Category: Payroll
Payroll and Reward Brunch – December 2021
At December’s brunch, Ian Holloway will share his Review of 2021 for Payroll and Reward professionals. He’ll be joined by a panel of experts each with their own take on this year’s events. They will also take a future focus and discuss what Payroll and Reward can expect in 2022. Plus, at the end of…
Read MoreThe Health and Social Care Levy
In every fairness to the Conservative Party (forming the UK Government), at the time of their December 2019 Manifesto, nobody had heard of COVID-19, let alone the terms self-isolation and furlough. Therefore, it was probably safe to make the pledge: ‘We will not raise the rate of income tax, VAT or National Insurance’ Yet, 07…
Read MoreOn demand webinar: Payroll & Reward Brunch – October 2021
At brunch on Thursday, October 28th at 11am, host Ian Holloway will present his Autumn Budget Special. One day after the delivery of the Autumn Budget, Ian will examine the impact of Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak’s Autumn Budget for UK employers. (Slides are available here)
Read MoreDHL – Updating an ageing payroll system
The payroll system for any organisation is business critical, but not necessarily viewed as a high priority. Often outsourced, there may not be the expertise in-house when it comes to updating an ageing payroll system, or it may be viewed simply as an IT project. Background DHL has nearly 50,000 employees operating out of over…
Read MoreWhite paper: Launching the Payroll KPIs
In April 2021, i-Realise delivered a webinar and white paper that presented our suggestions for a payroll and reward Key Performance Indicator model. PROCESS looked at the function’s elements and suggested performance measurements. However, we wanted this to be modified with wider industry engagement so we formed a KPI Working Group, ensuring that our model…
Read MoreThe challenges of compliance-led change
New or updated legislation drives a lot of business change. It’s easy to see legislative change as a necessary evil – the cost to comply in time to avoid penalties. And yet, sometimes new legislation can open up opportunities for new products and services or to improve the customer, stakeholder and employee experience. In this…
Read MoreMoody’s – Mitigating the risks of delivering a global payroll implementation
A global payroll challenge Following a successful growth period through acquisition, Moody’s, with entities across 30 countries, faced the challenge of dispersed payroll processes outsourced to multiple vendors, with the added complexity of different employment terms within each country. To achieve standardised payroll processes and controls globally, a new payroll solution needed to be implemented…
Read MoreOn demand webinar: Payroll & Reward Brunch September 2021
On September’s Brunch, fresh after their summer breaks, Ian Holloway and Simon Puryer will give payroll and reward practitioners an update on the latest news affecting the professions. We are only in September, but there are already things to know for the tax year 2022/23, for example, the introduction of the Health and Social Care Levy which will affect…
Read MoreArgos – Implementing a new payroll system
Implementing a new payroll system is a major upheaval for any organisation. When this is managed in-house, conflicting priorities for different parts of the business can mean that new projects fail to gain the momentum that they need to succeed. Background Argos recognised the need to replace its payroll system as it was about to…
Read MoreOn demand webinar: Launching the Payroll KPIs
In April 2021, i-Realise delivered a webinar and white paper that presented our suggestions for a payroll and reward Key Performance Indicator model. PROCESS looked at the function’s elements and suggested performance measurements. However, we wanted this to be modified with wider industry engagement so we formed a KPI Working Group, ensuring that our model…
Read MoreUPM – Global payroll training and re-organisation
UPM, a global manufacturing organisation, engaged i-Realise when they were about to embark on a global re-organisation of payroll. Background The company recognised that they needed help to strengthen their project management capability as they had limited internal experience and skills in managing payroll specific projects. With the key project manager on long term leave…
Read MoreOn demand webinar: Payroll & Reward Brunch – July 2021
During our Summer Brunch, Ian Holloway examines the latest payroll news as we commence the (latest) wind down of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. He also looked at Statutory Sick Pay and Holiday legislation. Ian deals with all of your questions and queries during July’s Payroll & Reward Brunch. (Slides are available here.) Questions and…
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