Auto Enrolment and Payroll
What Tasks Does a Payroll Need to Carry Out for Auto Enrolment? Workplace Pensions have been with us for a while now, and the process for employers for getting it all underway is called auto enrolment. This can be a time consuming and complicated process when it comes to the payroll, especially for the hundreds of thousands of micro and small businesses (up to 40 employees) who often don't have dedicated HR or finance departments to manage the process for them. This article looks at some of...
The Living Wage and Payroll Services
The Living Wage. Is Your Payroll Ready? The National Living Wage came into effect on April 1st 2016 at a rate of £7.20 per hour for those aged 25 and over. Quite apart from the penalties of non-compliance (and there is likely to be naming and shaming for those who don't comply along with fines, just as with the minimum wage), we know that when it comes to implementation into payroll, there will be plenty of questions from companies wanting to make sure they get everything right. As specialists...
Workplace Pensions and Auto Enrolment
Do You Need Help With Workplace Pensions and Auto Enrolment? Here at JLP, we don't just provide an outsourced payroll service for our clients. We can also help when it comes to Workplace Pensions and Auto Enrolment. We look after small and micro businesses, so, f you are one of the 1.8 million small and micro business employers in the country who need to offer an auto-enrolment scheme, we can help if you're finding it all a bit too time consuming or complicated. What does auto-enrolment mean?...
Payroll Services and Holiday Pay
Should Holiday Pay Include Commission? There are always changes being made to Payroll legislation, which ultimately will make their way through to the frontline of Payroll Services your own company's payroll. Which is where we at J L Payroll Services come in. In this blog we look at a recent decision by the Employment Appeal Tribunal (The EAT) which suggests that employers need to pay commission as part of holiday pay, a decision which if it survives the inevitable appeal process means...
Payoll Services and Automatic Enrolment
Does your payroll fully support automatic enrolment requirements? The Pensions Regulator gives the following guidance about Payroll systems and automatic enrolment for Workplace Pensions. "If you already use payroll software, you'll need to find out how many automatic enrolment tasks it can carry out. Speak to the person who deals with your payroll to make sure your software, or other payroll processes you have, can perform the following tasks each pay cycle: Assess your staff, to identify...
