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Payroll Technology Firm Mercans Appoints Andre Voolaid to its Board

Andre’s appointment to the board demonstrates Mercans’ vision of becoming the global payroll technology leader.

Jul 18, 2022 2 min read
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Pakistan Payroll Outsourcing Alert

Pakistan– Amends Personal Income Tax Rates for 2022-2023 Tax Year. On 30 June 2022, the President of Pakistan enacted the Finance Act of 2022. The Act provides for changes to the personal income tax rates

Jul 18, 2022 1 min read
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Bahrain Payroll Outsourcing Alert

The employer contribution to social insurance for Bahraini nationals is increased by 2%, bringing the total contribution to 17%.

Jul 12, 2022 1 min read
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Poland Payroll Outsourcing Alert

The latest round of policies, announced recently, will reduce income tax from 17% to 12% for those earning up to 120,000 zloty (€25,300) annually.

Jul 12, 2022 1 min read
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Mercans Appoints Tatjana Domovits as its Group CEO

This announcement comes on the back of a record-breaking year for Mercans in 2021 and its ambitious plans that focus on driving revenue growth across all business lines. Mercans’ disruptive global payroll technology, which delivers native payroll processing capabilities a...

Jul 12, 2022 2 min read
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Lebanon Payroll Outsourcing Alert

Lebanon – Sickness and Maternity Contribution Ceiling Amount Updated. On 23 June 2022, the Lebanon Ministry of Finance issued a decree that modified the ceiling amounts of Sickness and Maternity social security contributions. The monthly ceiling for social secu...

Jul 7, 2022 1 min read
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Client success story: Migration from in-house payroll to Mercans’ payroll

Large multinational O&G company successfully migrated from their legacy payroll system to a fully managed payroll that created more ease and cost savings

Jul 4, 2022 3 min read
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Lebanon Payroll Outsourcing Alert

Cost-of-living allowance introduced and new amendments to sickness, maternity and family allowances. On May 19, 2022, the Lebanon Ministry of Finance issued a decree that introduced a mandatory cost-of-living allowance, subject to the following terms: Emplo...

Jun 22, 2022 1 min read
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How to achieve maximum ROI from an EOR investment?

Studies have indicated that businesses working with PEOs grow 7-9% faster, and have 10-14% lower employee turnover rates.

May 26, 2022 5 min read
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The Kingdom of Bahrain Payroll Outsourcing Alert – Social Security Change

Due to the implementation of the provision of Law No. (14) for the year 2022 which amends some provision of Social Insurance law, as promulgated by Legislative Decree no. (24) for the year 1976, the changes summarized below come into effect on 1st May 2022: Soci...

May 18, 2022 2 min read
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Client success story: Transition to Workday

A leading global professional services and IT consulting firm, with over 600,000 employees worldwide recently switched over from SAP SuccessFactors to Workday. We assisted the client with this transition. Without missing a beat, we ensured that all payroll was processed o...

May 7, 2022 3 min read
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Client success story: Multi-country, multi-entity payroll management

Client wanted a common interface and better information sharing at a global level and also among its entities. They knew transformation was needed and required a clear plan of action.

Apr 26, 2022 3 min read
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