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March 2010 Can we fix it? - HMRC grapples with incorrect coding notices A pay pal? - Potential for prepaid cards explored Software futures - The latest in payroll software developments Speaking in codes - Take-home errors to be highlighted at conference

February 2010 Multi-tasks - Is the employer to blame for aggregation headaches? Fast at last - Nudging towards same-day payments Tech update - New section on payroll software Data day - HMRC outlines its modernisation

January 2010 In fine form - Our annual guide to the P11D Pre-budget report - Coverage and expert analysis Public Sector Payroll - A four-page conference report SOCA is not a game - Hidden liabilities in anti-fraud regulations

December 2009 All tied up - Working time rules, holidays and workplace logistics Taxing issue - HMRC needs smarter system on tax records Damage limitation - Recovering funds after employee fraud At your service - Recruitment software; can it be easy to use?

November 2009 A shared agenda - A five-point guide to getting shared services right Taxing vouchers - Coverage and analysis of childcare changes A legal matter - Mapping the minefield of employment law Autumn update - Four pages of full conference coverage

October 2009 Conference season - Exclusive preview of this autumn's programme Re-flex action - What's up and down in company perks Digital switchover - Making the move to electronic payslips Put it on the card - Pre-paid market set for take-off

September 2009 Keeping an eye out - The huge hidden sums in inflated expenses International rescue - Special section on global payrolls Farewell T&A - Welcome to workforce management Good to give - Payroll giving is now centre-stage

August 2009 Make the leap - Going paper-free in the new green workplace Change of course - The transforming role of payroll managers Time is of the essence - Achieve business goals with T&A software Corporate manslaughter - Management practices under scrutiny

July 2009 Professional progress - Landmarks in the development of payroll Holiday pay case Bureaux thrive Umbrella firms explained

June 2009 Are interns exploited? - Focus on the rise of unpaid workers Top 50 result - Who you voted for as top payrollers A capital idea - Payroll's contribution to human capital House reform - Ideas for modernising MP's expenses

June 2009 - Payroll World Extra Software survey - A-Z guide of key suppliers Tech-savvy - HR function needs to get smart Page the oracle - Interview with Brian Cormican of Oracle

May 2009 Official recognition - Stephen Timms signals payroll’s contribution Spring update - Four pages of conference coverage Budget analysis - Reports by Simon Parsons and Norman Green The Top 50 - Launch of the key payroll influencers

May 2009 - Payroll World Extra Time & Attendance Supplement Beyond absence management - A business-like approach to time and attendance Legal matter - CCTV, privacy and data protection Rescued savings - Lower costs from fire brigade rostering

April 2009 A turning point - Have lay-offs killed the drive for employees’ rights? Budget pressure - Options narrow for Treasury as public deficit soars Outsourcing special - 12-page pull-out section on HR outsourcing Weather the storm - Impact of the downturn on payroll departments

March 2009 It’s ‘in’ this year - But problems emerge with in-year filing SNP U-turn - No Local Income Tax for Scotland Reining in - Recession imposes expenses limits Keynote speeches - Recession imposes expenses limits

February 2009 Payroll in the sun - How it can pay to go offshore Redundancies - Beware of last in, first out BACS to the future - Faster payments in the slow lane Supplement - The complete guide to P11d and P9D

January 2009 Facing up to ID - Biometric technology protection from fraud and crime New rules on migrant workers - Companies face high fines Farewell to paper - Electronic payslips save money and the environment Pay cuts start to bite - Is reduced pay better than redundancy?

