FIRST AID COURSE March 2012
Back by popular demand !
First aid course bookings being taken for Sat 3rd March 2012
1 day course, cost £66 – Ofsted compliant, paediatric focussed and no exam!
Please email or call – spaced limited to 6, based in Stockport.
First come, first served basis.
call 01925768188 /07766290802
Last Modified - 20th January 2012
Statutory payment allowances for 2012
New Statutory payment amounts for 2012
The Department for Work and Pensions has announced the proposed new rates for Statutory Sick Pay (SSP), Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP), Ordinary Statutory Paternity Pay (OSPP), Additional Statutory Paternity Pay (ASPP) and Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP) for tax year 2012/13. They are as follows:
- The standard weekly rate of SMP and the weekly rates of OSPP, ASPP, SAP and Maternity Allowance will rise from £128.73 to £135.45 – it is assumed this will be for payment weeks commencing on or after Sunday, 8 April 2012.
- The weekly rate of SSP will rise from £81.60 to £85.85 – it is assumed this will be from 6 April 2012 as the start of the new tax year.
- The lower earnings limit for qualifying for SSP, SMP, OSPP, ASPP and SAP will rise from £102.00 to £107.00 per week – it is again assumed this will be from 6 April 2012 as the start of the new tax year.
The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2011 has been published and will come into force from 1 February 2012. The Order increases the limits applying to certain awards of employment tribunals and to other amounts payable under employment legislation. The main changes are:
- Maximum amount of a ‘week’s pay’ for the purpose of calculating a redundancy payment or the basic or additional award of compensation for unfair dismissal or payments to employees in the event of insolvency – increases from £400 to £430.
- Limit on the amount of compensatory award for unfair dismissal – increases from £68,400 to £72,300.
- Limit on the daily amount of statutory guarantee payment – increases from £22.20 to £23.50.
The increases apply where the event giving rise to the entitlement to compensation or other payment occurs on or after 1 February 2012. The date is determined differently depending on the type of claim brought. In unfair dismissal claims, this date is the effective date of termination of employment. In guarantee payment claims, it is the day in respect of which the payment is due.
The increases reflect an increase of 5.6% in the retail prices index from September 2010 to September 2011.
Last Modified - 10th January 2012
