Industry news
Industry news
2017 Global Payroll Awards ON 8 June 2017, the Global Payroll Association’s Global Payroll Awards ceremony, which was held in Amsterdam, attracted over 200 attendees from 18 countries. The awards and winners are as follows: ● Payroll Student of the Year – Oskar Odelbo, Frans Schartau Business Institute ● Payroll Specialist of the Year – Isaura Garcia, Motorola Solutions, Inc ● Global Payroll Manager of the Year – Anna Hammarkvist, Amesto Accounthouse AB ● Expatriate Payroll Manager of the Year – Kerry Hudson, Fitzgerald & Law ● Payroll Consultant of the Year – Rohan Geddes, PwC Australia ● In-Country Payroll Team of the Year – Amesto Accounthouse AB ● Global Payroll Team of the Year – Cotton On Group Pty Ltd ● Global Shared Services Team of the Year – EF Student Services Ltd ● Global Payroll Transformation Project of the Year – Cintra HR & Payroll Services ● In-Country Payroll Provider of the Year – PaycheckPlus ● Professional Employer Organisation of the Year – Globalization Partners, Inc ● Global Payroll Supplier of the Year – activpayroll ● Payroll Software Supplier of the Year – Nmbrs BV ● International Payroll Payments Supplier of the Year – TransferMate Global Payments Melanie Pizzey, chief executive officer of the GPA, thanked the sponsors: Frontier Software, Immensum, Cintra HR & Payroll Services, HRcomparison.com, SD Worx, The Hackett Group, HiFX, FrontierPay, Neeyamo, Srf Konsulterna and the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals. Mel observed: “The night was all about celebrating the hard work of the global and in- country payroll industry and honouring the amazing achievements of both our winners and those who came highly recommended in their categories.”
GDPR opportunity ACCORDING TO the report GDPR: Getting ready for data’s new dawn (http://bit.ly/2eL4onG), published by Boyes Turner, too many human resources professionals and employers continue to view the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as a challenge rather than an opportunity. The report explores GDPR as a catalyst to transform relationships with data and the customers it relates to – delivering real competitive advantage – and contrasts this with those that are unprepared or just ‘ticking the boxes’. Sarah Williamson, partner at Boyes Turner comments: “There are real opportunities for firms to become more agile and effective in their use of consumer data. But there are also real risks that those that get it wrong will be so tied up in GDPR red tape they won’t be able to deliver their real business priorities.” Software selection guidance PROBABLY THE biggest – and potentially most risky – undertaking for any or payroll professional or human resources (HR) is the selection of new software. It is almost inevitable that they will be involved with this at some point in their career.
Selecting & Implementing HR & Payroll Software: A Practical Guide by Denis Barnard, a consultant specialising in the selection of such systems, provides crucial insight to the actions needed to minimise the risks inherent to this type of project, as well as a step-by-step blueprint of how the right result can be achieved. Written in a style aimed to demystify the relatively unknown, this ‘must have’ for the practitioner’s bookshelf is offered to CIPP members at discounted rate when entering code CIPP17 during checkout. Visit http://bit. ly/2tGwWVY to purchase digital or paperback versions.
Cascade’s record growth FOLLOWING TWELVE months with new senior bureau manager Claire Treadwell at the helm, Cascade Payroll Managed Services has posted record revenue growth of 38% and, in the past six months alone, an increase in the customer base by 30%. “Cascade is a very exciting place to be,” says Claire, who like many of her colleagues is CIPP-qualified. Claire adds that “To provide the level of service that clients quite rightly demand in this environment, it is important to have a real empathy for the payroll and HR challenges they face on a day to day basis, as well as an unparalleled insight into how technology can make light work of these issues”. Cascade has a headcount of 152 and is a well-known brand in the 820-strong IRIS Software group.
Venue: The Westerkirk, Amsterdam
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Issue 33 | September 2017
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