The increased connectivity of payroll processing has transformed the reactive model of years ago into a tool that can aid productivity, adapt and grow with companies and meet the needs of a workforce on the move. But as the latest Norton Symantec Internet Security...
Is voluntary overtime next in line to be included in holiday pay? Towards the end of last year, a landmark employment tribunal hearing resulted in the inclusion of non-guaranteed overtime payments in holiday pay. Following Bear Scotland v Fulton, holiday payments...
Think about the places where you’ve loved working. What was it about these workplaces that made getting out of bed at the crack of dawn each day so appealing? Was it the nature of the job? Maybe. Was it the commute? Doubtful. Was it your compensation and benefits?...
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...
There’s a lot to be said for outsourcing: removing certain tasks allows employees to focus on more important jobs, improving individual job satisfaction, boosting accuracy, saving money and cutting the amount of time taken for something to get done. It’s usually back...
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...
Businesses have a habit of growing in a fairly organic, haphazard way. For that reason, many organisations tend to start looking at automating or managing their expenses only when the pile of invoices, receipts and authorisation requests is threatening to crush...
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...