www.tarpon-uk.com 0845 643 1580 Tax Codes We get a lot of queries on tax codes, so we’ve put together a quick summary of the most common questions: A tax code makes sure you pay the right amount of tax. Your employer uses your code to calculate the amount of tax to deduct from your pay or pension. A tax code is made up of one letter and several numbers such as these: (raise a board or have wording appear on screen giving examples) 522L or K497 You can find your tax code on your P45, that’s why this is so important to give to your new employer. If you’ve lost your P45, you won’t be able to get a replacement. Your new employer will give you a form P46 to complete so that the tax office can give you a tax code for your new employment. The most important thing we do here is getting the tax right. And tax codes directly affects your earnings and what you take home at the end of the month. • WHAT IS A TAX CODE? • It makes sure you pay right tax • Employer uses code to calculate the right tax deductions • Tax code made up of one letter and several numbers • WHERE CAN YOU FIND IT? • Tax code on your P45 • Hence important to give to your new employer • If lost can’t get P45 replaced • Can use P46 to get your tax code for new employment

Anyone who works for an employer for a regular wage or salary automatically has a contract of employment, regardless of whether it is written or not. The majority of employees work under open-ended contracts of employment. In other words, the contract continues until such time as the employer or employee ends it.

Many other employees however, work under fixed-term or specified-purpose contracts which are contracts which end on a specified date or when a specific task is completed.
The contract of employment will include some or all of the following elements (regardless of whether the employer and employee have specified them or not):

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It is well established now under federal Title VII law that an employer is liable for actionable sexual harassment caused by a supervisor with “immediate (or successively higher) authority over the employee.”  However, in cases where the employee does not suffer a “tangible employment action,” such as discharge, demotion, or an unfavorable reassignment, there is an affirmative defense that an employer may raise to avoid Title VII liability and damages.