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Informed personnel administration reduces risks, automates processes and ensures compliance. More than payroll – a comprehensive management solution.

When the payroll process exists only in one person’s head, it creates significant continuity, error and control risks. A documented and transparent process ensures security, efficiency and reduces dependency on individuals. In this article, we explain why mapping and documenting payroll processes is critically important.

Grant Thornton Baltic offers payroll process mapping, rule configuration, integration testing, parallel payroll testing and training to ensure payroll runs smoothly and correctly. Naturally, we also provide a full-service solution—from HR support to payslips.

More and more Estonian companies prefer to outsource payroll functions rather than have a staff position. The reason is that it’s a time-consuming job and requires use of the latest software and keeping up to date with frequent changes to legislation.

Gaily Kuusik, head of Grant Thornton Baltic's business process solutions, gives an overview of the legislative amendments that have already come into effect or will soon come into effect.

In the end of 2022, Grant Thornton Baltic received the Partner Excellence Award from its cooperation partner, the global business services provider ADP, for 15 years of excellent cooperation in payroll processing for ADP clients in the Baltic countries.

The calculation of tax-exempt income changed in 2018. To avoid the obligation to pay additional income tax on the basis of tax returns, more attention must be paid to which categories of income are counted toward taxable annual income. One taxable type of income is the parental benefit, which will be calculated under new principles starting 1 September of this year.

Temporary employees are usually employed under fixed-term employment contracts, and it is important to note the differences compared to contracts with indefinite term.

According to the Employment Contracts Act, there are two grounds for cancelling an employment contract: ordinary and extraordinary. The easiest option is agreement between the parties, but what are the other options? How to dismiss someone who drinks on the job? Read more from our legal manager Kristel Tiits's article.

The midsummer holidays of St. John’s Day and Victory Day are getting closer and it is the right time to look at working on public holidays. When do employees have the right to a shortened workday or a day off work? What are the exceptions? To prevent misunderstandings, employers should think about such situations early on.

A year has passed since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) entered into force on 25 May 2018. The main purpose of the regulation is to give individuals more control over what data about them is processed. The GDPR also applies to employment relations where the employer processes personal data of employees.

In the business world, success comes from focusing on your field and working your way to the top. But that takes time and dedication. So if you are just going into business or expanding, it is wise to think about what sorts of support services are worth outsourcing – what happens if your accountant or computer person is not sitting in the next room but works for an external service provider?

Grant Thornton Baltic is proud to be a local payroll partner of ADP in Baltic countries and been named as one of the winners for the 2018 Partner Excellence Award.

Below we list eight main reasons why companies prefer outsourcing payroll operations instead of a dedicated in-house department.

Payroll can be a significant cost for the company by consuming a lot of time, investments to payroll software and implementing constantly the changes of labor laws. Read our insights on the payroll and labour law topics below.

Payroll can be a significant cost for the company by consuming a lot of time, investments to payroll software and implementing constantly the changes of labor laws. Read our insights on the payroll and labour law topics below.