News – Page 43
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HMRC to shut down unused PAYE schemes
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has announced that unused pay-as-you-earn (PAYE) schemes will be shut down.Employers that have not used their schemes will receive letters to explain that their PAYE schemes have been closed.Any PAYE schemes opened after 5 April 2013 will be shut down automatically where the employer has ...
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Oscar Mayer launches online benefits portal
EXCLUSIVE: Oscar Mayer has launched an online benefits portal for employees to access all of their core and voluntary benefits in one place.The food production organisation consulted with its 1,600 employees and learned they wanted a package that contained all their core benefits, such as healthcare and legal advice, alongside ...
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Ceridian launches auto-enrolment product for SMEs
Ceridian has launched an off-the-shelf auto-enrolment product for small and medium-sized employers (SMEs).The technology and service providers’ product aims to help organisations with between 499 and 59 employees that will reach their staging date in 2014 and reduce the administrative burden of complying with auto-enrolment.It is delivered through Ceridian’s HRevolution ...
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DOD’s blog: What do we do with ‘big data’?
At last week’s Employee Benefits Live, a debate started among HR people frustrated by the volume of management information they were being swamped by.As an aside, have you noticed how people seem to have stopped saying ‘management information’ and now call it ‘big data’? Oh, big deal.Over the years I ...
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Thomson Reuters launches global HR and payroll system
Thomson Reuters has launched an HR management and payroll system for 60,000 employees across 100 countries.The system, provided by Workday, has replaced the media and information firm’s in-house system.Thomson Reuters was involved in shaping several of the product’s applications in collaboration with its new provider, including talent management and time ...
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William Grant aligns payroll globally
EXCLUSIVE: William Grant and Sons has completed the first phase of a global alignment of its payroll systems.The distiller, which manufactures drinks brands such as Glenfiddich, Hendrick’s and Tullamore Dew, employs 1,700 employees across Asia, Australia, Europe, the US and the UK.Gary Brewer, head of reward and organisational development at ...
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Fire authority to launch new HR and payroll system
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service has signed a five-year deal to have its HR, payroll, finance and procurement systems hosted and delivered by managed services provider Advanced 365.The finance and procurement applications will go live in August, followed by HR and payroll in the following months.The new contract will include ...
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Civil Aviation Authority launches DB pensions website
The Civil Aviation Authority Pension Scheme (CAAPS) has launched a new website for the 15,000 members of its defined benefit (DB) pension scheme.The member-facing website, which includes details of predicted outcome, contributions, benefits, pensioner payslips and online benefit statements, can be accessed online at any time.The project, completed with communications ...
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RTI reporting deadline may be extended further for micro employers
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is seeking to extend the temporary relaxation of the real-time information (RTI) reporting deadline for micro employers (those with fewer than 50 employees), from October 2013 until April 2014.The proposed extension means that organisations will not be required to change their pay-as-you-earn (PAYE) approach halfway ...
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The Platforum publishes workplace savings platforms update
The Platforum has published a workplace savings platform market update for employers.Download Guide for employersThe guide brings together the latest research and feedback from employers and adoptees of the platforms, as well as details of existing and new propositions.With 237 employers using platforms, The Platforum estimates that there are now ...
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Condé Nast Britain launches HR and payroll system
Condé Nast Britain has launched an HR and payroll system to streamline its HR functions for its 600 employees.The publishing firm, which has introduced ADP’s HR.net system, was looking for an outsourcing provider to refresh its systems.It also required a system that could cope with the increase in data and ...
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Buyer's guide to pension modelling tools
Getting staff to recognise this gap is a challenge, but employers can now call on interactive pension modelling tools to help get the message across.Tools vary greatly. Some are fairly simple, designed to provide a snapshot of one particular pensions issue, such as the Money Advice Service’s (MAS) automatic-enrolment toolkit, ...
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Five Guys selects payroll provider for UK launch
US burger restaurant chain Five Guys has selected ADP as its UK payroll provider.The organisation, which has 1,000 locations in 47 states and six Canadian provinces, will use ADP Freedom to manage the payroll functions for its new UK arm of the organisation.Five Guys’ requirements for a payroll provider were ...
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One million PAYE schemes move to RTI reporting
More than one million pay-as-you-earn (PAYE) schemes have started to use real-time information (RTI) reporting, according to the HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).The legislation, which came in to effect from 6 April 2013, means that employers report PAYE in real time from their first pay day on, or after, that ...
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Global payroll practices need improvement
The majority (85%) of multinational organisations surveyed want improvements to their current payroll practices, yet they are sceptical about whether payroll providers can deliver a comprehensive global solution, according to research by Ernst and Young.Its Global payroll: myth or reality research, which surveyed 161 global senior payroll leaders, found that ...
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Pension schemes not meeting principles of DC governance
More than three-quarters (76%) of pension schemes surveyed are aware of The Pensions Regulator’s Six principles of good workplace DC, according to research by The Pensions Regulator (TPR).Its Occupational pension scheme governance 2013 research, which surveyed 454 trust-based defined benefit (DB), defined contribution (DC) and hybrid pension schemes, aimed to ...
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Pot-follows-member pension launched for film industry
A pot-follows-member group personal pension (GPP) scheme has been launched for the film industry to comply with auto-enrolment legislation.The Film Industry Pension Scheme, which will be operated in partnership between Helm Godfrey and Scottish Widows, is designed to address a series of industry-specific issues when it comes to pension administration, ...
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Employers use technology platforms to engage staff with benefits
In April, KFC launched an online total reward platform, which includes total reward statements and online shopping discounts for all its 10,000 staff, as well as a flexible benefits scheme for its 1,000 salaried employees.It previously used a paper-based system, but was keen to offer a single platform to bring ...
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Government consults on pensions auto-enrolment legislation
Issues include streamlining the process for assessing which staff are eligible for pensions auto-enrolment. The government plans to allow employers to assess eligibility using information already collected by payroll systems.The government has also suggested lifting the requirement for staff to be auto-enrolled if they voluntarily left their workplace pension in ...
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Youforce launches mobile HR product
Youforce, the international arm of parent company Raet, has launched its mobile HR product into the UK.The software-as-a-service (Saas) platform for HR activities and talent management, can be used by employers and employees at any time on any mobile device.Its capabilities include:Enabling employees to carry out administrative tasks using self-service.Single-system ...