Introduction to IRIS Payroll Business

Who is the course for?

This 2 hour webinar based course is essential for anyone new to IRIS Payroll Business or anyone wanting a refresher of the features and functionality within IRIS Payroll Business. It will ensure you have a good grounding and understanding of not just the software, but legislation surrounding the most common payroll tasks like statutory payments like SSP and SMP plus workplace pension reform.

What will be covered?

The course will be in three parts;

Part 1

Part 1 will cover the how, and why within IRIS Payroll Business. We will not only show you how to do some of the common things within IRIS Payroll Business but explain the "why?"

Overview: A quick overview of the layout and conventions used within IRIS Payroll Business to familiarise yourself with the software

Employees: People often misunderstand what you need to do with new employees & leavers and why the process is important

Payments & Deductions: As well as having a number of standard payments & deductions, IRIS Payroll Business allows you to show separate items on the payslip

Statutory Payments: We will cover the two most common statutory payments, SSP (Statutory Sick Pay) & SMP (Statutory Maternity Pay)

Real Time Information: Real time information (RTI) was introduced in 2012, most employers know they need to do it but few understand why, when, and what to do if things go wrong

Correcting Error’s: What to do if things go wrong, how to fix them and things to remember

Part 2

Part 2 will cover Automatic Enrolment Legislation. Workplace pension reform (WPR) and automatic enrolment are not the same thing. Automatic enrolment is the one of the most important parts of workplace pension reform

Background to Automatic Enrolment: Automatic Enrolment and Workplace pension reform can be confusing but is a legal requirement, we will talk you though some of the legislation and the day-to-day processing including

Background to Workplace Pension Reform

Qualifying Earnings

Postponement

Processing correspondence with IRIS OpenEnrol ™

Pension Contributions

Opt in/Opt out process

Re-enrolment

Part 3

Part 3 will give you a summary and useful tips and tricks to maximise your use of the software.