Apparently, employers in the private sector are losing £12 billion annually to payroll fraud, with one of the biggest problems being “ghost”, i.e. fake, employees. How can you protect yourself
against this risk?
Published 16.06.2016
A new app which allows employees to access up to 30% of their salary before payday is growing in popularity. If you introduced it into your workplace, how would it affect your payroll reporting?
Published 04.04.2019
An employer demanded that an employee repay £20,000 after it discovered that she had been overpaid for more than ten years. When an historic overpayment is spotted, can you make an automatic
deduction from the employee’s salary?
Published 26.10.2020
48% of employees say that money worries are affecting their productivity and 50% wouldn’t be able to pay an unexpected £300 bill. Pay advances are fraught with problems, but is there a way you could
help staff who are struggling financially?
Published 14.02.2022
You must give an employee a P45 when they leave your employment. But does the law state how long you have to issue a P45 and what happens if you can’t provide this document to the employee before
they start a new job?
Published 23.03.2023
In order to streamline your admin costs you’re considering ditching printed payslips and sending PDF versions via e-mail instead. However, one of your employees insists that this practice is illegal.
Are they correct?
Published 23.03.2015
As you know, since April 1 2009 employees have been entitled to increased annual leave. But if someone leaves part-way through your holiday year, what’s the best way to calculate their accrued
holiday entitlement?
Published 20.04.2009
Last month, for whatever reason, you were late in processing payroll data. This meant that staff received their pay a week late. Some of them are very unhappy and demanding compensation. Do you have
to pay it?
Published 28.06.2008
One of our subscribers wants to know if it’s legal to send employees their payslips by e-mail. On the face of it there’s nothing to stop them doing this. But are there any hidden dangers lurking
behind the scenes?
Published 09.03.2010