Budget 2009 web summit: the impact on HR

On 1 May, we ran a series of webcasts exploring the implications of the most significant Budget affecting HR in decades.

Headlined by a new 50% tax rate for high earning senior managers and executives, Budget 2009 presented a range of challenges and opportunities for employees, HR, tax and finance professionals. In our webcasts we discussed what employers face in ensuring UK employees are competitively rewarded amid a less advantageous corporate and personal tax environment.

Take a look at the webcasts from the day to find out more:

Pensions
Ed Wilson and Mark Sprague discuss the changes to pension contribution tax relief for higher earners, a new special annual allowance charge, the issues around employer pension scheme contributions and communicating these changes with employees.

Reward
The new 50% top rate of tax has grabbed headlines but what else is affecting reward? Carol Dempsey and Julian Sansum discuss how the divergence between capital gains and income tax could affect reward; timing of payments; and new anti-avoidance legislation.

International Mobility
Sean Drury and Alan Johnson discuss the impact of the 50% income tax rate for those earning in excess of £150,000; what this means for international assignee employees working in the UK; and how changes might affect the future attraction of international talent.

Employment tax and people-related risk
Matthew Hunnybun and Mike Nagle discuss salary sacrifice arrangements, in particular pensions sacrifice, other Budget changes and the new chief financial officer requirement to personally certify tax calculation compliance.