The Payroll Podcast

#PayCon: More Interviews with Global Payroll Leaders Influencing the Industry of Tomorrow (Episode 2) #113

These episodes feature interviews with attendees at this year's Payroll.org Annual Payroll Congress. We talk about the future of payroll, technology, global payroll and more. Short, informative, sharp interviews that aim to capture the energy and passion for payroll this wonderful annual event creates.

In this episode, I meet with:

• Nathan North from PayrollOrg
• Rebecca Harshberger from Entertainment Partners
• Lisa Weckman from Ceridian
• Vivek Khanna from Neeyamo

Sit back, relax and enjoy, and please remember to share the show with all your friends and colleagues!

USEFUL LINKS:

• PayrollOrg: https://payroll.org/
• Nick Day LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickday/
• Leading Payroll Recruiters: JGA Payroll Recruitment 
• Enjoyed this show? Why not ask your HR Team to check out our other show The HR L&D Podcast?

Remember, if you are a #Payroll Leader listening to this podcast and you have a Payroll-related vacancy requiring specialist payroll recruitment support, please get in touch with me! I would love to help show you what an excellent payroll recruitment experience feels like! You can reach me directly at [email protected] or call 01727 800377

Find out more at: www.jgarecruitment.com.

Thanks for listening! I hope you enjoyed this episode of The Payroll Podcast, and I look forward to bringing you the next episode soon!

#PayCon: Interviews with Global Payroll Leaders Shaping the Landscape of Tomorrow (Episode 1) #112

These episodes feature interviews with attendees at this year's Payroll.org Annual Payroll Congress. We talk about the future of payroll, technology, global payroll and more. Short, informative, sharp interviews that aim to capture the energy and passion for payroll this wonderful annual event creates.

Featuring interviews with:

• Michael Francis, MBA, CPP payroll guru from SBA Communications
• Laurel Serra, CPP from PayrollOrg
• Mary Holland from Payslip
• Allison Strong, CPP from Booster Fuels
• Emily Castles from Boundless Global Payroll Employment Platform

Sit back, relax and enjoy, and please remember to share the show with all your friends and colleagues!

USEFUL LINKS:

• PayrollOrg: https://payroll.org/
• Nick Day LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickday/
• Leading Payroll Recruiters: JGA Payroll Recruitment 
• Enjoyed this show? Why not ask your HR Team to check out our other show The HR L&D Podcast?

Remember, if you are a #Payroll Leader listening to this podcast and you have a Payroll-related vacancy requiring specialist payroll recruitment support, please get in touch with me! I would love to help show you what an excellent payroll recruitment experience feels like! You can reach me directly at [email protected] or call 01727 800377

Find out more at: www.jgarecruitment.com.

Thanks for listening! I hope you enjoyed this episode of The Payroll Podcast, and I look forward to bringing you the next episode soon!

In these Bite-sizes of the Payroll Podcast, I select my favourite moments from previous episodes. This one comes from Episode 41, where I speak with Mary Holland, Chief Customer Officer at Payslip. In this clip, Mary talks about her process for assessing where automation and robotics best fit the payroll department – and the skills needed. 

Listen to the full episode here: https://jgarecruitment.com/global-payroll/

Join our expert payroll panel as we explore all the key issues currently affecting the world of payroll as we enter a brand new payroll tax year - 2023/24!

Listen to Payroll Question Time: Payroll Legislation Updates brought to you by The Payroll Podcast and SD Worx. Hosted by JGA Recruitment Group’s very own Nick Day, in this episode, our expert panel help to break down all the latest legislation changes impacting payroll whilst simultaneously fielding all of your burning payroll questions through our live Q&A.

