When dealing with employees who are leaving your business, it is a relatively common occurrence that owed monies, for whatever reason, are still due to those who have already left your company. This could be for owed holiday pay, salary, bonuses, commission, or any other type of owed pay. If a leaver has already been taken off your payroll software and a P45 has already been issued, then what steps should be taken? Firstly, a 2nd P45 should never be issued. It is currently illegal for a company to issue a second P45, even if it is to replace an incorrect first P45. A statement of earnings should be issued instead; this is where all the information that is on the P45 is placed onto your company’s signed letter headed paper. Secondly, the employee’s record on the payroll software should be re-added, re-hired, or reactivated (there are several terms used to cover the process of being able to submit another payment through their record) The payment should be paid using a 0T week 1 / month 1 tax code, and National Insurance should be deducted as normal (if it is an irregular payment, such as a bonus that is not expected, then the payment should be treated as weekly for National Insurance purposes) A payslip is produced and given to the employee for the payment after leaving. Finally, the payment details for the employee are added onto the Full Payment Submission for the pay period in question. What information should be put on the full payment submission? Is an employee unhappy they have to pay more tax on their payment after leaving? What if the payment after leaving is free of tax or National Insurance? For answers to these questions, or any other questions in regard to this process, please call the Peninsula Payroll Advice line on 0844 892 2772 Option 3, between Monday to Friday 9am – 5:30pm.
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HR management outsourcing is when a team of experts manage your HR by looking after your contracts, policies, and procedures.
These are the HR essentials every business needs. Without them, your staff could bring successful claims against you, you could lose thousands in legal fines, and even face prosecution. Never underestimate the benefits of HR support for a small business.
We have years of experience in providing HR for SMEs and HR management outsourcing. Contact us to see how we can support you, including HR advice for small businesses - as well as medium and large companies.
Good human resource management is having round the clock support when you need it the most.
Whenever there’s a staff challenge or an important legal update, you just pick up the phone and get the help you need – no matter the time or place.
The main benefits of HR outsourcing are:
- Cost saving: Reduces the expenses for such things are hiring, training and employing an in-house HR team.
- Time saving: Saves time for staff members away from HR tasks.
- Improves expertise and compliance: Provides ongoing advice and support to ensure complete and total compliance.
- Reduces risk: Reduces the risk of any payroll and compliance failures.
Outsourcing HR is cheaper than hiring internal staff and saves you money overall when it comes to your HR service. Plus, you avoid making mistakes that could cost you heavily in claims and legal fines down the line. Every business should consider HR support as a way to avoid claims.
Peninsula is one of the leading HR outsourcing services in the UK, and by working with us you get access to our HR advisory service. Contact us for your outsourced SME HR today.
The key functions of HR outsourcing services are:
- Payroll and benefits: Helps a business to manage employee wages, tax processing, and employee enrolment.
- Recruitment and onboarding: Helps with job descriptions, sourcing new candidates, interviewing, and ensuring a smooth onboarding process.
- Compliance with employment law: Helps to ensure compliance with ever-changing employment legislation.
- Employee relations: Helps to manage grievance and disciplinary procedures, and any ongoing support that's required.
- HR admin: Helps to handle and manage daily tasks, such as employee records, sorting employment contracts, and processing any leave requests.
- Training and development: Helps to create and deliver staff training programs to improve employees' skills.
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