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
New research suggests that thousands of workers aren’t receiving payslips. What does the law require employers to do?
Published 10.10.2019
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
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
You usually have discretionary pay reviews once a year, but this time round you can’t quite stretch to them. This may all change in a few months so you want to avoid damaging staff morale if
possible. What’s your position?
Published 19.03.2009
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
An employee is adamant that under the new Equality Act 2010 they have a right to know precisely what all their colleagues earn. As a result, they’re demanding that you publish those figures. Do you
really have to do this?
Published 07.10.2010
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
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