● There is no change to the number of respondents who pay staff members early in December, to account for Christmas, and this figure remains at roughly 68% ● It will come as no surprise that the most common pay day for weekly, fortnightly and four-weekly payrolls is Friday ● The last day of the month is the most popular pay day for monthly payrolls ( 40.96% ), followed by the 25th ( 25.42%) and then the 28th ( 24.58% ). This confirms that the widespread practice of paying employees on the last available working day of the month continues in contemporary society and seems to suit most people’s lives ● The majority of employers distribute payslips to employees using digital methods - 47% of respondents confirmed they distribute employee payslips via an online portal, 33% provide an online self-service facility, 31% circulate e-payslips and 30% utilise an email facility ● There could not be a survey of 2020 and 2021 trends without mention of coronavirus – and a staggering 78% of respondents confirmed the method by which payslips were distributed within their business throughout the duration of the pandemic did not change, whilst 22% stated that coronavirus had led to a change to the process by which payslips were distributed ● Echoing results from previous years, the reason cited for the most frequent complaint ( 53% ) received in the payroll department related to the issue of overtime or additional hours not being paid ● The most popular payment method, irrespective of pay frequency was via BACS – this is something that has not changed since the Payslip Statistics Survey was introduced back in 2008 NEWFOR THIS YEAR’S SURVEY ● 88% of respondents confirmed they were aware of the changes to the calculation of holiday pay that came into effect from 6 April 2020 ● The extension from 12 weeks to 52 weeks for the reference pay period relating to holiday pay has not impacted 62% of businesses. Additionally, the requirement to display the number of hours worked for those whose pay varies because of this has not had affected 88% of businesses ● 71% of businesses had to place staff on furlough at some point during in the pandemic, and 60% of those topped up employee pay, rather than only paying at the government-subsidised amount
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C I PP POL I CY AND RESEARCH TEAM PAYSL I P STAT I ST ICS COMPARI SON 2008 -2021
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