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[UK] Johnson and Sunak will proceed with payroll tax rise [UK] Johnson and Sunak will proceed with payroll tax rise

The UK government has been under growing pressure - including from lawmakers within its own party - to delay or...
01 Feb 2022

[Ireland] Draft remote working legislation lacks ‘teeth’ [Ireland] Draft remote working legislation lacks ‘teeth’

Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise Leo Varadkar said employers would “have to give a good reason” to deny a request...
31 Jan 2022

[Germany] Thousands quitting church to avoid additional taxes [Germany] Thousands quitting church to avoid additional taxes

Christians and Jews in Germany pay between eight and nine per cent of their payroll tax to the church or...
28 Jan 2022

[UK] Minimum wage workers ‘worse off by more than £1000’ [UK] Minimum wage workers ‘worse off by more than £1000’

A worker on the National Minimum Wage would need £1,252 more a year to prevent a real terms pay cut.
28 Jan 2022

[Ireland] Virgin Media TV payroll administrator jailed for €870k theft [Ireland] Virgin Media TV payroll administrator jailed for €870k theft

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that Ms Walton worked as a payroll administrator with the company from 2006 and began...
27 Jan 2022

[Portugal] Minimum wage could exceed €900 [Portugal] Minimum wage could exceed €900

This would take the minimum wage above the amount promised by the socialists in the electoral programme presented for January...
26 Jan 2022

[Serbia] New national minimum wage for 2022 [Serbia] New national minimum wage for 2022

The government of Serbia increased the minimum wage by 9.4 per cent for 2022. 
26 Jan 2022