04:05 FOREWORD
Falling for Payroll
that Love Island and payroll share . Plus our highly specialised and jolly talented team of contributors to this issue are revealing The Many Voices of Payroll and The Silent Force Reducing the Gender Pay Gap and exploring Strategic Compliance and The Evolution and Revolution of Payroll . A subscription to 04:05 could go a long way towards changing closed minds… Hayleigh and I will soon be circling the skies of Singapore, on our way to the first of two international symposia and starting our month in style. These events, which bring payroll professionals together across borders to share knowledge and make new connections, are another powerful reminder to the ‘civilian’ population that a career in payroll really can take you anywhere! We’re excited to see lots of you in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur and to continue to do all we can to champion our fantastic industry and the people behind the payslips.
A flurry of frustration spread through the global payroll industry at the end of last month when yet again it became evident that the wider world continues to underestimate the skilled and challenging work that payroll professionals do. This time a UK Love Island contestant (Meg) had been revealed to be a Payroll Specialist and was mocked online for daring to have an ‘elite’ job title for what commenters determined to be “...as far from a corporate girlie as is possible. Just sorting out the pay slips” and a role in which “She sends emails with payslips” . For the edification of these judgy and ill-informed souls, since the majority of the world does speak reality TV, this month we are providing a useful breakdown of the common ground
Melanie Pizzey
Melanie Pizzey GPA CEO
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ISSUE 13 GLOBAL PAYROLL MAGAZINE
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