Don’t Be An April Fool!

Remember the following legislation changes effective in April

· 3 April 2011 - Additional Paternity Leave and Pay becomes effective.

· 6 April 2011 - The Default Retirement Age phasing out commences as notification past the 5 April 2011 will be unlawful.

· 6 April 2011 - The right to request flexible working has been extended to carers of children under 18 (it was previously for carers of children under 17).

· Annual limits on economic migration into the UK from outside the EU will come into force.

If you’re not sure on the above and would like to discuss how it may affect your business please call Sian on 01865 261145.

Don’t forget the following Statutory Rate Changes

From 6 April 2011

· The D1 tax code will be introduced where a tax payer has a second and subsequent employment income liable to tax at 50%. The new code will be incorporated into P9 forms for Annual Coding prior to the start of the tax year on 6 April 2011.

· Employers’ national insurance thresholds increase by £21 per week above indexation however their national insurance contributions increase by 1%.

· Employees’ national insurance threshold increases by £570 although National insurance contributions increase by 1%. The personal allowance for income tax for basic rate tax payers under the age of 65 is increased by £1,000

From 11 April 2011

· Statutory Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Pay will increase from £124.88 to £128.73 per week.

· From 11 April 2011, Statutory Sick Pay will increase from £79.15 to £81.60 per week.

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