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Final Overtime Rules Raise Exempt Salary Threshold 65%

InterWest Insurance Services

Department of Labor has issued a final rule increasing the federal salary threshold for overtime exemptions by 65%, with the full increase starting in 2025. A salaried bona fide executive, administrative or professional employee must earn that amount or more if an employer wants to exempt them from federal overtime requirements.

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Buyer’s guide to car salary sacrifice schemes

Employee Benefits

Car salary sacrifice arrangements remain a popular employee benefit; in its January 2023 Leasing Outlook , the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association (BVRLA) found a 20.5% year-on-year increase in company cars funded through salary sacrifice to quarter three in 2022. What are car salary sacrifice schemes?

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Lee McIntyre-Hamilton: Changes to national insurance and the impact on employment

Employee Benefits

The extent of the savings will depend on an employee’s salary , with annual savings of £457 for employees on average earnings of £35,400 and £754 for employees earning over £50,270 per annum. So, employees should see an increase in their monthly net salary. Is it all good news? Unfortunately, the answer is no.

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Spring Budget 2024: National insurance contribution (NIC) rate cut to 8%

Employee Benefits

In his Spring Budget, Jeremy Hunt, Chancellor of the Exchequer, said that this will save the average worker on a salary of £35,400 around £900 a year, once combined with the 2p cut announced in the Autumn Statement 2023. This means that a person on the average wage now has the lowest effective personal tax rate since 1975.

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Exclusive: Welsh government rolls out new employee benefits framework

Employee Benefits

Launched this week and set to run until 2028, with break clauses at the end of years two and three, the managed service provision framework includes a fully managed service and individual services for employee benefit schemes, covering a range of salary sacrifice and voluntary deduction arrangements.

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Aldi Makes Big Moves—Wages Increase, Hiring Surges

HR Digest

by 30% before the end of 2028. Understanding Aldi’s Hiring Surge The grocery chain currently employs 49,000 workers and operates almost 2,400 stores across the U.S. Despite the impressive scale of business, the company began looking into expansion plans in March, with a goal to increase its presence in the U.S.

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Fiscal drag: how can employers offset the challenges of a difficult economy?

Employee Benefits

A salary sacrifice arrangement can support employees who are dealing with the impact of fiscal drag. In his Autumn Statement last November, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt extended the freeze on national insurance (NI) and income tax rate thresholds until April 2028. offers James.