December 2008 After the crash - Will bankers’ pay ever be the same again? By charter - Qualifications and the move to Chartered status The Darling bids - Pre-Budget Report as election battle nears Conference call - Four pages of Payroll World conference news

November 2008 Web 2.0 hiring - Recruitment and technology in the down-turn It pays to share - The rise and rise of shared services In demand - Vacancies for payroll staff despite down-turn Maternal greetings - Update on the new benefits since 5 October

October 2008 Salmond's leap - SNP makes plans for local income tax Credit cure - Personal debt and the role of pre-paid cards Owning up - HMRC should admit to errors on small pensions Mini-budget today - HMRC outlines process for autumn code changes

September 2008 Hire education - The new points-based system for migrant workers First contact - Connecting with remote workers Worldwide work - Free supplement: International payroll Show me the money - When it isn't clear if someone's been paid

September 2008 - Payroll World Extra Going global - Can there be a single multi-country solution? Project pay - Forum helps deal with complexity Human internet - Teamwork is crucial to gain efficiency

August 2008 Oh, Darling - Political turbulence and the jittery Chancellor The end is here - Termination payments and tax liabilities To ERP is human - Enterprise Resource Planning explained Going, going green - Payroll's part in saving the planet

July 2008 Ready to go - Prepared for the online in-year form Faking authenticity - Email scammers that impersonate HMRC Agent of change - Legal guide to new agency staff rights New routine - Best year-end yet online

June 2008 The greatest risk - Human capital hazard and payroll data Getting tough - Guide to the changes on sex discrimination The 10p U-turn - Why some will miss out on back-dating Whatever you want - Changing the status quo with software supply

May 2008 Thank you and sorry - Don Macarthur meets the payroll profession Wake up, MPs - A year to discover the 10p change Keeping watch - Payroll falls under FSA on laundering Building blocks - Does new CIS form a foundation?

April 2008 Darling's budget - Full news coverage plus expert analysis Brighter Future - Smarter back-office helps manufacturers Silver Service - The case for Software as a Service Flexible Friend - The rise and rise of flexible benefits

March 2008 Dry cleaning - Money laundering and payroll bureaux Art of giving - Payroll giving comes of age Be pre-paid - UK finally picks up the tab HMRC responds - Don Macarthur to address PW conference

February 2008 NHS pay crisis - Time for surgery on payroll systems Wising up - Offshoring relies on management, not cost Faster, faster - 21st Century speed from BACS E-filing kitemark - Simon Parsons on the new Payroll Standard

January 2008 Slippery slope - The property slide and fake payroll forms Whose expense? - Increasing numbers exaggerate claims Simpler year-end - Reform of P11D promises savings Perverse incentives - Bonuses and risk in new NHS payroll

December 2007 Caring at Christmas - Payroll at the season's busiest employers HMRC crisis - Revenue hits low as Gray resigns Head above water - Coping when the firm is in trouble The people report - Second meeting of Human Capital Forum

November 2007 Just cause - How payroll giving helps homeless kids Debt duties - Payment orders and the courts Tough talk - New regime in employment law Flat world workings - Running a global payroll team

October 2007 Missing in action - Taking the temperature on absence policies Next steps - HMRC on in-year online filing Just rewards - How payroll links with comp strategy The new shift - People really are the biggest asset

September 2007 Blurred edges - Deciding when interns should get paid Hot seat - Capita’s MD quizzed over unpaid nurses Home to roost - ‘Small’ pensions come into PAYE system Playing the fiddle - Expenses claims may include family holiday

August 2007 Behind the mask - Can you detect the corrupt candidate? Value added - Launch of the PW Human Capital Forum Olympics fear - CIS may threaten construction projects Smarter systems - Can the public sector become truly efficient?

July 2007 Flexible workplace - George Osborne gets family-friendly Red tape - Costs of benefits admin could outweigh gains How did it go? - Round-up of online processes post 19 May Found in translation - Are English lessons key for migrant workers?

June 2007 Charting progress - Why human capital is more than ‘human resources’ Pay floor - Clampdown on minimum wage abuses Status cymbals - Revenue increases noise on disguised employees No expense spared - Taxis, cat food, Durex and other claims

May 2007 What Katy says - Kate Upcraft presents spring update speech Going global - International firm can be SME Hybrid houses - Payroll at centre of IT systems A capital future - New forum for strategic payroll

April 2007 Business partner - David Nicol, Deutsche Bank's payroll executive Pay attention - Migration and troncs on menu in hospitality Farewell Statement - Simon Parsons on Gordon Brown's last budget Wait for efficiency - 125 years to recoup incentive payments

