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Global Payroll System Implementation Guide

This guide will enable your company to select the right team, data, and technology to help you achieve payroll system success.

Mar 15, 2022 1 min read
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Lebanon Payroll Outsourcing Alert

Lebanon – The Deadline for Filing 2021 Income Tax Declarations has been Extended On February 28, 2022, the Lebanon Ministry of Finance extended the deadline for employers to declare income tax withheld during 2021. The deadline for filing 2021 declarations and pay...

Mar 4, 2022 2 min read
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United Arab Emirates Payroll Outsourcing Alert

United Arab Emirates - The Federal Decree Law no. 33 of 2021 concerning the regulation of labour relations (the “New UAE Labour Law”) will take effect on February 2, 2022. Fixed-Term Employment Contracts All employees must be employed on fixed-term employment...

Feb 17, 2022 4 min read
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Get paid by robots

Why automation in payroll is here to stay Does the fact that a payroll outsourcing provider employs thousands of payroll specialists across a number of countries signify the success of the payroll outsourcing industry? Is having thousands of payro...

Feb 16, 2022 3 min read
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Mercans Appoints Vishwanathan Arunachalam as Chief Operating Officer

Mercans, the global leader in payroll tech, has today announced that veteran technology executive, Vishwanathan Arunachalam will assume the role of Chief Operating Officer.

Feb 9, 2022 2 min read
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Lebanon Payroll Outsourcing Alert

Increase in Daily Transport Allowance and Introduction of an Education Support Grant On 24 January 2022, the government of Lebanon approved all 56 items on the 2021 draft budget law, including an introduction of an education support grant and an increase in the da...

Feb 8, 2022 2 min read
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Saudi Arabia Payroll Outsourcing Alert

Social Insurance Process Changes Announced. Effective from 1 February 2022, the General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI) has announced the following amendments to the GOSI registration and contributions processes: Contributions for mid-month starte...

Jan 25, 2022 2 min read
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Costa Rica Payroll Outsourcing Alert

The government of CostaRica has announced revised personal income tax brackets in the Official Gazette of Costa Rica. The below income tax rates and brackets will come into effect on 1 January 2022: Monthly salaries up to ¢863.000,00 are exempt from the person...

Jan 21, 2022 2 min read
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Saudi Arabia Payroll Outsourcing Alert

Effective from 1 January 2022, the General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI) announced changes to employee and employer contribution rates for the unemployment insurance law (SANED) GOSI component by reducing the total SANED contribution from 2% to 1.5%, wit...

Jan 21, 2022 2 min read
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The Power of Data Lakes

Solving your global payroll challenge Payroll cannot work without accurate and timely HR data. Yet, getting HR data obtained from various sources directly into payroll software has been a challenge for decades. In the ‘80s HR data entry processes were man...

Jan 18, 2022 4 min read
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Colombia Payroll Outsourcing Alert

Colombia– Minimum Salary and Transportation Subsidy increased for 2022. The government of Colombia has issued Decrees No. 1724 and 1725 of 2021 and in accordance with these decrees, the Minimum Wage (Salario Mínimo Legal Mensual Vigente – SMVL) and the Transport A...

Jan 17, 2022 1 min read
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Algeria Payroll Outsourcing Alert

Algeria – Income Tax Rate Changes. The government of Algeria has announced changes to the personal income tax rates. The new rates, that are effective from 1 January 2022, were introduced in the Finance Law of 2022. The revised personal income tax rates in ac...

Jan 6, 2022 1 min read
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