Bank Holiday Deadlines - May 2019

Please take note of the following to ensure prompt payment during the upcoming 2019 May bank holiday period.

1. Bank Holiday Deadlines – MAY 2019

Bank Holiday	Pay Period (Weekending)	Deadline For T/S Submission	To Ensure Payment On
Monday	05/05/2019	Midday Friday	Friday
06/05/2019	(shifts up to 03/05/19)	03/05/2019	10/05/2019
Monday	26/05/2019	Midday Friday	Friday
27/05/2019	(shifts up to 23/03/19)	24/05/2019	31/05/2019

Please make sure that your timesheets arrive at the Head Office by post (92-96 Lind Road, Sutton, SM1 4PL) or email (wages@a24group.com).

2. PAYROLL QUERIES – PHONE LINE OPENING HOURS

In order to ensure we can pay you promptly, over this period, we need to notify you that we will be operating reduced hours with regards to our phone lines for payroll queries and as follows:

Date	Phone Line Opening Hours
Friday 3rd May 2019	09:00-12:00
Monday 6th May 2019	CLOSED
Tuesday 7th May 2019	09:00-15:00
Wednesday 8th May 2019	CLOSED AS NORMAL
Thursday 9th May 2019	BACK TO NORMAL OPENING HOURS
Friday 24th May 2019	09:00-12:00
Monday 27th May 2019	CLOSED
Tuesday 28th May 2019	09:00-15:00
Wednesday 29th May 2019	CLOSED AS NORMAL
Thursday 30th May 2019	BACK TO NORMAL OPENING HOURS

Regards
A24 Group Payroll Team 

Bank Holiday Deadlines – GOOD FRIDAY AND EASTER MONDAY 2019

Please take note of the following to ensure prompt payment during this upcoming 2019 Good Friday and Easter Monday bank holiday period. 
 
Please make sure that your timesheets arrive at the Head Office by post (92-96 Lind Road, Sutton, SM1 4PL) or email (wages@a24group.com ) and by the following dates: 

Bank Holiday	Pay Period (Weekending)	Deadline For T/S Submission	To Ensure Payment On
Friday	14/04/2019	Midday Friday	Thursday
19/04/2019	(shifts up to 11/04/19)	12/04/2019	18/04/2019
Monday	21/04/2019	Midday Thursday	Friday
22/04/2019	(shifts up to 17/04/19)	18/04/2019	26/04/2019

In order to ensure we can pay you promptly, over this period, we need to notify you that we will be operating reduced hours with regards to our phone lines for payroll queries and as follows:

Date	Phone Line Opening Hours
Tuesday 16th April 2019	09:00-12:00
Wednesday 17th April 2019	CLOSED AS NORMAL
Thursday 18th April 2019	09:00-12:00
Friday 19th April 2019	CLOSED
Monday 22nd April 2019	CLOSED
Tuesday 23rd April 2019	09:00-13:00
Wednesday 24th April 2019	CLOSED AS NORMAL
Thursday 25th April 2019	BACK TO NORMAL OPENING HOURS

This is a reminder that if you are a member of the Auto-Enrollment Pension Scheme with NEST, your contributions will automatically increase to 4% (net) from 5th April 2019.

In addition to this employer contributions will rise to 3% and the Governments contributions will rise to 1%.

If you'd like to know more about NEST you can visit their website at www.nestpensions.org.uk. NEST's contact details are NEST Nene Hall Lynch Wood Business Park Peterborough PE2 6FY.

Member enquiries: 0300 020 0393 or Email: support@nestpensions.org.uk

You can also get general information on pensions and saving for later life at www.direct.gov.uk/workplacepension

Bank Holiday Deadlines - Christmas and New Year's Holiday Period

Please take note of the following to ensure prompt payment during the upcoming Christmas and New Year’s bank holiday periods

Please make sure that your timesheets arrive at the Head Office either by post to 92-96 Lind Road, Sutton, Surrey, SM1 4PL, or by email to: wages@a24group.com and by the following dates:

Bank Holiday Dates	Pay period (Week Ending)	Deadline for Timesheet Submission	Send BACS Files on	To Ensure Payment On
Tuesday 25th & Wednesday 26th December 2018	Suunday 23rd December (shifts up to Thurdsay 20th Dec)	15:00 on Thursday 20th December	Monday 24th December	Friday 28th December
Tuesday 1st January 2019	Sunday December 30th (shifts up to Friday 28th Dec)	15:00 on Friday 28th December	Wednesday 2nd January	Friday 4th January

