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Ensure a strong pay strategy during COVID-19

In these unprecedented times, payroll is having to work harder than ever to ensure it is on top of legislation and is paying people accurately and on time from home

Ensure a strong pay strategy during COVID-19

09 Apr 2020by Amber-Ainsley Pritchard

In these unprecedented times, payroll is having to work harder than ever to ensure it is on top of legislation and is paying people accurately and on time from home

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Nearly 50% of UK firms to furlough half of staff next week

07 Apr 2020

HRDs say leadership doesn’t warrant payroll a board-level discussion

08 Apr 2020

MaPS set out pensions dashboard requirements

08 Apr 2020

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Bonuses, benefits and below NMW

07 Apr 2020

Nearly 50% of UK firms to furlough half of staff next week

HRDs say leadership doesn’t warrant payroll a board-level discussion

MaPS set out pensions dashboard requirements

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Bonuses, benefits and below NMW

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How Selenity innovated expenses technology

Selenity’s ability to cut time and complexity when dealing with driver expenses saw it win the Technology Award at The Rewards 2019

The Reward 300 Awards return for 2020

Last year marked the 10th anniversary of The Reward 300 and we celebrated this by awarding the leading light of each section of the index. We will continue this recognition element for 2020

TPR let DB schemes delay transfers, in response to COVID-19

Employers can temporarily cease their defined benefit (DB) responsibilities for a period of up to three months, under new guidance from The Pensions Regulator (TPR)

How Punter Southall Aspire went beyond box-ticking to ensure workplace diversity

Punter Southall Aspire’s work to ensure its leadership team was a fair representation of the workforce saw it win the Diversity & Inclusion Award at The Rewards 2019

Chancellor announces measures to protect the self-employed

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has today (March 26) told the self-employed "you have not been forgotten", during an announcement to explain they will be paid in line with furloughed workers

Staff tell MPs they’re forced to work in office, amid lockdown

Employees have alleged to MPs that they are being forced to work in the office by major banks and broadband providers, despite their fears about the spread of COVID-19

Government suspends gender pay gap reporting

Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, government has announced that employers do not have to report gender pay gaps this year (2019/20)

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Agility in a time of crisis

Latest edition’s highlights:

→ Cover feature: How pay and reward managers are ensuring business continuity

→ Meet the next generation: Find out why Liam Gill, the face of payroll at Booking.com, won a Next Generation Award at The Rewards 2019

→ New: Bureau column: Barry Matthews explains his rationale for creating a new organisation to recognise bureaus specifically

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RS Interviews

Meet the next generation

by Amber-Ainsley Pritchard

Liam Gill is the face of payroll at Booking.com. Find out why he won a Next Generation Award at The Rewards 2019

“Invite yourself to the conversation”

by Amber-Ainsley Pritchard

Maria Hennessey on her 34-year-strong payroll career at McDonald’s

"Reward people love firefighting"

by Amber-Ainsley Pritchard

Tim Robertson of ITN on reward professionals’ characteristics, bias in salary setting and the need for portable benefits

Redefining reward

by Amber-Ainsley Pritchard

Megan O’Shaughnessy of BT on her journey into reward, how to attract and retain talent and the importance of flexible working

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Opinion

How I prepared for IR35 in 2016

by Sean Brosnan

Sean Brosnan, head of payroll pensions and taxation at London Metropolitan University, explains how he implemented the off-payroll working rules in the public sector

Look before you leap: the impact of the leap year on payroll

by Jaspal Randhawa-Wayte

Payrollers must take extra care to avoid minimum wage underpayment this February. Jaspal Randhawa-Wayte, director of product management and payroll solutions at Zellis, explains why