Topic discussions in this episode include:

• New Tax Year view / Outlook: recovery or shrinking
• Blended Class 1A and P11D cycle
• The reliefs and investment zones impact
• The National Living Wage increases
• The Future of Pay and payroll trends
• Pensions update
• Launch of SD Worx Academy

• Simon Parsons, Director of UK Compliance Strategies at SD Worx
• Richard George,  Director of Education at The Payroll Centre
• Andy Nicholls, Industry Liaison Manager, The Pensions Regulator
• Nick Day, Founder of JGA Payroll Recruitment - [email protected]

Sign up for next month's Payroll Question Time here: https://www.sdworx.co.uk/en-GB/pqt

Nick Day, MD at JGA Recruitment.  Nick is a leading authority on HR and payroll issues and hosts two popular podcast shows, The HR L&D Podcast and The Payroll Podcast.

• Who should watch it?  All payroll and HR professionals working within the private sector for mid-market and enterprise organisations.
• Want to join us live for the next PQT Webinar and ask questions directly to the panel?  Sign up for next month's Payroll Question Time here: https://www.sdworx.co.uk/en-GB/pqt
• Payroll Recruitment: Of course, if you are Payroll Leader listening to this podcast and you have a payroll-related vacancy that you would love some specialist payroll recruitment support, please also contact me!  I would love to help show you what a great Payroll recruitment experience feels like!  You can reach out to me directly at [email protected] or give me a call – at 01727 800 377

www.jgarecruitment.com

Thanks for listening – I look forward to bringing you the next episode of the Payroll Podcast real soon!

Nick Day is joined on The Payroll Podcast by Justine Riccomini, Head of Tax (Employment and devolved taxes) at ICAS, where her role involves studying and analysing employment law and tax legislation and attending meetings with bodies including the HMRC, HM Treasury, BEIS, DWP, Revenue Scotland, Scottish Government, Scottish Parliament and more!

Justine is responsible for responding to consultation documents and writing articles associated with Payroll, Taxation and legislation. Within her writing, you often find Justine critically analysing Government policy and process.

As well as running the Devolved Taxes and Employment Taxes Committees which both report to the ICAS Tax Board, Justine also sits on the Scottish Taxes Policy Forum, on the West Yorkshire Women in Tax steering committee, and she was the policy lead at West Yorkshire CIPD Committee, Branch Chair for Scotland/Manchester IFA and an expert panellist for the AAT payroll & pensions panel.

Justine also co-chairs the Employment & Payroll Group (EPG), NMW Forum, Employment Status & Intermediaries Forum (formerly IR35 Forum) and the Construction Forum with HMRC/BEIS.

Justine is also a Board Member of The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) · where she works hard to try and make the Institute the best it can be for its members and the payroll profession!

Justine has also authored payroll and articles for all the major payroll publications, and she has even given evidence at the Scottish Parliament and the House of Lords!

1. What does the word payroll mean to you?
2. Why is ‘employment taxes’ such an important subject?
3. When people say: “Employment Taxes - that’s just payroll, isn’t it?”
4. Why do so many people outside the payroll industry misunderstand the industry?
5. PAYE was introduced in 1944. Has it stood the test of time?
6. What was the Office of Tax Simplification asked to do to align back in 2015:
7. Why did the Government abandon the idea of merging income tax and NICs?
8. What are the main sticking points or thorny issues currently in employment taxes?
9. What does the future hold for employment taxes?

• Website: https://www.icas.com
• Email: [email protected]
• LitterfreeSB: https://www.litterfreesb.org.uk
• Justine's LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinericcomini/
• 'My Payroll Career' Song: https://jgarecruitment.com/payroll-song/
• Nick Day LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickday/
• Leading Payroll Recruiters: JGA Payroll Recruitment 
• Enjoyed this show?  Why not ask your HR Team to check out our other show The HR L&D Podcast?

Remember, if you are a #Payroll Leader listening to this podcast and you have a Payroll-related vacancy requiring specialist payroll recruitment support, please get in touch with me!  I would love to help show you what an excellent payroll recruitment experience feels like!  You can reach me directly at [email protected] or call 01727 800377

Find out more at: www.jgarecruitment.com.

Thanks for listening! I hope you enjoyed this episode of The Payroll Podcast, and I look forward to bringing you the next episode soon!

