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Withdrawal of Microsoft support for Windows 7 operating system may affect your access to Bacs 20 September 2019
Microsoft will withdraw support for the Windows 7 operating system on Tuesday 14 January 2020. If you are still using Windows 7 at that point, your access to Bacs services could be impacted.
As Microsoft will no longer issue software and security updates or fixes and will not be providing technical support, computers using Windows 7 will become vulnerable to security risks and viruses. Because of that, you could experience problems accessing Bacs services.
More information about the end of support by Microsoft for Windows 7 is available by visiting the Microsoft website.
Next steps Bacs recommend that you speak to your IT department to ensure that your ability to make submissions and download reports from the Bacs service will not be compromised post January 2020.
Please be aware that, if re-installation of Bacs-related software is required, you will need to contact your Bacs Solutions Supplier.
Any questions If you have any questions, you can either visit the Microsoft website or contact the Bacs Service Desk using the details below:
Email Tel. No: 0370 165 0018 Contact us form Monday – Friday 7am – 11pm (excluding Bank Holidays)
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Non-receipt of payslips for UK employees between 2016-2018 for 9% of UK staff 2 October 2019
Moorepay have collated data from The Resolution Foundation and discovered that 9 % of UK employees did not receive payslips in the period from 2016 to 2018.
As payslips are a legal requirement and must be provided to employees on or before their pay date, this is of serious concern and raises significant questions around compliancy within UK businesses. The issue seems to be prevalent within small & medium businesses, with higher levels of non-compliance surrounding payslips in companies employing less than 250 staff. The legislation surrounding the contents of payslips was amended at the turn of the current tax year to ensure further transparency of pay to employees. The current rules surrounding payslips are that all types of worker are now entitled to an itemised pay statement, inclusive of zero hour, bank and agency staff and also that there must be a visible separation between different rates of pay and the hours applied to that pay rate. In scenarios where companies are failing to provide their employees with payslips it does raise the question of whether or not this has been directly influenced by a lack of compliance relating to National Minimum Wage and adherence to the new rules surrounding itemised pay statements.
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The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals
Payroll: need to know
cipp.org.uk
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