Payroll Update: Mar-17

31st March 2017

The team at Whitings payroll bureau have produced their latest newsletter, to keep clients updated on relevant recent changes to payroll and related legislation:

Blog entry by: Julie Quayle.

Disclaimer - All information in this post was correct at time of writing.
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