Tag Archives: Payroll

If payroll can integrate to our pensions, why can’t we?

Posted on August 9, 2020 by henry tapper

Cast your mind back to the back end of 2012 when the big retailers and banks were staging auto-enrollment. The big employers were spending hundreds of thousands of pounds re-coding their payroll software or were ransoming themselves to “middle ware” … Continue reading →

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A CIPP initiative on workplace pensions

Posted on July 20, 2020 by henry tapper

The times call for a fresh and innovative approach to help staff facing an uncertain future. The prospect of reduced work prospects faces many of us, especially furloughed staff.  This article looks at an initiative taken by the CIPP to … Continue reading →

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Wishing the Payroll Bureau Association well!

Posted on May 12, 2020 by henry tapper

In March 2020, a group of 14 UK payroll bureau managers came together with two things in common; a passion for their sector and a desire to change the support structure in which they operated. After many phone calls, virtual … Continue reading →

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“If we should live that long…”

Posted on May 9, 2020 by henry tapper

I write a column for the CIPP magazine and there’s generally a six week cycle between submission and publication. I submitted this article in March and it got published last week. When I wrote it, I wondered how I’d be … Continue reading →

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Getting staff retirement ready

Posted on April 24, 2020 by henry tapper

It seems silly to already be getting nostalgic for the early days of the pandemic. But it was interesting reading this article in the April issue of CIPP news. I wrote it in early March and already it has a … Continue reading →

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Payroll into battle!

Posted on April 20, 2020 by henry tapper

  April 20th 2020 will live long in the memories of payroll. The Furlough has begun! Here is Barry Matthews – payroll enthusiast and BDD of PayCircle and his call to arms! Monday morning 20th April 2020, payroll teams across … Continue reading →

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Holding the thin blue line on pensions

Posted on March 22, 2020 by henry tapper

1. The immediate threat of fraud The policing of pensions is a precarious business and the “thin blue line” is figurative. The police are reluctant , for good reason, to busy themselves in the complexities of criminal maladministration , prosecutions … Continue reading →

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“State of the Pension” address

Posted on February 6, 2020 by henry tapper

After doing a 30 minute address to to CIPP in 10 minutes, I’ve been called back to do another one – only this time I’m first on – which means I could gab on for ages and make sure no … Continue reading →

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An inflation-busting “pay-rise” for low earners – but “who pays?”

Posted on December 31, 2019 by henry tapper

The Government’s announced that for pay periods starting  on or after 1st April 2020 the National Living Wage (NLW) will increase by 6.2% – four times the rate of inflation. The NLW (for over 25 year olds) will increase  from … Continue reading →

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Let’s kick the dogs out of the manger!

Posted on December 28, 2019 by henry tapper

A good reason why pension dashboard infrastructure should be open … any payroll provider could then include pension information directly on payslips. I expect that is far more effective than signposting a single government provided dashboard — alan chaplin (@achaplin71) … Continue reading →

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