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Your Guide to Take-home Pay

Patriot Software

As an employer, you are responsible for withholding various taxes from employees’ wages. After you subtract all of the taxes and other deductions, money left over is considered take-home pay. Read on to learn more about what is take-home pay and how to calculate it. What is take home pay?

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Fiscal drag: how can employers offset the challenges of a difficult economy?

Employee Benefits

The frozen tax thresholds could see some employees ‘dragged’ into paying more tax and have less disposable income as a result. Employers should ask employees about their financial pressures to understand how to support them. In order to combat this, how can employers help manage employees’ financial pressures ?

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Employees and Employers Save with Cafeteria Plans

InterWest Insurance Services

Because these benefits are free from federal and state income taxes, an employee’s taxable income is reduced, which increases the percentage of their take-home pay. The plans benefit employers, as well. A cafeteria plan can save employers an average of almost $115 per participant in FICA payroll taxes.

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Can Payroll Services Handle Direct Deposit?

Patriot Software

Most employers handle direct deposit through their payroll software. Payroll services calculate employees’ wages, taxes and deductions, and take-home pay. […] Read More Direct deposit is a convenient payment method for employees, who receive their paycheck quickly and securely on payday.

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What does it mean to be an employer of choice in today’s labour market?

Employee Benefits

The Covid-19 pandemic and cost-of-living crisis have changed which benefits employees value the most and what employers offer. Organisations that balance their own needs with those of their employees are likely to succeed in attracting and retaining talent as an employer of choice. But what does this mean in today’s labour market?

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What can benefits technology tell an employer about its workforce?

Employee Benefits

Need to know: Enriching benefits data with information from other sources can help employers create personalised benefit offerings. Low take-up rates do not always indicate a benefit is not popular: it may need an awareness or education campaign to boost engagement. Several different types of benefit technology are available.

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SAVING 1% MORE COULD BOOST PENSION BY 25%

Employee Benefits

This is especially true when an employer matches any additional contributions. For example, someone in their 20s, saving an extra 1% a year with their employer matching this, may be able to increase their pension pot in retirement by 25%. 2025 UK adults aged 22+ in full time employment were surveyed.

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