Payroll is a central function to any business. It’s crucial of course, but the monthly process can also be time consuming and fiddly – not a great combination when your precious time could be spent growing your business. It goes without saying your employees will...
When setting up a small business, learning how to do payroll is often the most stressful part for employers. Making sure all the calculations are correct and getting the information over to HMRC ready for your staff to get paid on pay day can take up valuable time and...
As an employer, payroll will be one of the most essential aspects of what you do. The process starts as soon as you hire your first employee and requires regular management to keep it running smoothly. A solid payroll system is key in ensuring your company is...
If you've accidentally overpaid an employee, don't worry, it happens, and in most circumstances, you’ll be able to get the money back. But can an employer take back overpaid salary from an individual's wages, and what does the law say about employee rights when this...
Pay in lieu of notice, or PILON, is when an employee is dismissed and receives a compensation payment instead of working their notice period. The payment is designed to reimburse the individual for the portion of salary or wages lost due to not working their notice....
The official definition of payroll is a company’s list of employees. However, it’s commonly understood to mean the combined wages and salaries paid out to all employees, and the department that looks after them. As an employer, payroll is one of the most important...
You may have seen the recent ad campaign from the Department of Work & Pensions trying desperately to remind you about pensions Auto Enrolment. It is the biggest change to pensions in decades, and every employer, however small, needs to deal with it. To help you...
Time to get ready – pensions auto-enrolment is coming soon. Medium-sized and then small businesses are about to encounter one of the biggest changes to employer pensions we’ve ever seen. Staging dates for businesses with 50 – 249 employees start tomorrow …