As we near the payroll year end, it is important to make sure you are aware of the legislative changes which will affect your business. To help your team during the transition period, our experts have summarised the key topics in this quick-reference payroll guide.
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- Human Resources
Following the Government’s decision to postpone IR35 rule changes earlier this year, time is running out for businesses that haven’t fully prepared for the changes ahead of the new deadline on 6 April 2021.
It’s safe to say that there were very few businesses that would have been prepared for the impact Covid-19 has had on their team, operations and revenue. In just a few short weeks in March everything changed so dramatically and so quickly that it was extremely difficult for finance teams to be able to plan, manage and navigate through it.
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- Finance
As lockdown restrictions continue to be eased in the UK, many key industries will now be looking to rebuild and recover from months of little or reduced activity. For hospitality, salons and other service-led businesses, they have now reopened their doors, with strict social distancing measures in place.
Keeping people safe, while trying to operate as best they can is a real challenge for business leaders - but it’s not their only priority. They also need to implement and introduce strategies that will help them maximise revenue to build momentum on the road to financial recovery. Key to that recovery is productivity - and productivity is driven by the wellbeing of the team.
For sectors like hospitality, rebuilding and retaining the workforce is going to be crucial to long-term success. So businesses need to be thinking about what policies and perks they can introduce that will help look after their team, so they can do their role to the best of their ability.
Pay on demand might just be one of the answers.
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Are you still making do with separate finance and payroll systems? If so, the chances are that you’re doing a lot more work than you really need to, and getting a lot less out of it. There are good reasons why so many businesses are now switching to fully integrated software systems. These are just some of the ways that you lose out by doing things the old-fashioned way.
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- Finance
With the presence of on demand pay growing rapidly in the UK, we take a look at what this means for HR and Payroll professionals.
In the second part of this series, we talk to Ellen Mabon, HR Assistant at the Access Group who was responsible for rolling Access EarlyPay out to over 2,000 Access employees.
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- Human Resources
As more and more companies across the UK choose to give their employees flexible pay options via on demand pay, we take a look at what this means for HR and Payroll professionals.
In the first of this two-part series, we talk to Darya Shuturminska, Payroll and Expenses Manager at the Access Group who was responsible for rolling Access EarlyPay out to over 2,000 Access employees.
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Even before COVID-19 forced many employers to offer remote working, there was a change in attitudes to working from home. According to data from the Office for National Statistics, between 2008 and 2018 there was a 75% increase in UK employees working from their own home.
Now that we’ve had no choice but to try remote working, even those who were previously against it are seeing many benefits. Fewer distractions have lead to increased productivity and many workers are finding their personal wellbeing has improved as they find themselves with more time that they would normally use to commute.
But what if changing the way we pay could also contribute to increased productivity and improved wellbeing?
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- Human Resources
Now that the government has introduced strict measures to ensure as many workers as possible spend a period of self-isolation at home, organisations are turning to remote working to keep their business running as usual.
The most recent government guidelines for employers state that all businesses should encourage their staff to work from home wherever possible. The guidelines also detail the need to send employees home immediately if they develop any symptoms such as continuous coughing or a high temperature. This has already resulted in thousands of empty offices up and down the country, though it doesn’t mean that daily operations should be grinding to a halt.
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- Human Resources
Amid much uncertainty around the classification of certain professions as part of the coronavirus (COVID-19) response, the Department of Education has confirmed that payroll professionals are to be classed as key workers.
The confirmation comes following an urgent memo from the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) which states that payroll workers fall under the category of ‘utilities, communications and financial services’ and are therefore deemed essential as a frontline service.
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- Human Resources
