Access to education is a tremendous challenge in South Africa. Schooling at all levels costs money. Many employees all over the country struggle to afford even basic education and yet it is such a vital pillar of the...
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Matt Newnham
10 Hats Worn by Payroll Professionals: Hat 3 — Gatekeeper of compliance
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...
Ian Hurst
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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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POPI and payroll: What you need to know?
The final regulations for the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) were published in December 2018. This means that the Act is now in force. Most people only have a vague outline of what POPI means, but what...
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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...
Paymaster People Solutions—A comprehensive HR and Payroll software solution (Part 2)
Introducing Paymaster People Solutions Paymaster People Solutions is a progressive South African human resources and payroll software solutions provider. Trailblazers in easy to use, reliable and modern technology...
Paymaster People Solutions—A comprehensive HR and Payroll software solution (Part 1)
Introducing Paymaster People Solutions Paymaster People Solutions is a progressive South African human resources and payroll software solutions provider. Trailblazers in easy to use, reliable and modern technology...
How much does your payroll department cost you? — Hopefully not more than R70 per employee, per month!
Author: Ian Hurst — Managing Director, Paymaster People Solutions The past — What might the typical legacy payroll costs include? Payroll software annual licence-fee Payroll software support contract Payroll software...
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