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Deel Local Payroll has launched embedded payroll payments, giving UK businesses a simpler, more secure way to pay employees directly from the platform. The new capability lets payroll managers and bureaus run payroll and pay every employee...

How changes to the Code of Good Practice on Dismissal modernise labour management. People are at the centre of every business. They bring perspective, ideas, skills, and experience that help companies excel and succeed. However, it doesn’t...

This will be the year that human resources settles into its strategic role. HR management has transformed since it first appeared in the early 1900s. Dashboards, data, self-service and other technology-powered features save time, improve...

Work has changed. Hybrid teams, remote workers, global contractors, real-time expectations. The demands on payroll, HR, and finance have multiplied. But a lot of payroll software hasn't moved with them. The 2025 Deel Australia Payroll...

Earned Wage Access (EWA) lets employees draw down a portion of their earned-but-unpaid wages between paydays. The model has grown rapidly across global markets as a financial wellness tool — particularly for employees living paycheque to...

Switching payroll providers feels like a big decision, and it should be. But sticking with the wrong one is more expensive than most teams realise. The slow erosion of trust, the workarounds that compound, the legislative updates that...

Employee turnover is one of the most-talked-about HR metrics and one of the most misunderstood. Calculated well, it tells you where the business is leaking talent and how much it's costing. Calculated badly, it produces numbers that feel...

Microsoft has moved to three days a week in the office. Amazon to five. Other employers have stayed fully remote. The headlines treat this as a culture war, but the practical question for most businesses is simpler: can the HR and payroll...

In Eswatini, individuals pay income tax on income earned in or from within the country. This follows a source-based tax system, where tax is charged based on where the income originates, regardless of where it is received. The Income Tax...

It’s a fact: In-house payroll is not necessarily the best option for all companies. Accurate and timely payroll impacts costs, tax compliance, and employee morale. Many businesses assume that insourced payroll is fundamentally superior....

AI and chatbots are revolutionising self-service. But are you selecting the right technology? Which expenses can I claim for reimbursement? Can I have a copy of my payslip? How do I apply for leave? Many companies want to automate the...

Manual payroll looks like the cheap option. No software licence, no subscription, no implementation cost. But the accounting logic stops there. Every error in a manual run creates rework. Every compliance update that's missed creates...

Industry: Retail (Apparel)  Region: South Africa  Company Size: 550+ employees  Product Used: Deel Local Payroll powered by PaySpace Seamless Payroll Integration with Workday PUMA South Africa modernised its HR and payroll systems with...

How can companies select the right partner to overcome security concerns and modernise?  For countless businesses, many payroll operations still don’t enjoy the benefits of next-generation technologies such as single-truth data,...

When businesses go global with payroll, they face an early choice that shapes everything that follows: do you run the payroll yourselves on self-service software, or do you outsource it to a managed payroll provider? Both models have...

By Bruce van Wyk CEO at Deel Local Payroll, powered by PaySpace.  Are there skills gaps in your business? What is the cost of hiring and onboarding a new employee? How should you forecast for overtime? What will your upcoming expense costs...

Deel Local Payroll powered by PaySpace, um provedor líder de soluções inovadoras de folha de pagamento, e PMóvel, um nome proeminente em soluções de Ponto e Acesso (T&A) no Brasil, anunciaram hoje uma parceria comercial estratégica. Esta...

Following the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget announcement on 30 October 2024, several legislative changes affecting payroll have been approved by Parliament and will apply for the 2025/2026 tax year. Key updates effective from 6 April 2025...

The Minister of Employment and Labour published a Government Notice increasing the OID earnings threshold as follows: - from R597 328.00 per annum (limit for 2024/2025), - to R633 168.00 per annum effective 01 March 2025 (limit for...

PaySpace moves closer to the Deel family with new branding yet the same people, dedication, and innovation. One year after being acquired by Deel, PaySpace by Deel has officially transitioned into Deel Local Payroll, powered by PaySpace....

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), in consultation with the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA), has revised the maximum insurable earnings for 2025 from GHS 52 000.00 to GHS 61 000.00. This adjustment...

In Brazil, employee benefits are a significant component of compensation packages and often contribute to attracting and retaining top talent. However, many employers and employees are unaware of the complexities of taxing these benefits....

The “official rate of interest” for calculating the taxable benefit on low-interest or interest-free debt will decrease by 0.25% with effect from 01 February 2025. For more information, click here to view the current market rates on the...

Enterprise resource planning software is a cornerstone technology for many enterprises. But times are changing, and outdated ERP software is doing more harm than good. When a major South African bank needed to make changes to its ERP, it...

Payroll is one of the most critical aspects of managing a business. In Brazil, where labour and tax laws are complex and stringent, making payroll mistakes can lead to hefty fines and legal issues. To help your business start 2025 on the...

