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HR & FINANCE

PAYE, the tax system that has been ticking away in have a lab full of men in white coats to qualify. So give
the back of every office since the Second World War, it a go now.
is going through its biggest ever change next year. The rules on maternity leave keep changing, with
Employers will be required to start making payments in the latest change being the introduction of additional
“real time”, or something close to it, rather than once a maternity leave (AML) – the extra six months new
year. In this issue we explain why it would make sense mothers can take off, should they want to, after their
for you to start preparing for these changes now – if for initial six months of ordinary maternity leave have
nothing else, to make sure you really have the names expired. We explain to you why the rules governing
of all your staff down correctly. AML are slightly different.
At the same time, BOSS has launched a service And there’s a warning, too, should you need it,
that aims to help its members apply for one kind to consider every eventuality before you decide to
of tax relief that too many companies are currently dismiss someone. British Airways found out the hard
overlooking – tax relief on R&D. No, you don’t have to way why this is so important.

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