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Unpaid overtime soars

A record 5.26 million people worked unpaid overtime last year, the highest since records began in 1992, finds research.

Employing & managing staff

The pros and cons of performance-related pay

SmallBusiness.co.uk investigates the benefits of having a variable element to remuneration.

Employing & managing staff

Paying staff for bank holidays

I am opening a new business, with regards to bank holidays, do I have to pay my staff holiday pay for them?

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Holiday pay ruling to hit business

A ruling in the European Court of Justice could force small businesses to rethink the way they pay employees after it said that the practice of giving staff extra holiday pay in lieu of actual time off is illegal.

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Small firms urged to watch their BACS

Small businesses that pay employees and suppliers through the BACS system are being told to switch to the new BACSTEL-IP system, which comes into effect on 1 January 2006, or face major problems in the new year.

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New code of practice for equal pay

A revised Code of Practice on Equal Pay will come into force on 1 December after receiving Parliamentary approval.