As we kick off 2025, it’s an opportune moment for businesses to reflect on their HR and payroll strategies and set ambitious goals for the year ahead to revitalise company culture and align teams towards common objectives. Here’s how...

In 2025, many companies in the UK will face the challenge of adapting to a constantly evolving UK HR and payroll environment. Updated laws, changing employee demands, and technological advancements- staying on top of this is essential for...

Why do companies experience new possibilities when they connect payroll and HR systems? While most companies focus their energy on optimising processes and productivity, they often overlook a crucial pairing. HR and payroll both focus on...

For UK businesses, ensuring compliance with HMRC regulations is paramount. One of the most crucial aspects of this compliance is the timely submission of statutory reports. These reports provide the HMRC with essential information about a...

Most employee self-service portals exist in places employees never go. Web logins that need a password reset. Apps that need installation. Email reminders that get lost. Meanwhile, every employee in your workforce uses WhatsApp every day....

For many businesses in the UK, managing payroll and meeting HMRC requirements can be a daunting task, regardless of their size. The ever-changing regulations, manual procedures, and the fear of penalties can make it feel like a burden....

The UK Employment Rights Bill, introduced in 2024, represents one of the most substantial reforms to UK employment law in over a generation. For businesses operating UK payroll — whether headquartered in the UK or running UK operations...

On 13 September 2024, the Government of Mauritius issued the Remuneration Regulations (Workers Remuneration Amendment Regulations) 2024. These regulations require employers to pay employees the wage relativity adjustment as outlined in the...

By Bruce van Wyk, CEO of PaySpace by Deel The relationship between payroll and HR has long been one of function rather than strategy. Payroll is typically seen as an administrative necessity—processing wages, handling benefits, and...

Payroll reporting is one of the most complex challenges businesses face. Information overload can stifle productivity and decision-making. The constant juggling of databases, manual data entry, and the risk of errors consume valuable time....

Did you know that small and mid-market businesses are getting more value from their payroll through cloud-native platforms? Salaries represent a considerable portion of business costs and small and mid-market companies are particularly...

The payroll profession has changed faster in the last five years than in the previous twenty. Cloud-native platforms have rewritten what the day-to-day work looks like. Compliance has become more complex as legislatures across Africa...

Although your cloud provider makes backups, it is not responsible for your data. Are you taking the necessary precautions? Creating backups is crucial for individuals and businesses alike. Many rely on cloud backups to keep our data safe....

Are you tired of wrestling with complicated payroll software? Many businesses find themselves bogged down by the complexities of customisation. But fear not! In this article, we explore why a well-configured payroll system might just be...

The business world is constantly changing. New regulations, evolving workforce needs, and unexpected events can all necessitate rapid adjustments within your organisation. But can your payroll and HR processes keep up? Struggling with...

Scaling payroll across multiple countries is where most businesses hit their hardest HR and finance problems. What worked in one jurisdiction breaks in the second, and by the fourth or fifth country, every manual workaround has compounded...

In March 2024, Deel acquired PaySpace in what was, at the time, the largest acquisition in Deel's history. The move was significant for two reasons. First, it was one of the rare cases where a young Employer of Record (EOR) company bought...

In the fast-paced world of business, payroll management is a critical function that demands accuracy, efficiency, and compliance. Late payments, legislative missteps, and tax processing errors can not only damage employee morale but also...

Load shedding reshaped how South African businesses think about operational continuity. When the power goes out for two, four, or six hours at a time, every business function depending on local infrastructure grinds to a halt. Payroll...

On Wednesday, 17 January 2024 we received a Public Notice confirming that the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has increased the minimum and maximum insurable earnings for 2024. The Social Security and National...

Following the promulgation of the Finance Act, 2023, the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has released the new tax tables. The new tax tables are effective from 1 January 2024. No changes were made to the USD tax tables. Click here to...

The National Pension Scheme Authority is mandated to review the contribution ceiling and pension payments annually and adjust them in line with the change in the National Average Earnings (NAE). This is in accordance with section 35 of the...

The Council of Ministers, under the chairmanship of the President of the Republic on 11 October 2023 examined and adopted 7 decrees to accelerate the process of implementing the Universal Health Insurance. The universal health coverage was...

On the 14th of June 2023, the Madagascar Ministry of Labour, Employment, Public Service and Social Laws published Decree No. 2023 – 563, fixing the minimum wages for hiring and seniority by professional category and the minimum monthly...

As per the MRA, the minimum and maximum basic wage or salary on which contributions to the National Savings Fund (NSF) are payable, has been adjusted as from 01 July 2023. Click here for more details. NSF Ceiling July 2023 The NSF Minimum...

