by Carl Wood | Dec 10, 2015 | News
With more than a quarter of small businesses unaware or unclear about their responsibilities ahead of this week’s auto enrolment staging date, we ask what happens next? If your business employs 30-49 employees, your auto-enrolment staging date is this week. Payroll...
by Carl Wood | Jul 13, 2015 | Pensions
One of the questions companies up and down the UK have been asking for the past couple of years is: ‘What’s my staging date?’ It’s a question that must be answered correctly, too, as the penalties for getting this wrong are significant. But what does it mean? For...
by Carl Wood | May 12, 2015 | HR
According to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), employee absence costs British businesses £29 billion per year. This equates to just under £600 per head. It’s no wonder, then, that decreasing sickness remains a priority for most management...
by Carl Wood | Aug 28, 2014 | News
It’s all too easily done. Your in-house payroll clerk handles far more than payroll, and it only takes a second’s distraction for someone to end up with an unexpected gift in their pay packet. But if you do overpay an employee, are you entitled to get the money...
by Carl Wood | Jan 7, 2013 | HR
‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ can be a tempting argument. Yes, your payroll and HR data may be accurate and up to date. Yes, your people may feel entirely at home with separate systems they know, understand and which ensure they get paid every month. But if you...