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How much does an employee cost UK employers in 2026?
Discover the true cost of employing someone in the UK, including updated NI rates, pension contributions, and hidden expenses.
Holiday pay, overtime & UK employment law
New rules on overtime and holiday pay for 2025-2026 mean that overtime needs to be taken into account when calculating holiday pay. Find out more here.
Payroll numbers: UK requirements and best practices
Master payroll number requirements for 2026 with our guide. Learn about RTI updates, HMRC compliance, and best practices for UK employers.
What Is Internal Hiring - What Is Meant By Internal Recruitment?
One of the most powerful and often underutilised staffing strategies is looking within. Here, we break down internal recruitment for UK businesses.
What Is Post Employment Notice Pay? A Guide To PENP
Here, we provide a clear explanation of PENP, how it's calculated, and its tax implications, so you can tackle this tricky aspect of UK employment law.
Staff Performance Appraisals - A Guide For UK Businesses
Read our guide to performance appraisals, from their definition and purpose through to best practices and available tools for UK companies.
Recruitment Process Guide - Stages, Selection, Automation
We walk you through the recruitment process, offering clear guidance and best practices to help UK businesses attract and retain top talent.
UK Equal Pay Law - What Employers Need To Know
Click for an overview of UK equal wage laws, guidance on how to address equal pay issues, and where to find further advice and information.
What Is Tronc & How Do They Work? An Employers' Guide
Understand the nuances of tronc - including the correct management of service charges and tips in the hospitality industry.
Neonatal Care Leave & Pay In The UK - A Guide
Understand your obligations, ensure compliance, and fostering a supportive workplace, in order to help you navigate this legislation with confidence.
The Real Living Wage In The UK - The Lowdown For Businesses
This article provides an overview of the real living wage in the UK, its advantages, and how it differs from government-mandated minimums.
Accounting For Small UK Businesses - A Guide
Understand accounting for a growing business in the UK, including best practices, the right set-up for your company, and key tax considerations.
How To Calculate Weekly Pay In The UK - A Guide
Understanding how to calculate weekly earnings is a consideration for a large number of UK employers. This article breaks down the essentials.
The Essential Role Of HR In Small Companies
A proactive HR strategy is not a luxury, it is the bedrock of a thriving company. Learn the importance of HR in small companies here.
Pre-Tax Deductions - A Guide For Growing UK Businesses
This guide provides a clear explanation of pre-tax deductions in the UK, how they work, and what they offer for both employers and employees.
HR Department KPIs - Objectives For UK HR Departments
This guide will explore the most important objectives for UK HR departments and how to use KPIs to achieve these goals.
The UK Redundancy Process Explained For Employers
This article provides guidance on the redundancy process, to help UK employers understand their obligations and the rights of their employees.
Employee Contracts - A Guide For UK Businesses
Discover the essentials of employee contracts in the UK, such as what needs to be included, contracts for different types of workers, and more.
Employee Assistance Programmes - An Introduction & Guide
Employee Assistance Programmes can be a valuable tool for HR leaders to provide support and advice for employees. Find out about them here.
The UK Living Wage 2025/26 - An Employer’s Guide
The National Living Wage UK for the 2025/26 tax year is £12.21. Learn about who is entitled to what in the UK, and what employers should know.
Changing Payroll Providers - Why You Shouldn't Wait Till April
Whilst the temptation is to make a ‘clean break’ at the end of the tax year, there are benefits to changing payroll providers mid year instead.
Employment Allowance: eligibility and criteria for UK SMEs
If you pay Class 1 National Insurance, you can qualify for what’s called the Employment Allowance, and a lower Employer NI bill. Find out how here.
How To Calculate National Insurance - A Guide For Businesses
Employers are obligated to pay National Insurance, a source of funding for public services, on behalf of employees. Find out how NI is calculated.
What Is OTE? How UK Businesses Can Unlock Its Potential
This article provides an overview of what OTE is, with actionable insights for the HR managers of UK businesses. Find out about OTE here.
Operational Resilience: From Foundations To Growth - Live!
A selection of the key talking points and takeaways, to give People leaders a flavour of what went on at Operational Resilience: From Foundations To Growth.
UK Statutory Notice Periods - An Explainer For Businesses
One of the fundamental aspects of ending an employment relationship is the statutory notice period. Find out your obligations as an employer.
Time & Project Tracking - Find Out About Our Latest Feature
Using PayFit, both employers and employees can now track their time and projects from the same place as their payroll and HR. Find out about it here.
Electronic Signatures - A Guide To Electronic Contract Signing
Electronic (or ‘e’)signatures are a digital method of signing documents, such as employment contracts. Find out how to create eSignatures here.
Core HR Functions - Roles, Responsibilities & Processes
In this article we explain the concept of ‘core HR’ - the processes, functions and tools that keep the HR department running smoothly.
Small Employers’ Relief - Who Is Eligible & How To Claim
Read our guide to answer the question ‘what is small employers’ relief’, to find out how you can qualify as a business, and how much you can claim.
TUPE - Meaning, Regulations, Processes & More - A Guide
In this post, we’ll look at TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings Protection of Employment Rights), how it works and what employers need to know.
PayFit Partner Case Study - Infina & VU.CITY
Finance & accounting support company Infina tell us how they have revolutionised payroll management for their clients, in this case VU.CITY.
