Mellow Blog

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

Attachment of earnings and court orders in the United Arab Emirates

When a UAE court issues a judgment against an employee's wages, employers are legally obligated to comply with the garnishment order and deduct the specified amount from the employee's salary before r

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Global Payroll Ireland

Attachment of earnings and court orders in Ireland

Attachment of earnings means a court has ordered you, as an employer, to deduct a set amount from an employee's wages and pay it directly to a third party — usually a creditor or a maintenance recipie

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Comparisons Global

HiBob vs Mellow: Performance Reviews Compared

HiBob has excellent performance and engagement features. Mellow's performance module is compliance-focused, with UK payroll included in the published price and ERA 2025 depth built in.

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Global Payroll India

Pension opt-outs and re-enrolment in India

Employees in India cannot opt out of the Employees' Provident Fund the way workers in some countries can opt out of auto-enrolment pension schemes. Opt-out rights are narrow and conditional, and empl

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Global Payroll UK

Pension opt-outs and re-enrolment in the United Kingdom

Employees have the right to opt out of auto-enrolment within one month of being enrolled, and employers must refund any contributions deducted during that window. Every three years, employers must re-

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Global Payroll USA

Pension opt-outs and re-enrolment in the United States

Pension opt-outs and re-enrolment are concepts rooted in UK auto-enrolment law. The United States has no equivalent federal mandate — employers are not legally required to auto-enrol employees into a

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Global Payroll Australia

Pension opt-outs and re-enrolment in Australia

Australian law does not use the term "pension opt-out" — but the underlying concept exists. Employees can choose their own superannuation fund, and in limited circumstances a worker classified as a co

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Global Payroll UAE

Pension opt-outs and re-enrolment in the United Arab Emirates

UAE pension law does not give expatriate employees a right to opt out of — or be enrolled in — a government pension scheme. The opt-out and re-enrolment framework applies exclusively to UAE and GCC na

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Global Payroll Ireland

Pension opt-outs and re-enrolment in Ireland

Employees can opt out of Ireland's auto-enrolment pension scheme after an initial mandatory participation period, but employers have specific obligations both when processing an opt-out and when re-en

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ERA 2025 Global

ERA 2025: Collective Redundancy — Consultation Threshold Changes

ERA 2025 changes how the 20-employee collective redundancy threshold is calculated. Multi-site employers face new consultation obligations.

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Global Payroll India

Running a payroll reconciliation in India

A payroll reconciliation in India is the process of verifying that every rupee paid to employees, deducted as statutory contributions, and deposited with government authorities matches exactly — acros

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Global Payroll UK

Running a payroll reconciliation in the United Kingdom

A payroll reconciliation confirms that the amounts calculated in your payroll software match what you have actually paid employees and reported to HMRC. Done correctly, it catches errors before they b

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