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Why your outdated payroll software is a threat to your business
Almost one in three businesses is using payroll software that’s more than a decade old. And unlike wine, cheese and Scotch, software doesn’t improve with age. What operating system is your computer...
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Whose payroll are you on?
You’re not an accountant. All you know is that a company has promised to place you on its payroll and ensure you get 95% of your earnings. If that’s you, it’s probably time to change your payroll...
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Should payroll depts take a kinder approach to bereavement?
When Facebook doubled the length of its paid bereavement leave, much of the world was quick to applaud. As other major corporations follow its lead is it time for more HR and payroll departments to...
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Are payroll loans the answer to payday loans?
According to a new report by CIPP, if more companies offered payroll loans, UK workers could save more than £250 million. Payday Loans Warning Sign, A yellow warning hanging sign with text Payday Loans...
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Why you are the greatest risk to your payroll data’s security
We don’t mean you specifically of course, but with GDPR now in force and security and encryption improving constantly, the common denominator in payroll data security breaches is likely to remain human...
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Show me the money?
Why do fewer workers in the UK do it for the love of the job? Show me the money text concept isolated over white background How many people on your payroll come into work every day because they love...
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Email and the work/life balance
As a new survey shows most rail commuters are using train Wi-Fi to send work related emails, should employers and their payroll departments be worried or grateful? Life Balance Signpost Showing Family...
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Work-life balance – what can payroll do to help?
1-5 October is National Work Life Week, an initiative by Working Families to encourage more businesses to adopt policies that protect or boost the work-life balance. Businesses have been having...
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Off payroll issues bite HMRC
The HMRC’s application of off-payroll rules have led to a landmark settlement for one former freelancer. We’ve written about the gig economy on numerous occasions, and in particular about the ongoing...
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Budget 2018 – 4 takeaways for payroll processors
If you run your own payroll department, here are the parts of Philip Hammond’s latest Budget that will have your payroll people beavering away in preparation for April 2019. It was the ‘end of...
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Trivial benefits and Xmas gift giving
With Christmas around the corner (sorry) now’s the time for a reminder that when it comes to putting the cost of gifts through the company books, HMRC is a virtual Santa Claus – providing the gifts are...
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The auto-enrolment crackdown
Auto enrolment is proving a challenge for many, especially SMEs – and now The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is getting tough. We explore the mistakes inexperienced payroll workers are making most often....
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Why integrate payroll and HR?
Like cheese and crackers, Slade and Christmas and Ant and Dec, some things are just meant to go together. Businesses have an uncanny knack of dividing their various functions into silos that never...
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2018: A year in payroll
It was the year of GDPR, gig-economy wranglings, Making Tax Digital and auto-enrolment crackdowns. And that’s before we get to Brexit. If you work in payroll, 2018 has been a busy year… January We...
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Labour: your biggest challenge in 2019
The CIPD’s Labour Market Outlook report for the final quarter of 2018 gives us a decidedly ‘bah, humbug’ feeling about the New Year. It’s that time of year. A time to look back at the year that’s...
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Payroll and your care business
You run a business operating in the care sector and payroll takes too much of your time. But before you choose your outsourced payroll partner, consider this… In summer 2018 the British Chambers of...
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The State of Payroll 2019
Most payroll is still processed in house. And yet, as the CIPP Future of Payroll Survey Reveals, the biggest challenges facing in-house processing can be resolved by outsourcing. There’s an old Tommy...
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Blockchain: coming soon to a payroll near you
How a technology most people have never heard of could be about to change everything. Last month, in our future of payroll piece, we explored some of the findings of the CIPP Future of Payroll Survey....
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Gender pay gap narrows (slightly)
New data for the gender pay gap paints a disheartening picture. Well this wasn’t supposed to happen. In 2017, when the government introduced a requirement for companies with 250 staff or more to...
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Why Entrepreneurs Need to Outsource Payroll
They are the creative spark behind every new business. They are frequently dynamic forces of nature. But there are some things entrepreneurs should leave to others. Unrecognizable blonde businesswoman...
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