March 2007 Legal liaisons - Love contracts and employment law A time to give - Payroll donations get going at last Health dividend - Fixing the NHS with pay Thought leaders - Top speakers at PW's spring conference

February 2007 Spot on - Measuring and maintaining payroll accuracy In the wind - Towards a Scottish Variable Rate Sensitive handling - Dealing with difficult payroll customers Primarolo confirms - Commons told of incentive payouts

January 2007 - Payroll World Extra Guide to P11Ds Studying the form - Definitive guide for 2006/07 compliance Running costs - NET mileage scheme cuts cost of cash car schemes Driving forces - Penny Nicol explains new rules on vans

January 2007 The way we live now - Diversity, the workplace and the law Top floor - Profession comes of age Devil you know - Managing people better lowers business risk Last post - Final Pre-Budget Report from Chancellor Brown

December 2006 Cheng takes aim - Payroll can reach board level Ebenezer's payroll tips - A tax-efficient Christmas Some incentive - E-filing payouts to top £750m From CIS to SMP - Full reports of Payroll World's autumn conference

November 2006 Trained and able - Levelling the playing field for young and old Data robbery - Security matters in outsourcing Catch the net - Faster than the web The long Good Friday - Dealing with 6 April 2007

October 2006 Built-in changes - Getting ready for the Construction Industry Scheme Fraud. It's your problem - Failures to clamp down on the inside job Discriminatingly tricky - Hidden problems in age laws Perverse incentive - Is the £250 rebate being abused?

September 2006 Faltering health? - Exclusive survey on the NHS overhaul New institute, new awards - Payroll World teams up with re-branded IPPM Making a meal of it - Which types of lunch are taxable? More Voca by the day - BACS reports enter 21st Century

August 2006 Turner for the better - Kent Council's efficiency gains by Jackie Turner Cap on sick pay - Three-month threshold for agency workers Offshoring or global sourcing? - Payroll services home and abroad Directors' cut - Educating directors on their NICs

July 2006 Performance technology - New section on payroll innovation The flat world - Realities of globalisation Tax-free PILONs - HMRC loses £30k case Implementing progress - Payrollers head IT projects

June 2006 The truth about outsourcing - What really happens in contract renewals Get Carter II - More e-filing follows latest Carter Report Pension rescue - Salary sacrifice eases deficits Pre-paid delivery - Bye bye cheques. Bye bye forms

May 2006 Equal measures - The reality of pay audits Summertime - And the students are working Microsoft moves - T&A through your Outlook Conference call - Top Revenue and pensions speakers at our spring conference

April 2006 Going global - Update on international payroll Budget 2006 - Surprise end of HCI Maternity matters - New angles on Alabaster Here we go again - Second year of compulsory e-filing

March 2006 Charity begins at payroll - The Payroll Grants Scheme revs up Left holding the baby? - Are family-friendly policies a burden? Coaching for change - Pensions In the face of disaster - Recovery strategies

February 2006 How was it for you? - The great BACSTEL-IP migration A word of advice - Progress on payslips The big build-up - Pensions preview In the courts - Discrimination under the spotlight

January 2006 Pensions shake-up - What Turner means for payroll Get with the program - A year in technology Pre-Budget report - Key changes explained New year resolutions - Career tips for jobseekers

January 2006 - Payroll World Extra Guide to P11Ds Expenses, benefits and P11Ds explained - Comprehensive guide from Payroll World Survival of the fittest - Dealing with the new HMRC at P11D time How to survive P11D completion - Your practical step-by-step guide Taking the plunge - Are you ready fro FBI?

December 2005 Delivering Christmas - Inside the Royal Mail payroll Professional bodies - Added value for new members Man with a mission - New IPPM boss interviewed In the courts - Round-up of key cases

November 2005 Praying for assistance - Employers fear burden of welfare proposals Pensions timebomb - New schemes must attract more workers HCM - Evaluating the value of employees Employment data - Getting to know your stuff

October 2005 Line of fire - Handling army reservists' payrolls Wheels of commerce - A rational look at the company car Tick, tock - Time is short for BACS-IP conversion Boom time? - State of play in outsourcing market

September 2005 At your service - Challenges in the public sector Present and correct - Absence policies that work Software survey - Users may switch suppliers Work here, paid overseas - Split payrolls for migrant workers

August 2005 You're welcome - Hospitality employers meet payroll challenge Getting bigger, getting leaner - Software suppliers consolidate Paid on time - Business as usual after the bombs Maternity bonuses - What are expectant mums entitled to?