In these minisodes of the Payroll Podcast, I select my favourite moments from previous episodes. This one comes from Episode 52, where I speak with Jeanette Hibbert, Head of Customer Payroll at Legal & General. In this clip, she talks about how to make a Payroll transformation project relate to the wider business. 

Listen to the full episode here: https://jgarecruitment.com/payroll-projects-transformation-with-jeanette-hibbert-52/

In these Bite-sized episodes of the Payroll Podcast, I select my favourite moments from previous episodes. This one comes from Episode 97, where I speak with Marcelo Lebre, the COO and co-founder of Remote.com. In this clip, he shares how he considers payroll as a strategic asset for businesses – and why he has invested in this industry. 

Listen to the full episode here: https://jgarecruitment.com/payroll-podcast-97-marcelo-lebre-future-remote-payroll/

Nick Day is joined on The Payroll Podcast sofa by Gary Henderson, Manager on the National Minimum Wage team within People Advisory Services for Ernst & Young LLP!

Gary started his professional life with the HMRC at the tender age of just 16 – and in 2015, Joined the National Minimum Wage department as an investigator.

Within a year, Gary was promoted to higher/complex cases and after 4 years in investigations/casework, Gary took advantage of his journalism degree and moved into the ‘Promoting Compliance’ team where he took on the employer education and engagement portfolio.

This included presenting NMW live webinars to over 20,000 employers every year, publishing online guidance, and running a number of projects with outside organisations – basically the carrot to the ‘stick’ of the usual enforcement work from HMRC.

Gary became known as ‘The Voice of NMW’.

In 2022, Gary linked up with Jeni Morris – head of EYs NMW team, and joined EY to become part of their dedicated NMW team.

1. What does the word payroll mean to you?
2. How did you start your journey in the NMW world?
3. What was one of the biggest challenges at the HMRC?
4. Has your role changed since you joined EY now the “shackles” are off?
5. What should we be looking out for in HMRC NMW enforcement this year?
6. What common challenges do businesses face when it comes to NMW?
7. What are the risks around excess hours for salaried workers?
8. What are the most common inquiries related to the new rates?
9. What advice would you give clients to help them get NMW right?
10. What’s the most rewarding part of working in NMW?

• Ernst & Young Website: https://www.ey.com/en_uk
• Gary Henderson LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-henderson-6aa52b119/
• Gary Henderson Email: [email protected]
• Jeni Morris Email: [email protected]
• Nick Day LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickday/
• Leading Payroll Recruiters: JGA Payroll Recruitment 
• Enjoyed this show?  Why not ask your HR Team to check out our other show The HR L&D Podcast?

Remember, if you are a #Payroll Leader listening to this podcast and you have a Payroll-related vacancy requiring specialist payroll recruitment support, please get in touch with me!  I would love to help show you what an excellent payroll recruitment experience feels like!  You can reach me directly at [email protected] or call 01727 800377

Find out more at: www.jgarecruitment.com.

Thanks for listening! I hope you enjoyed this episode of The Payroll Podcast, and I look forward to bringing you the next episode soon!

Nick Day is joined on The Payroll Podcast sofa by Gethin Nadin, Chief Innovation Officer at Zellis! Gethin is a guest who has joined us before on our other show, The HR L&D Podcast.

Gethin is a wellbeing expert and a frequent writer and speaker who has also published several best-selling books, including ‘A World of Good: Lessons From Around the World in Improving the Employee Experience’ and his latest book, 'A Work In Progress: Unlocking Wellbeing to Create More Sustainable and Resilient Organisations' which has only just been released!

Gethin joins Nick to discuss the research paper produced by Zellis titled “An Employer's guide to protecting financial wellbeing for the workforce”.

This report states that more than 1 in 4 Employees Struggle to Understand Payslips.  With the strategic role of payroll more pronounced than ever due to organisations understanding the close link between employee engagement, financial wellness and the payroll process, Nick had to find out more!

Incidentally, a link to the research paper is available in the show notes, so download it and read it yourself.

