A colleague is having problems recovering an over-payment of salary made to an employee who’s recently left. What should you have in place to avoid the same problems in your workplace?
Published 09.02.2006
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
At the end of August 2015 thousands of employees’ salary payments were held up in a banking glitch. In this situation who is responsible for any financial losses incurred? You, the employee or their
bank?
Published 15.09.2015
As a careful employer you always provide your employees with an itemised pay statement, often called a payslip, at the point you pay them. But where do you stand if a member of staff says it’s
incorrect?
Published 02.06.2009
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
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
With rising fuel and parking costs, many employees are considering cheaper ways of travelling to work. As 50% of commutes involve journeys of five miles or less, a cycle-to-work scheme might help
both of you; how?
Published 11.03.2011
In a recent case, a tribunal said that an employee who was overpaid by mistake for three years can keep all the money and her erroneous pay rise. So what happened and how did her employer get it so
wrong?
Published 08.07.2009
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
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