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Currys increases salary for 10,000 staff and boosts minimum pay rates

Employee Benefits

The retailer has additionally increased minimum pay rates , which will rise to £11.50 Over the past three years, Currys has increased its minimum hourly pay by 29%. This increase in take-home pay will mean that the annual earnings of an employee who works 20 hours a week will have risen by nearly £2,700 over the three-year period.

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HR How-to: Discuss Salary During An Interview

Abel HR

And then they ask about salary and it’s as if all the air has been sucked out of the room. After all, why take the hiring process further if you have vastly disparate ideas for how the position should be rewarded? Will they be making their preferred salary in six months to a year?

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SAVING 1% MORE COULD BOOST PENSION BY 25%

Employee Benefits

They are paying 5% of their salary into a pension via a salary sacrifice arrangement, and their employer is paying 3%. Example 1: Sam[1] – Basic rate tax payer, earning £20,000 per year The employee increases pension contributions by 1% of salary which is matched by the employer.

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How to Calculate Net Pay for Payroll

Patriot Software

Employee salary: $50,000 a year. Between taxes and benefit deductions, the employee’s take-home pay could be far from the $50,000 sticker price (cue the sad violin). To find their take-home pay, you need to know how to calculate net pay. But you know that’s not what they’re walking away with.

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

Employee Benefits

The frozen tax thresholds could see some employees ‘dragged’ into paying more tax and have less disposable income as a result. A salary sacrifice arrangement can support employees who are dealing with the impact of fiscal drag. Meanwhile, discounts and e-vouchers on everyday purchases stretch employees’ salaries further.

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Employees and Employers Save with Cafeteria Plans

InterWest Insurance Services

These cafeteria plans, which are governed by Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Service Code, allow your employees to withhold a portion of their pre-tax salary to cover certain medical or childcare expenses. Employees can save an average of 30% in federal, state and local taxes on items they already pay for out of pocket.

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The benefits offered by Wave

Employee Benefits

Employees can contribute as much as they wish as long as it does not take their take-home pay below the minimum wage. Two years paid at half salary at time of acceptance. Life insurance for all employees with a death-in-service benefit of four-times salary. Age limits are 16 to state pension age.

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