The End Of Zero Hours Contracts? Implications For Businesses
There is uncertainty as to whether or not the Labour government will abolish zero hours contracts. Let’s look at what this could mean for businesses.
Create Electronic Signatures With PayFit - New HR Feature
Frustrated with document signing processes that are often time consuming and complex? Find out about electronic signatures from PayFit.
Employment Tax UK - A Guide for Small Businesses
If you employ people, you’ll need to pay employment tax in the UK as well as make some deductions from employee earnings. Read all about it in our guide.
Payroll Automation - An Introduction For Businesses
Is payroll automation the solution to making this core function of every business work better? Read our introduction to automated payroll here.
Unretirement - What It Is & What HR Leaders Need To Know
Unretirement is the act of returning to work after retirement. Find out more, and how to support and benefit from staff returning to the workplace.
Correcting Payroll Errors With PayFit’s Undo Payroll Feature
The latest powerful tool in PayFit’s payroll arsenal, ‘undo payroll’ lets users correct payroll errors and re-run payroll. Find out about it here.
HR In The Boardroom - The Business Benefits Of Strategic HR
As the function continues to grow in importance, read about the benefits of taking HR into the boardroom, and its business decision-making processes.
Small Businesses & Employee Benefits - Aiming High
Find out about big employee benefits for small businesses. You don’t need to be a huge business to offer employee benefits that will make a splash.
PayFit’s Premium Plan - The Ultimate UK Payroll Package
PayFit’s Premium plan combines simple-to-use, in-house payroll software with dedicated round the clock support. See why it's perfect for UK businesses.
Proving the value of HR with metrics and budget: guide
Proving the value of HR is hard. As we explore here, it's about having access to robust data, plus the time for game changing initiatives.
CIPD Festival Of Work 2024 - Learnings & Recap
2024’s CIPD Festival of Work invited attendees to come curious, leave inspired, which it certainly achieved. Read our event recap here.
Best expense management software for UK small business
Looking for expense management software in the UK? Discover how to automate expenses, reduce admin time and improve financial control with cloud-based tools.
Leave & Absence Management Made Easier
More than being just a payroll software, PayFit makes leave and absence management a breeze for UK HR teams. Find out how here.
Creating Employee Benefits Packages - HR & Finance Unite!
Nailing your employee benefits strategy will help you better recruit and retain talent in a tough market. Read our new HR & Finance Unite! blog here.
Using People Analytics To Build A Data-First Organisation
People analytics - analysing data about people to solve business problems - helps HR teams make evidence-based decisions. Read all about it here.
Performance management systems: tech-enabled guide
Gone are performance management systems & processes of the past, to be replaced with agile, collaborative tech to empower your people. Find out more.
Building a collaborative reward strategy: perks to include
Find out how HR & finance teams can work together to build a winning compensation strategy, a key tenet of attracting and retaining the best talent.
Setting Up A Payroll Process - A Guide For New Businesses
Payroll can seem like a daunting topic for new businesses, but processing payroll is easier than you think. Get confident and prepared with our guide.
Workplace Pension Schemes - An Employer's Guide
PayFit’s in-depth guide to UK workplace pension schemes. We cover what a pension scheme is, auto-enrolment, and the 5 essential steps for setting one up.
Finance process improvement: how PayFit helps managers
PayFit's helps drive radical finance process improvement for small to mid sized businesses up and down the country. Read this piece to find out how.
Pension Re-Enrolment - Everything You Need To Know
Re-enrolling staff who have left or opted out of a pension scheme is a regulatory obligation for employers. Find out more about re-enrolment here.
Auto Enrolment - Eligibility, Thresholds & More - A Guide
Auto enrolment is the mandatory process of enrolling employees into a workplace pension and paying into it. Find out your responsibilities with our guide.
Building A Data-Driven Culture Across Your Organisation
Creating a data-driven company culture starts with making data accessible to the right people, and that includes your payroll data. Find out more here.
Holiday Management Software - What Is It & How Does It Work?
Calculating & ensuring holiday pay reflects in your payroll is tricky. Holiday management software makes this a thing of the past. Find out how here.
The Risks Of Outsourcing Payroll & The Alternative Approach
Find out why investing in the right software for your tech stack is a better approach than taking the risk of outsourcing payroll.
Payroll Reports | A Guide To Payroll Reporting
Read our comprehensive guide to payroll reports, including what they are, the benefits, different types and how to run a payroll report.
Balancing People Enablement & Mental Health
To mark Mental Health Awareness Week, read this Q&A with our partner Leapsome on how businesses should balance people enablement with mental health.
Best Payroll Software | A Guide To The Essential Features
In this comprehensive guide, we help simply the decision making process for choosing the best payroll software for your business.
Payroll Journals - A Guide + Processing Them With PayFit
In this guide we explain the concept of payroll journals, what goes into a payroll journal entry, plus how to run and export them using PayFit.
AI In HR | What Does The Future Hold?
With IBM’s CEO stating that he expects AI to replace nearly 8,000 roles in the coming years, we ask the question: is AI really coming for your HR job?
Overcoming Status Quo Bias In Your Finance Team
Status quo bias - defaulting to legacy tactics even if they are suboptimal - is a dangerous thing for any aspiring finance department. Here's why.
