04:05 INTERVIEW
the scenes, they fail to fully understand the implications. Then payroll gets brought in later, and it’s too late at that point. Suddenly, the employer is noncompliant or they’re at risk of being noncompliant and being exposed to penalties. A good example in the UK came with the introduction of certain salary sacrifice for pension contributions. The intent of the law makes sense because there’s savings for the employee and the employer. But, if applied too aggressively and the reduction in reported
Payroll professionals also need to raise awareness of what they do. It’s not in their nature, but informing others of how much payroll does to fix errors as the process moves forward is necessary.
GPA: What do you think people outside of payroll commonly fail to consider about the payroll function? Vickie Graham: When organizations (and governments) introduce things without understanding what goes on behind
How can you make sure that your reward strategy is inclusive to get the best out of the team that you’ve got? This comes down to knowing the people, the data behind your payroll and making those recommendations to senior managers who are deciding how and where people work.
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