June 2005 Human capital outlines - Payroll fills in the details - includes supplier guide This way up - Career opportunities through training From cars to babies - Full coverage of the Payroll World conference Called to account - Sarbanes Oxley comes to town

July 2005 Payroll therapy - Challenges for the retail employer Headache cure - The electronic year-end at a major charity Power of two - Guidelines for supplier relationships Ready to retire - Payroll's readiness for the ageing society

May 2005 - Payroll World Extra Special outsourcing edition Enlightened openings - Managing outsourcing for success Integrated info - People are capital, data is king Hard evidence - Majority of deals deliver By agreement - Contractual essentials and the law

May 2005 Handcuffs - The student's burden - and the payroll manager's also? Inoperable? - E-filing blues at year-end - exclusive report Time runs out - Deadline is looming on BACS-IP Settling up - Making expenses fun

April 2005 World events - Relentless move to global payrolls Remotely viable - Employing a flexible workforce The Budget - Latest analysis by Linda Pullan Bureau practice - Technology tutorial on selecting a provider

March 2005 - Payroll World Extra P11D Supplement P is for pitfalls - Penny Nicol on how to avoid common errors PAYE and display - Including benefits in PAYE coding Software focus - Guide to IT choice

February 2005 - Payroll World Extra Time, attendance & flexible working It's the system - Guide to choosing T&A technology A free world - Letting staff choose their hours boosts profits Creating the advantage - How human logistics is replacing time management

March 2005 Web worries - Death by 1,000 cuts, exclusive news story - Simon Parsons - Self-assessment log-jam Free with this issue - P11D Supplement, in association with KPMG Health & safety - A guide for payroll staff

February 2005 Fine evaders - Deduction from earnings hit problems BACS to the wall - Deadline nears for internet protocol On the brink? - Technology alters the payslip (slowly) Pre-budget report - Analysis by Linda Pullan

January 2005 - Payroll World Extra Electronic Filing Supplement Ready for the plunge - Exclusive research guages preparations for e-filing Ten top tips - John Black on the key things to remember I can see clearly - Successful transition at Specsavers What happened next? - Update on the issues highlighted in the past 12 months

January 2005 New Dawn - Primarolo presses on with customs merger Pre-budget report - Summary of the key changes Resolutions - Career plan - v.v.good

December 2004 Green card - New regulations after the cockle pickers Piggy in the middle - When an employee owes tax Product recall - Lost bonuses force Royal Mail pensions re-issue Last fall - Round-up of the autumn conferences

November 2004 On course - Payroll training falls into place Sex, the city and the law - It is not only high-fliers winning equal pay Savings shortfall - Experts blast pension inaction Off the shelf - Technology tutorial on SME software

October 2004 Punchier payslips - Making payday work for you Outsourcing: the bottom line - Cost cutting, but at what price? Working hours - Ready for the rule change Behind BACS - Overhaul for payments plumbing

September 2004 Liberty calls - National Payroll Week comes to town Through the maze - Guide to data protection requirements Understand the process - Dispelling myths on XML, EDI and electronic filing Being prepared - Changes to the PAYE audit

August 2004 Supplier consolidation - For better or for worse? If it is TUPE - Protection of employee rights in a transfer Getting to know you - Preventing recruitment fraud We're getting there - Inland Revenue reports e-filing progress

July 2004 In our hands? - Progress and problems with the electronic year-end University challenge - How to pay students doing holiday work The difference a day makes - Calculation of one day's pay New kid on the block - Revamped court orders for England and Wales

June 2004 Opening doors - Class 1A explained The landmark - A European ruling will change maternity pay Golden Jubilee - 50 years of computerised payroll Payroll giving - Why we should care

May 2004 E-filing questions - Don Macarthur of the IR responds Tightening the net - New checks required on immigrant workers Feel the benefit - There is more to flex than tax rules Give him credit - Gordon Brown plans to relieve burden of Tax Credits

April 2004 60,000 lose pensions - 'I have to work for as long as I'm standing' Drowning in demands - Hurdles in small business payroll I never knew that - Small print in Inland Revenue rules Secrets and spies - Should we know what colleagues earn?

