Every summer, the same thing happens. Multiple people request the same week. The person who manages the rota, whether that’s HR, the office manager or a line manager doing their best with a spreadsheet, ends up in the middle of a conversation nobody wants to have. The problem isn’t usually that employees are difficult or […]
A recent USA TODAY article examined whether Graham Platner, until recently a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine, could face criminal charges over a 2021 sexual assault allegation. The outlet turned to William Bly, founder of The Maine Criminal Defense Group, for perspective on how Maine law would treat an allegation like this. His […]
When the rota works, nobody notices. When it doesn’t, everyone does. June is when the summer staffing problem tends to surface. School holiday dates are now fixed. Employees are starting to book flights. And the manager responsible for the staff rota is realising they haven’t set up the framework to handle what’s coming. A summer […]
It’s the last week of May. The holiday requests are already coming in: two people want the same week in August, someone’s put in for half-term in October and your office manager has just forwarded an email asking about the bank holidays. You open the holiday planner. There are three versions of it. One says […]
The ability to hire talent from anywhere in the world can give your business a competitive advantage, but it also comes with navigating local regulations and tax laws. As with any employee, it’s vital to ensure you’re paying your international employees accurately and on time every payroll cycle. Performing payroll across borders might seem daunting, […]
Payroll fraud prevention is one of the most overlooked disciplines in UK business finance. Not because organisations don’t take fraud seriously, but because payroll fraud rarely looks like fraud when it starts. It looks like a small discrepancy. An approved overtime entry that seems slightly high. A pay rate that changed without a clear record […]
Holiday pay rules for irregular workers are one of the most misunderstood areas of UK employment law. So it’s no surprise that SMEs find the legislation complicated. But it’s not because business owners aren’t trying to get it right. The rules changed in April 2024. Many of the most-visited government pages still carry outdated information […]
Outsourced employment is when two organisations share responsibilities for the same group of workers. This business relationship usually splits up responsibilities by having one organisation manage the day-to-day work while the other is the legal employer and manages HR, payroll and other types of admin. It can be a useful arrangement for smaller businesses or […]
For many UK employers, P11D filing is an annual compliance task that arrives, gets done and gets forgotten. This year is different. The 2026 filing season is expected to be the last full P11D cycle for several key benefits before HMRC begins phasing in mandatory payrolling from April 2027, with the majority of other benefits […]
For UK business owners, HR professionals or anyone who runs a business, Employer National Insurance 2026 is one of the biggest payroll costs you need to plan for, especially now the April 2025 changes are fully in effect. With so many other tasks to manage, it’s not surprising that many SMEs are still running on […]
