September 4, 2008

IR35 Defeat In High Court

An appeal case involving a Special Commissioners decision against an IT contractor has been heard in the High Court with the decision upholding the earlier ruling.

Government Crackdown On Travel Expenses

The Government has begun its crackdown on what it views as 'widespread abuse' of travel expenses by some umbrella companies and employment agencies.

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Omega2 Annual Leave Calculator

Many employers already offer their permanent staff members 28 days as a result of Bank Holiday days being added to the previous statutory minimum (4 weeks). The less scrupulous employers forced their workers to take their annual leave days on Bank Holidays, thereby keeping their costs down. The latter approach was frowned upon, but within the letter of the law. The UK held onto this anomaly for some years.

Statutory holiday entitlement will be increasing from 1 October 2007 to 4.8 weeks (24 days if a five day week) and from 1 April 2009 to 5.6 weeks (28 days if a five day week) but this now includes Bank Holidays. This will be pro-rata for those working part-time.

Where the employer already gives 28 days (including the bank holidays) the employee receives no change in entitlement.

The annual leave calculator below allows you to calculate the new annual leave entitlement for full time employees working a 5 day standard working week.

If you need a more detailed annual leave calculation for part time workers or people starting or leaving part way through the company leave year please email info@omega2.co.uk