What's New

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has invited comments on proposals that will enable employers to apply a zero-rate secondary Class 1 Employer National Insurance contributions (NICs) on the salaries of veterans during their first year of civilian employment.

In January 2021, the Department of Health & Social Care published the UK COVID-19 vaccines delivery plan.

From 4am on 18 January 2021, due to concerns over new strains of the coronavirus potentially entering the UK, the Government has now taken steps to remove travel corridor options for travellers.

Increased market activity and better news about vaccines has led some firms to press on with hiring plans as the latest “UK Report on Jobs” survey signalled a renewed rise in permanent placements at the end of 2020.

With more than 2700 vaccine sites across the UK, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is expecting to see at least 2 million vaccinations per week as the Government sets out its plan for vaccinating tens of millions of people by the Spring.

Six new rules will apply to all parts of Scotland currently in lockdown and will come into effect at 00.01 on Saturday 16 January.

Following the publication of the Government’s final report from its Review into Workplace Support for Victims of Domestic Abuse, Business Minister Paul Scully has written an open letter to employers offering guidance on how they can support survivors.

UK residents will now be able to apply for a UK Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC), the Department of Health and Social Care has announced.

An employee of the RAC has been sentenced to eight months' imprisonment, suspended for two years, in a prosecution brought by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), only its second under the Computer Misuse Act.

Hundreds of NHS maternity and neonatal leaders in England will benefit from a new £500,000 maternity leadership programme which will aim to apply lessons learned both from the pandemic and maternity safety inquiries, including the Ockenden Review.