Pay and Pensions

Head of Section: Jim Ross

Service Level Commitment

• Ensure that accurate payments are made to staff in line with the monthly deadlines
• Ensure that there is effective communication between University staff and external pension administrators on pension benefits or issues and that issues are resolved in an effective & sensitive manner.

This section is responsible for the following:

• Payment of Salaries
• The Administration of Pensions
• Statutory Payments
• Payment of Business-Related Expenses

The payroll deadlines for this month are as follows:

We wish to inform you about bogus e-mails  claiming to be from the HM Revenue and Customs informing recipiants they were entitled to a tax refund.  This contains a link to a hoax website.

Pay and Pensions would advise any employee who receives such an email to please follow HMRC’s advice below:

Check the advice published at www.hmrc.gov.uk/security/index.htm to see if the email you have received is listed
Forward any suspicious emails to HMRC at: phishing@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk  and then delete them from your computer / email account

Do not click on website links contained in suspicious emails or open attachments

Further advice is available from www.getsafeonline.co.uk. If you have reason to believe that you have been the victim of an email scam, report the matter to your bank / card issuer as soon as possible.  For further details from HMRC click here http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/security/examples.htm

Our Bulletin Board contains information on deadlines, our Inland Revenue employers tax reference number and much more.