Payroll phone line opening hours are as follows:

Friday 21st December 2018	09:00-11:00
Monday 24th December	Closed
Tuesday 25th December	Closed
Wednesday 26th December	Closed
Thursday 27th December	09:00-16:00
Friday 28th December	09:00-16:00
Monday 31st December	09:00-13:00
Tuesday 1st December	Closed
Wednesday 2nd January	Closed as normal
Back to normal opening hours from Thursday 3rd January

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Healthcare staff in provision of services rendered need to obtain information and give advice, and patients need to ask questions and share their concerns. Therefore, to provide a thorough service for hearing impaired patients, it is of paramount importance that their communication needs are acknowledged and addressed by those responsible for the providing healthcare service.

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Bank Holiday Deadlines – CHRISTMAS 2016 / NEW YEAR 2017

Dear agency worker 

Bank Holiday Deadlines: CHRISTMAS 2016 / NEW YEAR 2017

Please take note of the following to ensure prompt payment during the upcoming 2016/2017 bank holiday periods.

Please make sure that your timesheets arrive at the Head Office by post (92-96 Lind Road, Sutton, SM1 4PL) or email (wages@a24group.com) as follows: 

BANK HOLIDAY	PAY PERIOD (WEEKENDING)	DEADLINE FOR TIMESHEET RECEIPT	TO ENSURE PAYMENT ON
BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY 26TH AND TUESDAY 27TH DECEMBER 2016	25/12/2016 (shifts up to 22/12/16)	10 AM FRI 23/12/16	FRIDAY 30/12/16
BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY 2ND JANUARY	01/01/17 (shifts up to 29/12/16)	MIDDAY FRIDAY 30/12/16	FRIDAY 06/01/17

Please note the following regarding bank holiday shifts

Due to Christmas Day and New Year’s Day falling at the weekend (and therefore not Bank Holidays), please ensure you check with your booking consultant if the bank holiday rates apply

 2. Payroll queries – Phone line opening hours

In order to ensure we can pay you promptly over this period we need to notify you that we will be operating reduced hours with regards to our payroll phone lines for payroll queries, as follows:

Date	Phone line opening hours
Friday 23 December 2016	CLOSED
Wednesday 28 December 2016	CLOSED
Thursday 19 December 2016	09:00 to 17:00
Friday 30 December 2016	09:00 to 12:00
Tuesday 3 January 2017	Lines open as normal
Wednesday 4 January 2017	CLOSED
Thursday 5 January 2017 onwards	Lines open as normal

 

Please note: Our payroll telephone lines are not usually open on Wednesdays.

Best Regards, A24 Group Payroll Team 

 

Bank Holiday Deadline – Monday 29 August 2016

Dear Agency Worker

Please take note of the following to ensure prompt payment during the upcoming August 2016 Bank Holiday period.

Please make sure that your timesheets arrive at the Head Office by post (92-96 Lind Road, Sutton, SM1 4PL) or email (wages@a24group.com) as follows:

BANK HOLIDAY	SHIFTS UP TO WEEKENDING	DEADLINE FOR TIMESHEET RECEIPT	TO ENSURE PAYMENT ON
August (Mon 29/08/2016)	28/08/2016	MIDDAY FRI 26/08/2016	FRI 02/09/2016

Thank you and Best Regards

A24 Group Payroll Team

Bank Holiday deadlines - May Day & Spring

Dear Agency Worker,

Please take note of the following to ensure prompt payment during the upcoming May Day and Spring 2016 bank holiday periods.

Please make sure that your timesheets arrive at the Head Office by post (92-96 Lind Road, Sutton, SM1 4PL.) or email

(wages@a24group.com) as follows:

 

End of Tax Year 2015/2016 - P60

Pay date 01 April 2016 (tax week 52), is the last week of the tax year 2015/2016.

We will be posting the P60s throughout the months of April and May. All P60s will be sent out by 31st May 2016 so please do not call or email before as you will receive it by this date.

It is vital that the P60 is retained as it provides proof that payment of tax and national insurance has been paid for the period of employment.

Thank you and Best Regards

A24 Group Payroll Team

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BANK HOLIDAY DEADLINES- Good Friday & Easter 2016

Dear Agency Worker,

 

Bank Holiday Deadlines – GOOD FRIDAY AND EASTER 2016

 

Please take note of the following to ensure prompt payment during the upcoming Good Friday and Easter 2016 bank holiday periods.

