What actually is the new Apprenticeship Levy? As the Government is committed to increasing the quality and quantity of apprentices, they have introduced the new Apprenticeship Levy. Announced in the 2015 Summer Budget, they are aiming to train three million apprentices by 2020. Hopefully the Apprenticeship Levy will…
Why 65% of agencies say that managing the workplace pension is a ‘total nightmare’
As if managing an agency payroll wasn’t admin-intensive enough… Running payroll for staffing agencies and people on zero-hours contracts is pretty burdensome, particularly for agencies who pay their temp workers weekly, as employees details are always changing – and now there’s the Workplace Pension to grapple…
Workplace Pension Communications – How Compliant Are you?
Communications are key to compliance! Many business owners think that in order to be compliant for their workplace pension, they just need to set it up by their staging date and assess and enrol their eligible (over 22 & earning over £10k per year) employees. Yes,…
Goodbye Dirty Data – Hello Easy Agency Payroll!
Why is agency payroll so tough? Unlike regular businesses, staffing agencies face a lot more difficulty when it comes to paying their workers. In any one month, agencies could see a huge fluctuation in the number of people they are paying, with new people starting…
Payroll and confusion… Are they one in the same?
Is payroll causing you pain? Anybody who runs a small business or has to run any company’s payroll in their time will understand the headache it can cause. Tax codes, pensions, compliance. It can get really fiddly. Over time, paying the team has become a boring…
