAX RELIEF MODELS

13 July 2011 HMRC have issued a statement regarding a number of umbrella companies, employment businesses and labour providers who are proposing to operate a business model which applies tax, and in some case NICs 'relief' on a pay day by pay day basis. Who should read this statement All umbrella companies, employment businesses, labour providers and employers engaging and paying temporary workers. Temporary workers engaged under employment contracts. Those in receipt of the services of temporary workers supplied by employment businesses and labour providers, particularly, but not exclusively, workers paid at or near the National Minimum Wage. Follow this link to read HMRC’s statement

Working Time Directive

FRESH ROUND OF CONSULTATION ON EU WORKING TIME DIRECTIVE

22 June 2011 As part of its review of the EU working time Directive, the Commission has launched the mandatory second stage of consultation with workers' and employers' representatives at EU level. The second stage consultation paper asks social partners for their views on two alternative approaches based on either a narrower or a broader scope for the review. It seeks opinions on detailed options that cover key themes such as: · on-call time A wide consensus emerged from the replies of the EU-level workers' and employers' representatives to the first stage consultation. The clear message has been that changes to the current working time rules are urgently needed. There is also a high degree of consensus that EU working time rules should allow greater flexibility for workers' and employers' representatives to negotiate on the details of implementation at the appropriate level. At the same time, the Commission has presented a detailed Report on the implementation of the current Directive in the Member States. It sets out the current state-of-play, identifying the main areas of non-compliance or of legal uncertainty in the various countries. The Commission has also presented the first findings of independent studies on the economic and social impact of working time rules and of research on relevant changes in working patterns. These findings mention issues like the detrimental effects that excessive · timing of minimum rest periods · tackling excessive working hours · better reconciliation of work and family life and · clarifying areas whether the law appears unclear.

CIPP Policy News Journal

09/10/2012, Page 233 of 234

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