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HR & payroll, done properly

Practical, country-by-country guides on payroll, compliance and leave — and how to treat your people as capital to invest in, not headcount to manage. Written for HR leaders at growing companies across the UK, Ireland, USA, UAE, India and Australia.

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Global Payroll UAE

How UAE pension contributions work in payroll

UAE pension contributions apply only to UAE and other GCC national employees. Expatriate employees — the majority of most UAE workforces — are not enrolled in any state pension scheme and instead accr

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Global Payroll UK

How UK pension contributions work in payroll

Pension contributions in UK payroll run through a system called auto-enrolment, which requires most employers to enrol eligible workers into a qualifying workplace pension scheme and make minimum cont

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Global Payroll Ireland

How Irish pension contributions work in payroll

Pension contributions in Ireland reduce an employee's taxable pay, which means they attract income tax relief at the employee's marginal rate — but they are handled differently across income tax, USC,

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Global Payroll India

Paying directors and owners in India

Directors and owners in India can be paid through salary, professional fees, or a combination of both — and the route you choose determines which tax and compliance obligations apply.

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Global Payroll Australia

Paying directors and owners in Australia

Paying yourself or a company director in Australia requires a clear decision about the payment method — salary, dividend, or a combination — because each carries different tax, superannuation and comp

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Global Payroll USA

Paying directors and owners in the United States

Paying yourself or another director as a business owner in the US is not as simple as running a regular paycheck. How you pay a director or owner depends almost entirely on the legal structure of the

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Global Payroll UAE

Paying directors and owners in the United Arab Emirates

Paying yourself or a co-founder as a director or owner in the UAE requires deliberate structuring, because local law does not automatically treat owners the same way as employees — and the method you

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Global Payroll UK

Paying directors and owners in the United Kingdom

Most owner-directors in the UK pay themselves a combination of a low salary and dividends — keeping the salary around the National Insurance threshold to preserve state pension entitlement while takin

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Global Payroll Ireland

Paying directors and owners in Ireland

Paying yourself or a fellow director in an Irish company is not as simple as drawing money from the company account. The method you choose — salary, dividends, or a combination — determines your tax t

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Global Payroll India

Indian payroll for remote and hybrid teams

Running payroll for remote and hybrid teams in India follows the same statutory framework as any other employer-employee arrangement — the employment location of the worker does not change the complia

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Global Payroll Australia

Australian payroll for remote and hybrid teams

Australian employers running remote or hybrid teams follow the same core payroll obligations as any other employer — the work location doesn't change what you owe, but it does introduce some practical

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Global Payroll USA

US payroll for remote and hybrid teams

Running payroll for remote and hybrid teams in the US follows the same federal framework as any other employer — withhold the right taxes, file the right forms, hit the right deadlines — but the locat

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