Outsourcing payroll: The benefits
Are you considering outsourcing your payroll but unsure how you should go about doing it? Ian Sparrow explains what issues you need to consider and how the process works. The role of HR is becoming ever-more strategic. Gone are the days when it was viewed as a back office function, responsible for hiring, firing […]
The HR Zone guide to human resources software (2007)
CONTENTSIntroductionThe Human capital management (HCM) movementOutsourcing options and software as a serviceEnterprise software incorporating HR & payrollIntegrated HR/payroll software developersSmall business HR software suppliersPayroll and benefits administrationTime & attendanceTalent managementE-recruitmentLearning management systems Introduction This is an updated version of a guide published regularly in HR Zone to help members identify and shortlist suitable software suppliers […]
Effective payroll management. By PA Consulting Group
Payroll is often viewed as unglamorous and unimportant, but tends to be one of the largest costs for any organisation. With increasingly complex and changing regulations to deal with, Bettina Pickering, Andy Edwards and John Harrison of PA Consulting Group consider the options for dealing with payroll as an end-to-end business process. Although payroll is […]
Employment status problems – this year’s big issue
Those dealing with businesses affected by the construction industry tax deduction scheme (CIS) are probably well aware by now that employment status is an increasingly important and difficult area for contractors engaging the labour of subcontractors; AccountingWEB writer Rebecca Benneyworth reports. However, recent developments mean that those engaging freelance workers in any business should be […]
Payroll Tip: Pay and jury service
These questions are being answered by Learn HR, a market leader in the provision of HR and payroll training and nationally-recognised professional qualifications. Q: Should the financial loss allowance paid for jury service be made up to gross or net pay? A: The intention is that a person should not be “out-of-pocket” as a result of jury […]
