Masters of payroll ready to rock world’s largest expo

May 15, 2017
  The American Payroll Association’s Annual Congress kicks off today, and IRIS FMP’s international payroll specialists will be on hand to give help and advice to the thousands of payroll professionals who may find the administration of American employees abroad a real ch ...
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Why was SME hit with massive regulatory fine? 

May 12, 2017
The Pensions Regulator’s attempts to educate rather than fine employers fell on deaf ears at shoe manufacturer Johnsons Shoes Company, and the company has been hit with a massive £42k fine. The company, which cited ‘excessive workloads’ for their failure to complete their dec ...
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Things to consider when hiring employees in multiple countries

May 9, 2017
When a company has the requirement to hire employees in other countries, they are required to comply with the countries payroll procedures and regulations as well as their HR laws just as they would with employees based in their own country. With expertise needed in country-s ...
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Global payroll dragged down by admin headaches

May 4, 2017
So, you’ve been tasked with placing a new employee in a new country for your company. Unless you’ve already got a stable established in-country presence already, with a local company HR person looking after your overseas employees, you could find yourself with a significant a ...
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10 Bizarre Excuses for Not Paying Staff

April 26, 2017
The Government is spending £1.7 million on an awareness campaign to make sure workers are paid what they are legally entitled to, because it seems that some of them aren’t being paid the National Living Wage. The National Living Wage was set up last year as a means of r ...
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Second pay centre created for innovative payroll disruptor

April 25, 2017
IRIS FMP has created a second pay centre within its UK Payroll Services division to support a sustained growth in the business. The company, which promised to disrupt the market with new and innovative solutions for the UK and international markets, was formed late in 2016 wi ...
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Cream of HR software delivering excellence at CIPD show

April 21, 2017
The cream of HR software providers will be on show at the Free to attend CIPD HR Software Show on the 14th and 15th June 2017. With 32 free seminars to inspired HR people and keep up to date with the latest developments in HR Technology it’s the one show that should be ...
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Discrimination to be eliminated with pay gap reports?

April 12, 2017
  The Equal Pay Act was introduced 45 years ago, yet women still earn less than men in Britain today. The gap in pay between men and women remains the most highlighted example of inequality for women. New for employers in 2017 The Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Inform ...
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Death of foreign exchange drives global payroll payment switch

April 10, 2017
Foreign Exchange is dead. Long live Global Payroll Payments. Not long ago companies looking to expand overseas were faced with an expensive dilemma. Setting up employees overseas has always been tricky, but international Payroll, HR and Finance teams were stung by the traditi ...
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Do you have social media guidelines for your employees?

April 6, 2017
Social media guidelines make it clear to employees what is expected of their online social behaviour. Like it or not, social media is a central part of our lives. 30% of all time spent online is now spent on social media and as social platforms evolve, this will only increase ...
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Don’t let toxic employees plague your business

April 4, 2017
Engaging and motivating staff should be high on the agenda for organisations and companies throughout the UK, especially with so much economic uncertainty in business following Brexit and Trump. But sometimes this involves dealing with “toxic” employees – those difficult empl ...
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