We unlock the benefits
of Salary Exchange
We discovered that over 95% of small businesses are not benefiting from the Salary Exchange scheme. We handle the setup and management for you, so you don’t miss out on this valuable benefit.
Why setting up Salary Exchange is so crucial?
It allows you and your employees to save on National Insurance contributions, putting more money in their pockets each month and increasing cash savings for your business.
In short, everyone wins.
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See how implementing salary exchange can positively benefit your company and workers
They get more. You keep more.
What are the advantages of Salary Sacrifice?
It is a zero-cost employee benefit that puts more in the pockets of businesses and staff. Husky unlocks the benefits of Salary Sacrifice helping employers and employees save more.
Reduced tax and NICs
This cost-effective agreement reduces the employee’s annual salary. Income tax and NICs are then calculated on lower earnings, allowing you and your staff to keep more and save more.
Boosted business savings
Paying less NICs to your employee’s record means more business savings for you.
Boosted pension pot
You could boost your employee’s pot by adding your business savings to their pension. Salary Sacrifice becomes a valuable workplace benefit when employers boost their staff’s pensions.
Increased employee satisfaction
Salary Sacrifice is a zero-cost employee benefit. It increases employee satisfaction and retention.
With Husky’s Salary Exchange
- Watch the video to understand how Husky can make this win-win shift to Salary Exchange.
Talk to our dedicated customer support team.
- Kick off your onboarding call.
- We will set everything up for you and start administering the whole process.
- Reach our to real humans (we don't use bots) for help anytime via Email and Phone.
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Our Achievements
80%
savings on pension fees with Husky’s exclusive preferential rates.
1100+
businesses have saved money, streamlined admin and ensured compliance with Husky.
8000+
individuals have more control over retirement planning because their employers use Husky.
£50,000+
We successfully resolved compliance issues for our clients, resulting in over £50,000 in fines avoided.
Pricing to suit business of all sizes
When registering, you can opt for us to also handle your payroll, salary exchange, and compliance matters. Please note that selecting these services may result in pricing variations based on the size and complexity of your business. Rest assured, we will provide a pricing solution tailored to your specific needs.
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For organisations with over 100 employees, a customised and detailed approach is essential.
Here are 7 frequently asked questions about Salary Exchange
If you have more questions you can always access our knowledge base on this link.
As the employee’s gross earnings are reduced, the employer also saves on their National Insurance Contributions (NIC).
Those savings can be re-invested into the employee’s workplace pension pot to provide an even better employee benefit and encourage them to join. With Husky, you can also split those savings into specific %s so you can share the savings between the company and the employee.
Salary Exchange is an agreement between the employee and the employer. The employee's contract of employment is altered to reflect that they have agreed to exchange part of their future gross salary or bonus entitlement in return for a non-cash benefit, such as an employer pension contribution.
What are the benefits of a Salary Exchange scheme?
- Employers save on NI contributions while employees can save on tax as well as NI contributions.
- Employers can reinvest any NIC savings in their business or their employees’ pension plans.
- Employees receive a higher pension contribution or take-home pay, depending on how the arrangement’s set up.
- Employees can benefit from a bigger retirement fund, if NIC savings are reinvested back into their plan.
Are there any possible drawbacks to a Salary Exchange scheme?
- Lower life cover (employers generally calculate entitlement as a multiple of salary which would be lower)
- Lower borrowing available on mortgages (as per life cover the borrowing level is determined by a multiple of a lower salary)
- Entitlement to state benefits eg Statutory Maternity Pay and the State Pension may be affected if your salary falls below the level at which you pay National Insurance contributions.
- The employee might not be able to revert to their old (pre-sacrifice) salary if personal circumstances change. The employer would have to agree to a further change to the employee's contract of employment.
Those savings can be re-invested into the employee’s workplace pension pot to provide an even better employee benefit and encourage them to join. With Husky, you can also split those savings into specific %s so you can share the savings between the company and the employee.
A salary exchange agreement can normally be altered, for example, if someone opts out of an automatic enrolment scheme with salary exchange.
For any other circumstances, it depends on how the agreement has been set up. It may be necessary to change the terms of a salary sacrifice arrangement where a lifestyle change significantly alters an employee’s financial circumstances.
This may include:
- changes to circumstances directly arising as a result of coronavirus (COVID-19)
- marriage
- divorce
- partner becoming redundant or pregnant
What are the benefits of a Salary Exchange scheme?
- Employers save on NI contributions while employees can save on tax as well as NI contributions.
- Employers can reinvest any NIC savings in their business or their employees’ pension plans.
- Employees receive a higher pension contribution or take-home pay, depending on how the arrangement’s set up.
- Employees can benefit from a bigger retirement fund, if NIC savings are reinvested back into their plan.
Are there any possible drawbacks to a Salary Exchange scheme?
- Lower life cover (employers generally calculate entitlement as a multiple of salary which would be lower)
- Lower borrowing available on mortgages (as per life cover the borrowing level is determined by a multiple of a lower salary)
- Entitlement to state benefits eg Statutory Maternity Pay and the State Pension may be affected if your salary falls below the level at which you pay National Insurance contributions.
- The employee might not be able to revert to their old (pre-sacrifice) salary if personal circumstances change. The employer would have to agree to a further change to the employee's contract of employment.
Those savings can be re-invested into the employee’s workplace pension pot to provide an even better employee benefit and encourage them to join. With Husky, you can also split those savings into specific %s so you can share the savings between the company and the employee.
You should speak to your tax credits office before you decide whether to participate in a Salary Exchange Scheme. You must also notify your tax credits office once you have exchanged your salary.
However, in broad terms, as your gross salary reduces (and employer pension contributions are disregarded) your entitlement to tax credits may increase. If you currently make personal contributions to a pension scheme, then you are currently entitled to deduct the gross amount of the pension contribution from your earnings to calculate your tax credits. In this situation, therefore, there should be little or no change to your tax credits entitlement.
Yes, salary exchange can be introduced into an existing plan as well as new plans.
Joining salary exchange is an employee’s choice and therefore an employee can not be forced to opt into a salary exchange (salary sacrifice) scheme.
Using salary exchange together with Auto-Enrolment means that if someone hasn’t signed the agreement they still need to be enrolled and therefore make their contributions as currently.
As an employer, you can have two sets of employees: one set in the scheme without Salary Exchange and contributing normally and the second in the scheme with Salary Exchange where the contributions are all made from the employer.
Some employers automatically include new employees in salary exchange (through their contract of employment) while allowing them to opt out of Salary Exchange if they wish.
Leaving a salary sacrifice exchange is always an option, and you should be able to do so without penalty if the arrangement isn’t working for you.
Your employer may have rules around when you can do this based on your salary exchange agreement, however they can’t make you stay in one. Your employer also cannot force you to enter into one.
See how we implement Salary Exchange for you
4 easy steps
Register
To access Salary Exchange services with Husky, it is currently required that we manage your Workplace pension. Once you sign up for Workplace pension management, you will be able to activate Salary Exchange.
Learn
Your employees understand the benefits of this scheme by using the Husky for Everyone app
Onboarding
You accept the agreement and sign the necessary documents that have been prepared for you by Husky, with a press of a button. The employee signs the agreement through the app too.
That's it
You’re all set, start saving! Salary Sacrifice helps you and your employees get more now and have more later.
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