Payroll

Payroll professionals report lack of ethical AI checks

The majority (82%) of payroll professionals say that there are no mechanisms in place to ensure that AI advancements in payroll are handled ethically and responsibly, according to a survey by the...

Why won’t more employers use early wage access?

A survey of payroll professionals revealed that 7% of organisations are using an early wage access (EWA) scheme, which allows employees to access a percentage of the pay they have earned before their...

The human cost of IT outages

The recent IT outage that many Microsoft users experienced due to the CrowdStrike update caused a loss of productivity and revenue. It was a headache for many businesses. But employees were also left...

HR must be ready for the ‘big shift’

From April 2026 onwards, payrolling benefits will become mandatory, making P11D forms a thing of the past. Though we’re two years away from what the payroll community calls ‘the big switch’, early...

Payroll errors impact 25% of UK employees

A quarter (25%) of UK PAYE employees have received a paycheque from their employer that was incorrect, research from The Global Payroll Association revealed.

The duality of capital – how to unlock the combined power of HR and finance

HR and finance people may appear to have different views on just what ‘capital’ means: on one side, human, on the other, the bottom line. But bring them together and you have an unbeatable...

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Armed forces payroll hacked

The payroll system used by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) was hacked in a data breach, the BBC reported yesterday.

The future of payroll

How is increasing automation set to change how our people get paid in the future? Cath Everett investigates.

“Bland” Spring Budget a flop for HR

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget has gone down poorly with employment experts, who have criticised its narrow focus on personal tax cuts and “bland and beige” policies.

Earned Wage Access could calm money worries, CIPP says

As the cost of living crisis continues, the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) is calling for employers to use Earned Wage Access (EWA) payroll to ease financial pressure on...

Half of employees have missed a bill payment due to inaccurate payroll

Nearly half (46%) of UK employees said they have missed a bill payment as a direct result of inaccurate payroll, according to payroll provider MHR.

National Living Wage to hit £11: what HR needs to do now

A new National Living Wage of £11 per hour is to be launched in April 2024, giving HR and payroll professionals a number of tasks to complete before the new financial year.