Archive for July, 2009

Changing Pay Frequency

Posted: July 15, 2009 by paularetallick in Payroll Stuff
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Many companies are realising that they can save both money and time by only having to process pays every fortnight rather than every week. If you are on a weekly pay frequency and you want to change it then you must negotiate the change with your staff prior to making the change.  You are effectively [...]

A new use for Sick Leave

Posted: July 14, 2009 by justin in Staff Ramblings
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We have just heard a wonderful story regarding how people have helped a fellow colleague who has got cancer. They have given their colleague some of their Sick Leave to help them during their recovery.  What a simple way to help someone.

Redundancy Payments

Posted: July 13, 2009 by paularetallick in Tax Related
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We are getting a few more requests to process Redundancy Payments which can include quite a number of different items. It is very useful for us when handling redundancy payments if you can send us the terms of the redundancy as this may affect how payments are treated, for example, should any bonuses be included [...]

We often get asked if we can handle the Direct Credit arragements for our clients and the simple answer is yes. We use a system provided by the ASB Bank who provide a fantastic service.  You don’t need to be an ASB Bank customer in order to use their service. How it works is that [...]

Paula returns from holiday

Posted: July 13, 2009 by paularetallick in Staff Ramblings
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Paula has returned from her big adventure in Crete and Turkey.  She had  a great time and hopefully will write about her trip. Harvey heads away to Turkey in September.

The three headings are just how Annual Leave is categorised.  To understand them you first must remember that an employees Annual Leave year runs for a 12 month basis annually from when they started.  At the end of each year the balances are moved from one area to another as follows: The leave that you [...]