1. What does the word payroll mean to you?
2. Research by Zellis found that more than 1 in 4 Employees struggle to understand payslips. Can you tell us about this?
3. How do you think payroll departments should be responding to these insights?
4. 13% of employees had feelings of anxiety about finances. What can payroll do to alleviate some of this anxiety?
5. Do you think the Prime Minister’s announcement about maths being mandatory until the age of 18 will help people get a better grip on finances?
6. How much of financial numeracy confusion is just payslip confusion?
7. Can payroll Information have a direct impact on employees' financial wellbeing?
8. What needs to be done to improve the situation?
9. What are software providers doing to make the payroll employee experience more user-friendly?
10. What advantages can be gained by moving from the traditional payslip to an interactive payslip?
11. How can optimizing the traditional payslip impact and influence employee financial health?
12. “Employers need to take a strategic and consistent approach to employees’ financial wellbeing”. Can you tell us about this?
13. Can you tell us more about the book and how it may help the modern payroll professional?

• Book 1: “A World of Good: Lessons from Around the World in Improving the Employee Experience”
• Book 2: The Human(e) Office
• Book 3: 'A Work In Progress: Unlocking Wellbeing to Create More Sustainable and Resilient Organisations'
• The full Zellis Payslip Research Report can be downloaded here.
• Zellis Website: https://www.zellis.com
• Gethin Nadin Linkedin Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gethinnadin/
• Nick Day LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickday/
• Leading Payroll Recruiters: JGA Payroll Recruitment 
• Enjoyed this show?  Why not ask your HR Team to check out our other show, The HR L&D Podcast?

Remember, if you are a #Payroll Leader listening to this podcast and you have a Payroll-related vacancy requiring specialist payroll recruitment support, don't hesitate to get in touch with me!  I would love to help show you what an excellent payroll recruitment experience feels like!  You can reach me directly at [email protected] or call 01727 800377

Find out more at: www.jgarecruitment.com.

Thanks for listening! I hope you enjoyed this episode of The Payroll Podcast, and I look forward to bringing you the next episode soon!

Join our expert payroll panel as we explore all the key issues currently affecting the world of payroll following the March Spring Budget Update

Listen to Payroll Question Time: Payroll Legislation Updates brought to you by The Payroll Podcast and SD Worx. Hosted by JGA Recruitment Group’s very own Nick Day, in this episode, our expert panel help to break down all the latest legislation changes impacting payroll whilst simultaneously fielding all of your burning payroll questions through our live Q&A.

Topic discussions in this episode include:

• Get ready for the new tax year
• Payrolling benefits / National Insurance
• National Minimum Wage increase
• The remit of Payroll and HR teams
• Coming soon: SD Worx Academy
• Pensions update
• Hot topics / Q&A

• Simon Parsons, Director of UK Compliance Strategies at SD Worx
• Richard George,  Director of Education at The Payroll Centre
• Sam Johnson, Payroll Services Director, Dains
• Andy Nicholls, Industry Liaison Manager, The Pensions Regulator
• Nick Day, Founder of JGA Payroll Recruitment - [email protected]

Sign up for next month's Payroll Question Time here: https://www.sdworx.co.uk/en-GB/pqt

Nick Day, MD at JGA Recruitment.  Nick is a leading authority on HR and payroll issues and hosts two popular podcast shows, The HR L&D Podcast and The Payroll Podcast.

• Who should watch it?  All payroll and HR professionals working within the private sector for mid-market and enterprise organisations.
• Want to join us live for the next PQT Webinar and ask questions directly to the panel?  Sign up for next month's Payroll Question Time here: https://www.sdworx.co.uk/en-GB/pqt.
• Payroll Recruitment: Of course, if you are Payroll Leader listening to this podcast and you have a payroll-related vacancy that you would love some specialist payroll recruitment support, please also contact me!  I would love to help show you what a great Payroll recruitment experience feels like!  You can reach out to me directly at [email protected] or give me a call – at 01727 800 377

www.jgarecruitment.com

Thanks for listening – I look forward to bringing you the next episode of the Payroll Podcast real soon!