Category: Payroll
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The April 2026 UK Payroll Shock: Are You Ready for £12.71?
For UK business owners and CFOs, April 6, 2026, isn’t just the start of a new tax year—it’s a massive structural shift in the cost of employment. Between the record-breaking hike in the National Living Wage (NLW) and the total removal of the Lower Earnings Limit (LEL) for sick pay, the “baseline” cost of a…
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The 48-Hour Clock: Mastering the “2-Day” Settlement Rule Under the New Wage Code
Imagine this scenario: It is Friday afternoon. An employee resigns. Under the old regime, your HR team would acknowledge the resignation, and the Finance team would schedule the Full & Final (FnF) settlement for the next payroll cycle—usually 30 to 45 days later. Under the new Code on Wages (Section 17(2)), that comfort zone is…
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The New Wage Code is LIVE: 5 Immediate Actions for Employers | Payline
The wait is over. As of November 21, 2025, the “wait and watch” period for India’s labour reforms officially ended. The 29 historic labour laws have been subsumed into the 4 New Labour Codes, fundamentally changing how India Inc. processes payroll. For the last two years, we spoke about “readiness.” Today, we must speak about…