It’s not uncommon for employees to need an advance on their wages. When life happens and you need to free up cashflow, early access to earned wages can help employees without raising employer overheads.  Times are hard for many, with living costs ...

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Many organisations don't realise they are victims of payroll fraud. How do they find out? The damage caused by payroll fraud and ghost employees is often catastrophic, with large sums lost and additional spending in investigations and prosecutions...

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Employee turnover is one of the most critical and costly metrics for any business. But simply knowing your overall turnover rate is not enough. To truly understand the health of your organisation and build effective retention strategies, you need to ...

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The Ministerial Order No. 3Q/CAB/MIN.ET/EAN/JDO/8/2025, signed on 05 August 2025 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, updates and complements the earlier Ministerial Order No. 095/CAB/MINETAT/MTEPS/01/2018 of 17 August 2018 regarding the employer con...

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Deciding on whether to Work From Home (WFH) or Return To Office (RTO) is up to you. Exercising your choice is up to your payroll and HR software. Remote work has become culturally ingrained over the last five years, even though there is pushback t...

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In Eswatini, individuals pay income tax on income earned in or from within the country. This follows a source-based tax system, where tax is charged based on where the income originates, regardless of where it is received. The Income Tax Order, 19...

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The Finance Act 2025 (Act No. 18 of 2025) has been published in Government Gazette No. 66 on 9 August 2025. This Act introduces several amendments to the Income Tax Act, with certain provisions impacting payroll from 01 July 2025. Revision to the ...

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