New regulations regarding the information given to employees on payslips come into force from 6 April. What do they mean for employers?
Employers will be required by law to provide all employees with a payslip that shows more detail regarding the number of hours worked when pay is variable. The new regulations will make it easier for employees to see if their employers meet or exceed the national minimum wage. This will help bring transparency of what is actually being paid.
Rosalind Elsmore, Payroll Manager at Kreston Reeves said,
Whilst most employers will already give their staff payslips, a number do not include a breakdown of the hours worked. This is likely to cause problems for employers where they do not keep sufficient records of time worked. It is believed to be part of a wider move by the Government to give individual employees more information and a right to know exactly what they are being paid for. It will clearly highlight where employers are failing to meet the minimum wage.
The change also marks the growing importance of an accurate payroll as HMRC looks to manage the tax aspects of in-work benefits through the payroll function.
Rosalind Elsmore explains,
The end of the annual P11D form which employers are required to produce every year outlining the cash equivalent of taxable benefits for staff, such as company cars, is getting closer. Taxable benefits will increasingly be managed through payroll on a week by week or month by month basis.
Aphrodite is a creative writer and editor specialising in publishing and communications. She is passionate about undertaking projects in diverse sectors. She has written and edited copy for media as varied as social enterprise, art, fashion and education. She is at her most happy owning a project from its very conception, focusing on the client and project research in the first instance, and working closely with CEOs and Directors throughout the consultation process. Much of her work has focused on rebranding; messaging and tone of voice is one of her expertise, as is a distinctively unique writing style in my most of her creative projects. Her work is always driven by the versatility of language to galvanise image and to change perception, as it is by inspiring and being inspired by the wondrous diversity of people with whom paths she crosses cross!
Aphrodite has had a variety of high profile industry clients as a freelancer, and previously worked for a number of years as an Editor and Journalist for Prospects.ac.uk.
Aphrodite is also a professional painter.
