Payslips – how do you want yours?

Adele Bennett, marketing programmes manager at Sage

Over the last year or so we have seen a significant increase in the use of electronic payslips and according to a survey from the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP), electronic payslips were the most popular method of payslip presentation in 2010. However, it seems that for some people nothing beats the printed word and they still wish to receive the traditional paper payslip.

So what does this tell us? Well to me this shows that the delivery of payslips simply echoes the thirst for multi-channel communications and, above all, choice. Today we live in a society where we expect to be able to choose how we receive our bank statements, phone bills, promotional communications, receipts, so why should payslips be any different?

Of course from an employer’s point of view there are many advantages to delivering ePayslips. For a start the hike in Royal Mail charges earlier this year could be enough for many organisations to switch to electronic payslips. Not only can ePayslips have a significant financial impact but without the requirements to print, seal, batch and distribute they will also increase staff efficiency. As employees are able to review and print previous payslips they can also significantly reduce the amount of queries that payroll departments have to deal with so they are free to do the important stuff.

So as a forward thinking payroll department are you offering your employees the choice they expect? Payroll software today can offer you this flexibility so your employees can view their payslips online and print them off whenever they wish, view them on mobile devices or have them mailed as the traditional paper based payslip.

Adele Bennett is marketing programmes manager at Sage
Sage payroll software