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Employers employment costs always agree a gross wage
| Always agree a gross wage with your employee |
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Employers often agree a net (i.e. take-home) wage with their employee, but in reality they are always paid a gross salary, with tax and National Insurance Contributions deducted and paid to HMRC on a quarterly basis by the employer. Although many employers tend to look on this as an additional cost, it is actually part of the employee's gross wage. If you agree a fixed net wage you are committing yourself to paying all of your employee’s income tax and NI to make up their gross wage, irrespective of their individual tax code or tax position. Please also be aware that a gross wage is not the total cost to you as an employer. In addition to this you have to pay an Employer’s National Insurance Contribution, which is not part of the employee’s gross wage. This extra sum will be advised to you when we send your first payslip for your employee. |
employment guide
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If your employee becomes pregnant you have a duty to administer SMP on her behalf. Stafftax will ensure that things run as smoothly as possible and we'll claim the maternity pay for you in advance to make sure you're not unnecessarily out of pocket. |
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employment law
| Basic document checks |
According to the Asylum and Immigration Act 2006 all UK employers have a legal duty to make basic document checks on each person they intend to employ in order to establish that they have a right to work in the UK and are here legally. |
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