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Uber drivers are workers not self employed, Supreme Court rules The Supreme Court decided that Uber drivers are workers, so what does that mean for your company? If you pay any zero hours workers, and they have worker or employee status, then you may think all is well. However, there are 3 key questions you need to ask following this decision. Are all your zero hour workers: Auto-enrolled (AE)? Above the National Minimum Wage (NMW)? Receiving Holiday … Read more

Whilst appearing deceptively simple, HMRC RTI Payroll IDs are actually quite complex! This article attempts to explain how they work and how to avoid any issues. Most employees only have a single job and if this were the case, RTI payroll IDs might have never existed. However: RTI payroll IDs are not merely text labels – instead, HMRC uses them to track each job or employment. The easiest way to think about payroll IDs is to think … Read more

Are you compliant with the new 52-week reference period? From April 2020, the law regarding Holiday Pay for workers who do not have fixed hours or pay changed. This must now be calculated using a 52-week reference period. Unpaid weeks must not be included. Previously, there were two methods used for holiday pay: Unfortunately, neither of these two methods comply with the new law. In fact, the notion of rolled-up holiday pay is no longer acceptable. All … Read more

Published on June 12, 2020 Peter Bowyer

Crunching down the numbers for payroll is no easy feat. The whole process means dealing with timesheets, attendance reports, taxes, compensation and more. Such tasks can be daunting, not to mention time consuming and liable to conflicting results. Fortunately, there are now software solutions designed specifically to assist you in managing payrolls. In fact, a Deloitte survey says that 89% of global businesses use online payroll services to help them. This type of software can help you … Read more

We are sometimes asked “is emailing payslips OK?” and we politely explain that with regard to GDPR, email of payslips is a really bad idea! Pay documents such as payslips, P60s and P45s contain personal data. This means that the employer has a responsibility to take appropriate measures to protect this data under GDPR. So, what does the GDPR say: GDPR email payslips ” Taking into account the state of the art, the costs of implementation and the … Read more