SMCR: The Ultimate Guide
Enforced by The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the United Kingdom, the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR) is a regulation related to governance. It [...]
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Long-Term Sick Pay and Leave
‘Long-term sick’ usually refers to someone who has been off work due to sickness for four or more weeks. However, these four weeks don’t have [...]
Constructive Dismissal: Understanding Your Rights & Remedies
The latest statistics from the Employment Tribunal have revealed that unfair dismissal claims, including those relating to constructive dismissal, have increased by a whopping 51% [...]
Disability at Work: Equality Act and Reasonable Adjustments
Since the introduction of The Equality Act 2010, businesses have had a duty to rethink disability at work. The legislation requires employers to remove workplace [...]
Working Time Regulations: The Ultimate Guide
There’s a raft of employment laws and legislation businesses need to comply with, and the Working Time Regulations 1998 is one of them. The Working [...]
Working From Home Tax Relief: The Ultimate Guide
Since the pandemic, millions of workers in the UK have moved towards remote working from home, costing the Treasury nearly £500m in WFH tax breaks. [...]
What is a New Starter Checklist and How is it Used?
As an employer, it’s important to gather all necessary information about your recently hired employee before the first Full Payment Submission (FPS). The new starter [...]
TUPE: Meaning, Circumstances, Regulations
First off, what is TUPE transfer? A Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) or TUPE is a regulatory requirement that protects a worker’s terms and [...]
List of Tax Codes UK and What They Mean
In the UK, each employee is given a HMRC tax code from a long list of tax codes. Each one represents how much money is [...]
Introducing Factorial’s Financial Workspace
Roll out the virtual red carpet, our new Financial Workspace is here! Gone are the days of using Excel for payroll import and cost reports, [...]
The Benefits of Business Expense Cards [+ Free Expense Form Template]
According to a recent study, UK workers are out-of-pocket by £51.2 billion in expenses every year. A whopping 43% claim they’ve been unable to pay [...]
National Minimum Wage UK 2025: Everything You Need to Know
The National Minimum Wage is the minimum legal amount per hour (£) a business can pay an employee in the UK. The UK government constantly [...]
Limited Company Expenses: The Ultimate Guide
Companies are looking for simple ways to minimise their corporation tax, one of which is claiming allowable business expenses, otherwise known as limited company expenses. [...]
Full list of UK Bank Holidays for 2023
When you are the owner of a company, you need to know all of the 2023 Bank Holidays in the UK, including the extra bank [...]
UK Overtime Laws and Pay Rates: A Guide for Employers
Let’s start with the fundamental question: What is overtime? Overtime refers to any extra hours worked outside of an employee’s contracted hours. Working overtime is sometimes [...]
Employer Pension Contributions Explained + Calculator
Paying employer pension contributions is compulsory for UK employers. As a company or organisation, you must enrol eligible employees into a workplace pension scheme. The [...]
Right to Work Share Code UK: A Complete Guide
The right to work share code was introduced in July 2019, as part of a post-Brexit law. They are now an integral part of the [...]
Redundancy Pay UK: How to Calculate and Which Employees Are Entitled to It
Redundancy is a type of dismissal used when a role is no longer needed or no longer exists in an organisation. It can occur as [...]
Work Rota: UK Laws and Shift Management Best Practices
Planning and implementing a good office rota is challenging. Doing so whilst taking work rota laws into account is even more so. But having a [...]
UK Sick Leave Law, Sick Pay and Building a Sick Day Policy
Employees in the UK can claim statutory sick pay (SSP) if they cannot work due to sickness. One of the many roles of a manager [...]
Garden Leave: What Is It and How Does It Benefit Employers?
Garden leave, also known as gardening leave, is a UK workplace measure that can be introduced during an employee’s notice period. There is much uncertainty [...]
What is the New UK Minimum Wage in 2022?
Check the National minimum wage for 2023 here The UK National Minimum Wage is the minimum pay per hour a UK business can legally pay [...]
HR Compliance & UK GDPR: How to Ensure Employee Data Privacy
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ensures data security for EU-based employees’. Employers collect and manage large amounts of information, including sensitive data. For this [...]
Per Diem: HMRC Meal Allowance Rates (UK&I)
When planning a business trip or event, employers have to take in account daily employee spending, accommodation and transportation. It’s crucial that UK employers understand [...]
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