Excel and Powerpoint? That’s so last century! How about intuitive analytics, customisable, and beautifully displayed? Sign us up! Intrigued? Of course you are! Check out what’s new in our Analytics Software. Reporting is pretty darn important in payroll & HR. In fact, it’s essential! But pulling data from multiple sources and jamming it into excel need not be essential. We’ve all shed a tear over compensation reports, had absence data turn us sick, and pulled pointless pivots. Spending hours manually creating reports, only to question…
EAT 10 February 2023 A strike out of an ET claim or defence is often sought and seldom granted. What is ‘unreasonable’ behaviour? Is this a way to resolve my claim? Mr Smith was dismissed after ten years from his job as a customer assistant at Tesco. While shopping in his own time in the store, he was involved in an altercation with his store manager, an altercation that became physical. There were further allegations of abuse towards a customer. The police were called. He made an employment…
In this article we discuss why representation matters in the media and in business – and why it matters to us at Moorepay. In the spirit of this year’s LGBT+ History Month theme, #BehindTheLens, we explore why representation in the media and business matters to us, and why it should matter to you. Read on to think of representation in a new, hairier light, and why it’s so important. A thought experiment Imagine if, in the media, you only ever saw 5’8” men with big,…
The average Brit spends a whopping 3 hours 31 minutes staring down at their little screen every single day. That’s why we’re taking our fancy features and rustling them up in ‘to-go’ format! ‘The features, we want to know more about the features!’ Alright, buckle up, because here they come. Self-approved leave We released leave in the Mobile App yonks ago, that’s so June 2020. Recently, desktop welcomed a new addition: self-approved leave. It’s like the big daddy of leave types, subtly snubbing all other…
Thousands of schools across the country will close partially or fully on Wednesday 1 February as teachers strike over pay. The National Education Union (NEU) has reported that more than 100,000 teachers in 23,000 schools could walk out across seven strike days in February and March. Are employees protected when they argue their usual childcare arrangements have been adversely affected? Or would their absence be classed as unauthorised? The right to time off to care for dependants Your employee is entitled to a reasonable amount…
Last year we shared 10 tips on how to help your employees with the cost of living. It proved very popular with our readers, so we decided to come up with some additional ways you can help your people. Why? Because employees who struggle or worry about their money are unable to work to their highest potential. The impact was apparent through 2022 and companies are reporting cases of lower productivity. According to recent studies, employees under stress exhibit 60% higher absenteeism as well as significantly…
Time to Talk Day was launched back in 2014 and this year takes place on Thursday 2 February 2023. Ran by two mental health charities - Mind and Rethink Mental Illness, The Time to Talk Day website (Time To Talk Day) states; ‘Time to Talk Day is the nation’s biggest mental health conversation. Happening every year, it’s a day for friends, families, communities, and workplaces to come together to talk, listen and change lives. We know the more conversations we have; the better life is…
Between 1.25 and 3.4 million people in the UK are affected by an eating disorder. Who is affected? What are the warning signs in the workplace? Do employers have a duty of care to step in? And how do managers and HR address the problem? Keep reading to find out. Who is affected by eating disorders? According to Beat, one of the UK’s eating disorder charities, almost one in ten (6.4%) adults display signs of an eating disorder, whether it’s eating too little (anorexia), eating too much…
Please note, legislation has been updated in regards to holiday calculations since this article was written, effective for holiday years starting on or after 1 April 2024. If you're a Moorepay client, please contact us if you need guidance. Otherwise, please see this article on the changes for more information. The government has launched a consultation on how employers calculate holiday entitlement for part year workers. In another sea of change for struggling employers, the government hopes to tackle anomalies which arose out of last…
On 22 September 2022 the former Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng announced that the Government would cancel the Health and Social Care Levy. What is the Health and Social Care Levy? The levy was introduced on 7 September 2021 by former Prime Minister Boris Johnson. He proposed that a new 1.25% Health and Social Care Levy would be brought in across the UK to fund investment in the NHS and social care. National Insurance contributions for working age employees, self-employed people and employers was set to increase…