March 2004 Father, dear father - Costs and quirks in paternity law Takes time - Highs and lows of T&A systems Let's talk turkey - When is a benefit trivial? Year-end checks - Timely reminders before 6 April

February 2004 Paper tiger - Will complete automation ever happen? Supple solutions - Tax & NI treatment of flexible benefits Partial solutions - Government's pensions plans make a start Not child's play - Guide to new tax relief for childcare

January 2004 Identity crisis - ID cards could make identity theft more likely Enterprise plots - Death of Enterprise Resource Planning is exaggerated Gordon's way - Full analysis of pre-budget report changes Don't forget VAT - It's a matter for payroll, too

December 2003 Seamless service - Pension payrolls and the ageing workforce Whatever you want - IT suppliers respond to over-selling charge Time's up - Europe tightens rules for 'on-call' hours Tip off - Sorting out the mess on waiters' earnings

November 2003 Crisis or drama - Just how good is your disaster recovery? Continental drifts - International outsourcing takes off Quality sweep - Revenue cleans up on data Pregnant pause - Back to back claims for maternity leave

October 2003 The big commute - Why globalisation will make payrolls more challenging Silicon gains - A business case for better payroll IT Mileage matters - Unpicking the tax and NI rules on car allowances Do unto others - Being nice to other departments

September 2003 One year's leave - A guide to the new maternity regime General selections - Key principles for choosing payroll software Confusion by numbers - There are far more NI numbers than there are workers Regional response - Globalisation creates continental pay bases

August 2003 48-hour tweaks - Changes to working time law explained Serve yourself - The paperless payslip takes over Come on Ireen - E-filing user group rolls up its sleeves Insourcing - Big firms take payroll back in-house

July 2003 Peace breaks out - Mediation keeps employers out of tribunals Shows application - Web comes of age with ASP Currency Travails - The stall and rise of the Euro in Britain Two-tier confusion - Tony Blair's promise to the unions spells headaches

June 2003 Compulsory E-filing - Four page special report Wedding Bells - The hidden costs of getting married Mission Critical - Payroll is strategic - the MBA got it wrong Work-life solutions - Employers' scheme for flexible working requests

May 2003 Global Gateways - Have laptop, will travel - international payroll becomes mainstream The Budget - Gordon Brown's changes as they affect payroll A Class of its Own - No longer just for cars - a guide to Class 1A NICs Who Told You That? - How to cope when guidance differs from law

April 2003 Get Ready for Carter - The Carter Report is the biggest shake-up for payroll since the start of PAYE Happy New Year - Overview of the major changes as the tax year begins Tax Credits - IR u-turn on over-payments

March 2003 Whatever Happened to Pensions? - Why the Government's response falls short Time & Attendance - Knowing work time gives you power A Noteworthy Tale - The curious history of the banknote Fat Cats Get Semi-Skimmed - Excesses are reined in

February 2003 The Pain Barrier - How to avoid problems at year-end? Information is Power - Integrate intelligence The Pay-Off - Be careful with your PILONS All Out! - How do strikes affect you?

January 2003 Picking Over the Bones - What does the Chancellor have in store for us? Pension Time-Bomb - What women may have to face in future Legal Wars - The fight for rights? Is-House Payroll - Who's in control?

December 2002 The Global Workforce Outsourcing - Why do it? The NIC Hike - Taxing by stealth Baby Boom - New SMP rules mean timing is critical

November 2002 The MSc in Payroll Management - Did it jump, or was it pushed? The Administrator - Undervalue at your peril Agency Workers - What will the real cost be? Secret Sickness - The impact of data protection