“Nobody ever got fired for hiring IBM.” It’s a saying that’s been used in business for more than 20 years, and to some degree, it still reverberates today. Used to justify the decision to choose one technology vendor over another, it’s a vote for the ‘safe bet.’ The understanding is that by choosing the biggest player Read More
From redefining personal data to legislating responsibility for it, recent data protection regulations have transformed the way multinational companies manage and process data. GDPR may have been the first sweeping regulation, but it is certainly not the final word, as additional countries and jurisdictions continue Read More
When it comes to successful global payroll delivery today, the primary concerns of payroll leaders within multinational organizations extend beyond accuracy and timeliness. The moving target that is statutory compliance at local and regional levels is just as important and is playing a significant role in shaping the Read More
The challenge of protecting company, employee, and consumer data is an evolving, ever-present factor in global business today. For large enterprises and small multinationals alike, maintaining compliance with existing and incoming legislation across operations means staying on top of changing global requirements while Read More
In addition to being perhaps the most eagerly awaited document within any company, the payslip also serves as a cornerstone of the entire payroll process. In the majority of countries, the provision of a payslip isn’t just a matter of payroll best practice, but rather a legal requirement of employment law that is a Read More
Processing global payroll has always been a complex endeavor. Varying tax systems, employment laws, and statutory requirements mean every payroll is different, sometimes dramatically so. In recent years, the changing nature of the global workforce and the expansion of data protection regulations have compounded that Read More
The European Union’s enactment of the General Data Protection Regulation in May 2018 catapulted global adoption of some of the most progressive and wide-reaching data security regulations the world has known, with substantial and unprecedented consequences for multinational organizations. In the months leading up to Read More
The General Data Protection Regulation has been in effect since May; however, the full impact and implications of GDPR are still to be seen and understood. Although companies around the world have been preparing for the new regulations for years, it is estimated that as many as 80% of affected organizations will fall Read More
2018 was always going to be the landmark year in which compliance goals, needs, and worries took center stage in global business. MiFID II, PSD2, GDPR, and many other acronyms have been dictating strategic discussions and preemptive planning across enterprises for years. Now we have arrived into the newly regulated Read More
The year ahead is poised to be an important one for global payroll and connected business functions. With GDPR and heightened data security regulations changing how international organizations operate, and more advanced technologies expanding the possibilities of payroll data and analytics, 2018 is already full of Read More
When the stakeholders of a well-known UK department store chain recently found themselves atop a newsworthy, record-breaking 360-company list, it wasn’t an occasion to celebrate. Rather, it was an occasion to place blame… and to place it squarely at the payroll function. In February 2017, the UK government issued its Read More
