Support Service Announcements
Published 09/12/09
With this in mind, the information contained in this email is designed to help you through applying the correct changes to the software applications you use.
Please do NOT make the changes until your Current Invoice Cycle has been completed, as the changes are only to apply to invoices generated on or after 1st January.
Please note that NO changes need to be made to individual records as the system will filter the changes through the database. i.e a client currently set to 15% will be amended to 17.5%. Any record set to anything other than Standard Rate will NOT be affected.
The area's which will be impacted by the VAT change are as follows:-
- Customers linking from AzTech Integrity
- Back Office Temps & enterpriSe
What Needs to be done in Integrity
AzTech Integrity - Before the export > Admin > Back Office Functions > Setup > VAT Codes - Highlight VAT Codeid 2 Standard 15% change the Description to Standard 17.5%, then change the box labelled Value from 15 to 17.5 then click on the button named Replace
The National minimum wage rate rises as of the 01/10/2009. This is to be applied to the next payroll that falls on or after the 01/10/2009. There is no legal requirement for the rate to be put up part way through a payroll cycle.
The National Minimum Wage rates
The National Minimum Wage (NMW) is a minimum amount per hour that most workers in the UK are entitled to be paid. If you are being paid below the NMW you can contact the Pay and Work Rights helpline for confidential help.
Current NMW rates
There are different levels of NMW, depending on your age. The current rates are:
A young worker is someone who is older than mandatory school leaving age and younger than 18.
If you are 'compulsory school age' (still mandatory school age) you are not entitled to the NMW. Some of your other employment rights are also different.
Work and careers (young people section)
Future NMW rates
The NMW rate is reviewed every year and any changes take place on 1 October.
The rates from 1 October 2009 will be:
April Holiday Changes
As of the 01st April the holiday entitlement has increased from 4.8 weeks to 5.6 weeks. For an employee that works 5 days a week their entitlement has increased from 24 days to 28 days holiday. This value varies depending on the number of days worked per week.
To apply the changes to your enterpriSe system you need to go to Administration > System > Parameters > Payroll Company and select the Holiday option from the tree view. In here you need to add the date of 01/04/2009 into the field "Date values valid till (leave blank if no cut-off date)" for the record with 24 holiday days entitlement. Now click the button NEW and add another line into the holiday table. Your holiday table should look like this once its completed.
See below.
| Date Values Valid til (Leave blank if no cut-off date) | Holiday Days Entitlement per Year | Work Days per Year | Days Accrued per Week | Holiday Pay Accrual Percentage |
| 01/04/2009 | 24 | 236 | 0.508 | 10.17 |
| 28 | 232 | 0.603 | 12.07 |
This is applied in the Supervisor > Update payement rates section.