In terms of Statutory Instrument 64 of 2022, gazetted on 01 April 2022, the monthly insurable earnings ceiling is now reviewable quarterly. The insurable earnings ceiling for the months of April, May and June 2023 is ZWL 518 239.00....

If you have a company with employees, then you will be required to submit an EMP501 reconciliation form. It is extremely important that you do this submission correctly, and do not miss the due date on this submission. In this article, we...

What is the use of a SARS Tax Calculator in 2023? It is nearing that time of the year again. SARS is knocking on our doors and we have to ensure that we have all of our ducks in a row and pay our Taxes for 2023. It can be daunting to...

During the 2023 Budget Speech delivered to the National Assembly, the Minister of Finance, Mr Enoch Godongwana, outlined the government’s fiscal priorities and proposed tax relief measures for the year ahead. The following documents have...

We are excited to announce that PaySpace will be the title sponsor for the upcoming A1Padel PaySpace Cape Town Master 2023  world tour event kicking off in Cape Town, South Africa. Taking place from February 13th to 19th, the tournament...

Payroll generates a huge volume of data. Reports turn that data into something a CFO, HR director, or compliance officer can actually use. The best payroll teams are fluent in three categories of report: statutory (what the law requires),...

Deel Local Payroll started as PaySpace in a Johannesburg garage in 2002. Four founders came from a background in international payroll software and saw the same thing from inside the industry: the products were built on decades-old...

Small business tax in South Africa can be a pain. Even though we all hate thinking and speaking about tax, the reality is that it is something we cannot avoid. SARS might be viewed as the bad guy but they have actually implemented a system...

Payroll software in Namibia is available and underutilized. Payroll is a process that takes a lot of time and effort when performed manually. It needs to be accurate and compliant, if it is not, it could cost a business a lot of money and...

Running payroll in South Africa means handling three statutory withholdings, two annual submissions, and a calendar of legislative changes that updates after every February budget speech. The framework is well-defined — but the details...

Botswana runs a territorial tax system and has no national social security scheme. For payroll teams new to the country, those two facts shape almost every decision about how income is taxed and what contributions are required. Here's what...

Every payroll provider claims their software is reliable, accurate, and compliant. In practice, most of them are. So why do customers still switch? Because when something breaks (a tax calculation goes wrong, a submission fails, an...

Payroll system software is the platform that calculates employee pay, applies statutory deductions, generates payslips and tax certificates, and produces the submissions required by tax authorities. It sits at the intersection of HR...

White-label HR and payroll software lets you deliver payroll services to your clients, or employees, under your own brand, without building the underlying technology from scratch. For accountants, bookkeepers, HR consultants, and...

If you have ever wondered how a payroll system works, this article will clarify it for you. Payroll is time-consuming, requires a lot of attention to detail, and can be quite tricky if one has a large number of employees in a company;...

A payroll administrator is the person who makes sure every employee in a business gets paid the right amount on the right day, with the right deductions, every cycle. It sounds simple. The reality involves tax law, employment contracts,...

Payroll is a craft as much as a role. The software changes, the legislation changes, the reporting formats change. A payroll administrator who stops learning falls behind within a year. Online training is the most efficient way to close...

Do you need automated employee payslips? No matter how one approaches it, payroll is complicated. However, there are tools that can simplify this complex and oftentimes overwhelming process. Automating your payroll process will provide you...

Every organisation is constantly on the lookout for ways to ensure it does well and retains top talent. Most successful organisations have two things in common: a winning company culture and a strong customer focus. In these entities,...

In a digital world, it is hard to imagine that so many payroll systems implemented by companies still function on a manual process. There is, however, a digital solution that has a variety of benefits that a business cannot overlook. This...

Everyone has heard of payroll, and some even of online payroll. Whether as an employee, employer, or the person processing and performing payroll. It is a time consuming, complicated, and often stressful task, as a mistake can easily...

Innovation cycles are a key catalyst for growth and play a critical role in both entrepreneurship and economic development. The term ‘creative destruction’ was first coined in 1942 by economist Joseph Schumpeter. It refers to the...

The events industry has transformed. Five years ago, a payroll conference meant flights, hotels, and a printed lanyard. Today, most professional events run a hybrid model: in-person for those who can attend, virtual for those who can't....

Companies of every size and in every industry have a lot on their plate when it comes to tax-related paperwork. While it is often an arduous task, ensuring accurate submission and meeting SARS deadlines is one of the most important...

It’s that time of year again – the interim PAYE Employer Reconciliation period for the 2022 tax year opened on 13 September 2021, with the deadline for filing the reconciliation on 31 October 2021. Although the practice of submission is...

Payroll looks simple on the surface. Calculate what people are owed, pay them on time, file the right returns. The reality involves tax law, statutory contributions, retirement schemes, medical aids, leave accruals, and a payroll cycle...

