Payroll Fraud ignites PR nightmare for Charities

June 20, 2016
Charity payroll fraud is in the spotlight again after the latest report from the Centre for Counter Fraud Studies at Portsmouth University. The fact the Charity has been singled out again adds to the PR woes currently facing the industry. This report has the backing of a numb ...
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10 Of The Best And Worst Places To Be A Dad

June 17, 2016
Paternity Leave Across The World This weekend is Father’s Day! So, in celebration of dads everywhere, we’re taking a look at Paternity Pay. In the UK, you’re entitled to either one or two weeks of paid paternity leave. You might also be eligible to shared pa ...
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Are You Doing Things That Annoy Your Payroll Team?

June 15, 2016
Your payroll team works hard to make sure you get paid on time. They have to work to tight time schedules and accuracy is paramount. Sudden changes and a lack of information can throw a spanner into the works of even the very best payroll teams. So, if you like getting paid c ...
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BACS Extends SHA-2 Security Change Deadline

June 14, 2016
Bacs has warned businesses that there will be no further extension to the planned SHA-2 security changes, following a last minute reprieve for those companies that had failed to update their payment infrastructure by the 13th June deadline. IRIS FMP Payroll Services have been ...
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Care Sector Faces Penalty For Non-Compliance

June 13, 2016
Care sector employers will face tough legislative and reputational sanctions if they don’t pay the National Minimum Wage, warns the National Audit Office (NAO) in a new report. The HMRC has increased the compliance and enforcement budget to £20 million for 2016-17 compared to ...
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Positive Moves to Promote Better Mental Health Among Staff

June 10, 2016
Stress-related illness is a major problem for all kinds of organisation, as large numbers of people have to take time off work with these conditions each year. HR departments of course need to have systems in place to manage staff who are suffering from stress and help them b ...
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Get Prepared! Gender Pay Gap Reporting Is Coming

June 8, 2016
An Office for National Statistics report found that women earn around 19.2% less than men, on average, in the UK. To help address this issue, the Government has proposed legislation for businesses to publish the difference between the average pay of their male and female empl ...
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How Can Better Health at Work Help Productivity?

June 7, 2016
There is growing awareness of the “productivity gap” as a major challenge facing businesses of all sizes in the UK. Recent figures issued by the Office for National Statistics show the gap between Britain and other economies has widened. The ONS estimated that output for each ...
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Football Team Get Red Card For AE Failures

June 6, 2016
With Workie all over the small screen today and everyone patting themselves on the back and saying what a good job they’ve done to make people aware of their auto enrolment duties, it comes as a surprise that Swindon Town FC became the latest high profile organisation t ...
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Why Are Employers Blind To Flexible Working?

June 2, 2016
There are over 1.5 million flexible working employees in the UK today. The number of workers who say they are working out of the office has increased by almost a fifth over the past decade. New research from the Trade Union Centre (TUC) found that 1.52 million employees class ...
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Fraud, Payroll, and the vulnerability of your business

June 1, 2016
I’ve just read the latest report from the Centre for Counter Fraud Studies at Portsmouth University and it drops a bombshell with regard to payroll fraud. After the initial shock should you believe the hype? Ever since the Government’s National Fraud Authority clo ...
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