It’s a simple fact that we are living in a changing world. Whether it is the Irish workforce becoming more globally diverse, the emergence of new technologies or management styles, or just the sheer speed at which innovation progresses, there are many factors to consider when making sure your business is future ready. As the business landscape evolves, it’s important to consider how these changes affect your company’s ability to stay competitive—and attract the best talent.
Economic uncertainty and a shortage of skilled workers have created volatile conditions in the recruitment market. To cope with these changing conditions and mitigate risk, employers are turning increasingly to the use of contract workers.
Contract workers and freelancers are gaining popularity among business leaders looking to manage capacity during rapid growth, seasonal uptick in demand, special projects, or simply when they are not ready to commit to a full-time hire. Between contingent, temporary, and freelance workers, outside consultants, and other forms of flexible and collaborative team members, there are millions of individuals hired each year through a flexible or contract workforce model.
Although a flexible workforce model offers many advantages, it also presents challenges, such as a lack of internal resources to manage the model. Processing payroll can be complicated and time-consuming, particularly when you are dealing with weekly or bi-weekly payments to a large contractor or temporary workforce.
Fortunately, help is available. Payroll outsourcing offers flexibility to scale up or down rapidly, without putting pressure on your existing back-office team. As temporary and contingent workers become a significant part of today’s workforce, business leaders are turning to outsourcing payroll as a cost-effective and efficient way of processing payroll for these workers.
The payroll function is one of the most important aspects of any business, yet it’s also one of the most time-consuming. As the landscape of the workforce changes and develops, more and more businesses are engaging the support of a trusted payroll partner.
For many business leaders, outsourcing payroll is about more than just practicality. It’s a strategic move. Not only does it take away the hassle of managing contractors’ payroll in-house, but it also reduces employment costs and risk, improves compliance and reporting efficiency, and helps maintain a competitive edge.
Whether you are already operating a flexible workforce model or you’re considering growing your contingent workforce in the future, here are four reasons outsourcing your payroll could improve your business operations:
Saves time
One of the main reasons business leaders outsource their payroll function is to save time. If your accounts team manages payroll as part of their role, it can distract them from core duties. This can mean key tasks get delayed, leaving you without important financial information when you need it. Outsourcing your contingent workforce payroll to a team of qualified experts means your team is free to focus on other business priorities, without getting caught up in the time-consuming task of processing payroll.
Helps improves payroll accuracy
Payroll is one area where mistakes can be costly – so getting it right the first time is vital. Businesses who do not have sufficient experience in handling temporary and contingent worker payroll may make mistakes that could lead to fines and penalties or even legal action if employees are underpaid or overpaid because of errors made by their employer. Payroll is a complex process that requires extensive knowledge and experience. If you don’t have these skills in-house, it makes sense to outsource your payroll functions to a specialist provider who does.
Flexible and scalable
Outsourcing payroll may seem daunting if it’s not something you are familiar with. Engaging trusted third-party business partners (such as Matrix Recruitment) to manage some or all your back-office business functions allows your business to be more agile. You can react quickly to changes in market forces, helping you to stay ahead of the competition.
Compliance
Compliance is an important part of running any type of business—but it can be time consuming and confusing if you don’t know what you’re doing. In some sectors, such as healthcare, not meeting your regulatory compliance obligations not only puts patient safety at risk, but it can also lead to fines and irreparable damage to your company’s reputation. When you use the services of an end-to-end outsourced payroll service, you benefit from the expertise and dedication of a specialist compliance team. So, you can rest easy, knowing your workforce has been fully vetted and all necessary regulatory compliance checks have been made.
Conclusion
As the saying goes, time is money and outsourcing payroll can save both precious resources for more important things — like growing your business. Outsourcing your payroll function to an end-to-end provider frees up time, so your team can focus on pressing business issues, instead of worrying about processing payroll, onboarding new employees, or dealing with difficult tax legislation and compliance regulations.
Outsourcing payroll for your contingent and temporary workforce takes the heavy lifting—and the worry—away. Payroll services can manage administrative and compliance payroll tasks efficiently and professionally, so you can concentrate on making your core business even more successful.
Matrix Recruitment Payroll Solutions provides end-to-end payroll for employers of contingent and temporary workforces. We will also carry out all pre-employment checks, regulatory compliance checks, and onboarding, as well as directly paying and processing payroll for your flexible workforce.
Learn more about Matrix Recruitment's Payroll Solution, or get in touch with our team at payroll@matrixrecruitment.ie