Not only is Africa the world’s second largest and second most densely populated continent, as it boasts 54 countries with eight territories, but it is also home to a wide diversity of ethnicities, cultures, and languages. Today, technology...

In the past year, organisations were forced to start working remotely and employees had to adapt to new ways of doing things. Companies had to find ways to ensure that their teams were keeping with the times and had to guarantee the...

The cloud computing market keeps expanding for a simple reason: it works. Adopting cloud frees up IT budgets, delivers projects faster, and removes the capital outlay of owning infrastructure. For payroll and HR specifically, moving to the...

The last year has seen organisations across the board rapidly switch to remote working. Although this mass migration went reasonably well, there were a few pitfalls that business leaders had to take into account. After all, the...

For businesses running payroll in multiple African countries, tax year alignment is a surprisingly complicated problem. South Africa runs March-to-February. Kenya, Nigeria, and Ghana run January-to-December. Rwanda, Tanzania, and others...

The benefits of the cloud have been well documented. Cloud solutions are accessible anywhere, are more flexible, offer agile service, there is no hardware to maintain, no manual backups to keep on top of, no more paper-based processes, and...

Cloud adoption has gone mainstream, with research showing around 94% of organisations have some kind of cloud strategy. But a lot of what's sold as cloud is actually legacy software repackaged with a web interface. The difference between...

The Employment Tax Incentive (ETI) is one of the most underused tools in South African payroll. Implemented on 1 January 2014, it was designed to encourage employers to hire young job seekers, a group hit hardest by structural...

When COVID-19 hit South Africa in 2020, the job market for payroll and HR professionals changed overnight. Companies froze hiring, retrenchments climbed, and skilled people found themselves out of work through no fault of their own. In...

The Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) took full effect in South Africa on 1 July 2021, after more than a year of grace period for organisations to get their house in order. Payroll and HR sit at the heart of POPIA compliance...

Running payroll in one African country is one set of skills. Running it across 10 is another. The legislative rules, contribution ceilings, reporting formats, and statutory submissions vary in every jurisdiction — and the payroll...

The businesses that came through recent crises best had one thing in common: they were prepared. They had made the investment in cloud infrastructure, remote-capable systems, and flexible operating models before they needed them. Payroll...

Payroll data is some of the most sensitive information your business holds. Bank details, salaries, ID numbers, medical aid dependents, retirement nominations: all of it sits in the same file. Most providers will say your data is safe....

PaySpace, a cloud-native Payroll and Human Capital Management software solutions, announced that it has been selected as the preferred cloud service provider to former Sage Managing Director for Africa and the Middle East, Anton Van...

As a payroll manager navigating today’s highly competitive international business arena, it’s critical that you stay on top of your game to make your role invaluable. International organisations are increasingly choosing to manage their...

A security breach puts a company’s reputation at risk and can have costly consequences. The 2017 Trustwave Global Security Report states that cyber-criminals often identify ‘soft-targets’, such as commonly used software platforms with...

Digital connectivity is transforming how many African companies and governments are doing business. As more countries bring their financial services online, digital tax returns are becoming more common. South Africa, Zambia, Botswana and...

Managing employee leave can be an onerous task. Requests come through constantly and someone has to respond to them, make sure that staff don’t all take leave on the same days and record the various dates in the company’s payroll system....

There are many good reasons to outsource your payroll. A robust, global solution can help companies simplify the process of managing their payroll in multiple locations. Instead of having to source and manage various service providers in...

With tax season in full swing, employers and payroll managers are very likely feeling the pressure. Your approach to calculating payroll taxes over the past year will impact whether your employees have problems when they submit their...

Is your company interested in expanding its operations across Africa? The continent’s economic growth presents some attractive business opportunities and many multinationals are taking notice. However, Africa is home to 54 countries, and...

Moving payroll and HR to the cloud isn't a technology project. It's an operating model change. Done well, it automates time-consuming tasks, reduces administrative load, and gives employees self-service access they've wanted for years....

When companies expand into Africa, they typically have excellent intentions. Sure, they want to advance their financial interest, but they also want to create jobs for locals, contribute to their communities, and – perhaps most importantly...

Managing your company’s payroll doesn’t have to be an administrative nightmare. The bigger the enterprise though, the more onerous the job is. Payroll managers at multi-national organisations have to pay close attention to a variety of...

South African tax year-end falls on the last day of February. The weeks before are when good payroll teams pull ahead and avoidable mistakes get baked in. This checklist covers what to verify, what to reconcile, and the deadlines that...

December is when leave management either looks like strategic workforce planning or like a mess. Everyone wants the festive break off. Some clients still need cover. Statutory rules don't pause. And the questions HR gets in mid-November —...