A first time Statutory Sick Pay entitlement for all employees moved closer to enactment with the announcement recently, by the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Leo Varadkar TD, that the Government has approved the publication of the General Scheme of the Sick Leave Bill 2022.
The Bill legislates for a statutory sick pay scheme for all employees, phased in over a four-year period. The new scheme will start with three days per year once the Bill is enacted, rising to five days in 2024, seven days in 2025, and ten days in 2026. The timeline has shifted slightly since the Government first announced details of the proposed scheme last year when it said there would be 10 days of sick leave by 2025.
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An extension of the Debt Warehousing scheme will also now facilitate those eligible for the scheme to warehouse or ‘park’ certain tax liabilities (e.g. PAYE, VAT) arising in in the period from 1 January to 31 March 2022 (previously the cut-off was 31 December 2021).
As a result, the interest free period will now run from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023. The businesses must already be eligible for warehousing and have a valid claim during the period from 1 January 2022 to 30 April 2022 for any of the following Government COVID-19 Support Schemes: Operating a successful eCommerce website requires you to consider a lot of elements to make it successful. To get you started, here are five fundamental tips that you can use to optimise your eCommerce store for success.
1. Improve the checkout process On average, 70% of online shoppers abandon their basket at checkout. Creating a checkout process that is simple and offers flexibility for the customer is crucial to improving the on-site conversion rate. Removing outdated or unnecessary fields, and offering flexible payment options at the checkout are examples of how you can improve your checkout process. Help to Buy (HTB) incentive helps all first time buyers buy a newly built house, apartment or self- build home. It only applies to properties that cost €500,000 or less. The incentive which has been extended by Revenue to 31 December 2022, gives a refund of Income Tax and Deposit Interest Retention Tax (DIRT) paid in Ireland over the previous 4 years. An individual cannot claim relief on PRSI or USC. An individual can claim a tax refund based on the income tax they have already paid, to the lessor of:
With many employees still working in a hybrid situation, there are a large amount of people requesting a remote working option on an ongoing basis. Currently this is not regulated, however, legislation has been introduced that when passed into law will give workers the right to request a remote working option. Employers will have the right to refuse on grounds to be stated in the bill. If the worker is dissatisfied there will be a right to bring the matter before the WRC.
The following is a non-exhaustive list of some of the reasons an employer can refuses a remote working request on business grounds:
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