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Gross Pay vs Net Pay: What do They Mean? 

Gross Pay vs Net Pay: What do They Mean? 

It’s the age-old question, what is gross pay? And how does it differ from the net pay you take home at the end of the month. It can be frustrating looking at your payslip and seeing two different totals, and at the end of the day you come home with the smaller number....

How To Calculate Employee Leave

How To Calculate Employee Leave

Adding a new starter to payroll? Here’s how to calculate their leave.  How much leave are your people entitled to?  The law says all full-time workers are entitled to 5.6 weeks of statutory paid holiday a year. For most people working a five-day working week, that...

What Does Your Tax Code Mean?

What Does Your Tax Code Mean?

There’s a lot of information contained in the (usually) four numbers and one or two letters than make up your tax code. If staff regularly ask you what their tax code means, share this with them…  Each payday, your payroll department or outsourced payroll provider...

How an EOR Reduces Risk

How an EOR Reduces Risk

If your team is spread internationally and you want to keep recruiting the best international talent, working with an Employer of Record (EOR) is a simple way to do it. There are lots of benefits to working with an EOR, and one of the most important is the mitigation...

The Tipping Act: Is It A Good Thing?

The Tipping Act: Is It A Good Thing?

This month, The Employment (Allocation of Tips) Bill gained Royal Assent. Designed to ensure employers distribute tips and gratuities fairly and without deductions, The Tipping Act (as it’s informally known) will come into force in 2024. But will it have a positive...

5 Ways Technology Is Impacting International Payroll Services

5 Ways Technology Is Impacting International Payroll Services

International payroll transformed by technology. So what difference does that make to you and your business?  You’d be hard pressed to find any industry anywhere that hasn’t been impacted by technology. Tech has certainly transformed international payroll services. In...

How Do You Navigate Complex Payroll Regulations Across Borders?

How Do You Navigate Complex Payroll Regulations Across Borders?

International cross-border payroll compliance When your business is international, how do you stay compliant with payroll regulations in all the countries in which you operate?  Yours is a global business. It spans countries and continents, and you need people on the...

Social Levy Payslip Rider Sparks Controversy

Social Levy Payslip Rider Sparks Controversy

A request by HMRC to add a message to payslips has gone down badly in some quarters. But even if you don’t add the rider, what information should you include on your payslips? It’s fair to say that the Social Care Levy has only become more controversial since it was...