Is your school ready for the changes to National Insurance contributions on Termination Payments from April 2020

The much anticipated Class 1A National Insurance Contributions (NIC) charge on terminations payments received Royal Assent back in July 2019. The legislation was proposed in 2017 but was postponed. However, …

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Tracking staff absences in your school or MAT

Sickness absence is an issue in all organisations, but in schools the problem is increasing. Although absences cover many different types of leave including paternity, compassionate and pregnancy-related leave, the …

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Extra payslip information required from Apr 2019

From April 2019, a legislative change to the Employment Rights Act 1996 (Itemised Pay Statement) (Amendment) Order 2018, requires employers to include additional information on payslips.

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AI evolution in Payroll

When I first stumbled into the world of payroll 8 years ago, I can remember finding legacy payroll reports in the system called ‘coin analysis’ and I couldn’t figure out …

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Automating Processes for Teachers’ Pension Monthly Data Collection

How automating processes for Teachers’ Pension Monthly Data Collection improves accuracy and impresses TP! TP (Teachers’ Pensions) administers the pensions for all teachers on behalf of the Department for Education. …

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VERA HR – Nominated for Technology & Innovation Award

At Dataplan, we don’t consider ourselves to be just another payroll bureau. We pride ourselves on being a cutting edge technology company that just so happens to specialise in payroll. …

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