This is part 3 in the 10-part series entitled 10 Hats Worn by Payroll Professionals. Click to read part 1 and part 2 In my previous article dealing with the issue of record keeping, I explained that payroll...
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Ian Hurst
The Paymaster People Solutions story: 20 Years of successful payroll processing
Corporate days at Bergers Stores Back in 1997, Ian Hurst and Karen Morrison worked for Bergers Stores, a large clothing retail chain owned by the Morkels Group. Ian was the Human Resource Manager and Karen was involved...
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10 Hats Worn by Payroll Professionals: Hat 2 — The payroll professional as accurate keeper of records
This is part 2 in the 10 part series — Read part 1 here (click) No pressure, but did you know that, when asked, your reputation as an efficient payroll professional is built upon the fact that you can efficiently and...
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10 Hats Worn by Payroll Professionals: Hat 1 — The payroll professional as implementer of legislation
Legislation drives the payroll profession Legislation drives the payroll profession. Proud payroll professionals don’t do anything that is not prescribed by law. Based on what legislation prescribes, payroll...
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The Employee Tax Incentive (ETI) scheme — What it’s all about
Without stating the obvious, South Africa has a huge unemployment problem. Stats SA estimates that unemployment is at 27.5%—that’s almost 3 in every 10 people. Even worse, according to Stats SA, unemployment among...
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Ten month article series presented by Paymaster: 10 Hats Worn by Payroll Professionals
Author: Ian Hurst — Managing Director, Paymaster People Solutions #ProudPayrollProfessionals I am a proud payroll professional. A few months ago, while talking to a group of Payroll people I was asked, “What will the...
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New Year’s Resolutions 2019
Author: Ian Hurst — Managing Director, Paymaster People Solutions Most people believe that 5 new year’s resolutions are manageable. Any more than 5, and keeping to these resolutions becomes an impossible challenge. Any...
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For a better 2019 transform these 5 payroll challenges into New Year’s resolutions
Author: Ian Hurst — Managing Director, Paymaster People Solutions Payroll in 2018 has been a challenge. Then again, Payroll every year becomes more and more challenging as we try to keep up with all the new things being...
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Self-evaluation: Does your organisation’s payroll comply with international best-practice? 5 key areas to assess
Author: Ian Hurst — Managing Director, Paymaster People Solutions Before we attend to the issue of how to conduct the self-evaluation, let’s be clear on one thing: every organisation is different. Organisations have...
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10 Steps that ensure a smooth running payroll department
Author: Ian Hurst — Managing Director, Paymaster People Solutions There is nothing worse than that sinking feeling when you’re told that there’s a $%&*#@ with your payroll. You cannot understand it — you’ve checked...
Empowering your line-managers, freeing-up your payroll staff
In a recent Accenture report entitled The Platform Economy, it was revealed that “81% of executives say [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes”...
Which employee-related records must I keep in order to sleep peacefully at night?
An organisation has a legislated obligation to keep employee-related records South African legislation makes it very clear that you, the employer, have an obligation to keep employee-related records. You need to make...