 

Please make sure that your timesheets arrive at the Head Office by post (92-96 Lind Road, Sutton, SM1 4PL) or email (wages@a24group.com) as follows: 

BANK HOLIDAY     

Good Friday (25/03/2016)  

Easter Monday (28/03/2016) 

 

SHIFTS UP TO WEEKENDING   

 20/03/2016  Good Friday

 27/03/2016  Easter Monday

 

DEADLINE FOR TIMESHEE RECEIPT 

 MIDDAY FRI 18/03/2016 Good Friday

 09:30AM MON 28/03/2016*    Easter Monday

 

       

TO ENSURE PAYMENT ON

THURS 24/03/2016    Good Friday

 FRI 01/04/2016        Easter Monday

 

        

  

 Please also note the following regarding the deadline for w/e 27/03/16:

1. Timesheets submission – end of Tax year 2015/2016, weekending 27/03/2016 (shifts including Sunday 27 March 2016).

*Weekending 27/03/2016 is the last week of the Tax Year 2015/2016 so please ensure you submit all timesheets up to Sunday 27 March 2016 into us well before 09:30am Monday 28 March 2016 deadline (this may reduce the amount of tax you pay at the beginning of the new tax year 2016/17). If you are working for the whole of the previous week, please send in your timesheets as you complete shifts rather than trying to send them all on the Monday morning following that week’s work. Due to the tight timescales Payroll will be processing timesheets as they come in, to ensure we can pay you promptly on Friday 1 April 2016.

2. Payroll – Telephone calls In order to ensure we can pay you promptly, we need to notify you that we will not be taking Payroll calls on Tuesday 29 March 2016. Lines will re-open at 9am on Thursday 31 March 2016.

Thank you and Best Regards A24 Group Payroll Team

BANK HOLIDAY DEADLINES- CHRISTMAS 2015/ NEW YEAR 2016

FAO: All A24 Group Agency Workers

01 December 2015 Dear Agency Worker Re: Bank Holiday Deadlines – CHRISTMAS 2015 / NEW YEAR 2016

 

Please take note of the following to ensure prompt payment during the upcoming 2015/2016 bank holiday periods. Please make sure that your timesheets arrive at the Head Office by post (92-96 Lind Road, Sutton, SM1 4PL) or email (wages@a24group.com) as follows: 

 

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BANK HOLIDAY            SHIFTS UP TO WEEKENDING       DEADLINE FOR TIMESHEET RECEIPT          TO ENSURE PAYMENT ON

 

N/A                                                 20/12/15                              MIDDAY FRI  18/12/15                                        THURS 24/12/15

 

 

XMAS DAY 2015                             27/12/15                              10AM THURS 24/12/15                                        THURS  31/12/15

 

 

BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY               03/01/16                               MIDDAY MON 04/01/16*                                     FRI 08/01/16

28 DEC 2015 and NEW

YEARS DAY 2016 

 

 

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Please also note the following regarding the above deadlines:

 

1.*Shifts worked up to Weekending 03/01/2016 Please try to get as many of your timesheets in to us as soon as possible and well before the deadline for this week – i.e.- please send in timesheets as soon as you have worked a shift for this weekending and please do not hold onto them, even if this results in submitting several timesheets for this particular week. Due to the tight timescales and Bank Holiday backlogs payroll will be processing timesheets as soon as they come in to ensure we can pay you promptly (on Friday 08 January 2016) for the work completed in the previous week.

 

2. Payroll queries – Phone line opening hours In order to ensure we can pay you promptly over this period we need to notify you that we will be operating reduced hours with regards to our payroll phone lines for payroll queries, as follows:  

 

 

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DATE                                                                                                                                                               PHONE LINE OPENING HOURS

 

THURSDAY 24 DECEMBER                                                                                                                                09:00 - 12:00   

 

FRIDAY 25 DECEMBER to MONDAY 28 DECEMBER 2015                                                                                 CLOSED

 

TUESDAY 29 DECEMBER 2015                                                                                                                          09:00 - 12:00

 

WEDNESDAY 30 DECEMBER                                                                                                                             CLOSED

 

THURSDAY 31 DECEMBER                                                                                                                                09:00 - 12:00

 

FRIDAY 01 JANUARY 2016                                                                                                                               CLOSED

 

MONDAY 4 JANUARY 2016 ONWARDS                                                                                                            LINES OPEN AS NORMAL

 

 

 

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Please note: Our payroll telephone lines are not usually open on Wednesdays. 

 

Thank you for all of your hard work this year. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

 

Best Regards, A24 Group Payroll Team