National Payroll Week: celebrating our unsung heroes

National Payroll Week, organised by the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals, was first established in 1998 to celebrate the payroll profession and those individuals who work tirelessly to keep the UK paid.

Often the unsung heroes within many organisations, the annual event provides the perfect opportunity to shout out our amazing payroll colleagues and give them the recognition they truly deserve.

So, this National Payroll Week we arranged a few activities and surprises to honour our hard-working payroll teams who are dedicated to delivering the very best service to our customers every single day. Not only that, but we also celebrated our official return to offices for the first time in over 18 months.

Here are some of the festivities that took place across our centres this week.

Introducing our Zellis payroll legends 2021

Our annual payroll legends awards returned – shining a spotlight on ten colleagues within our services teams who received the most nominations in our recognition platform, MyAppreciation, across the year for embodying one of our three company values: Unstoppable Together, Always Learning, and Make it Count.

Congratulations to all our 2021 payroll legends:

Unstoppable Together

Demi – Senior Payroll Administrator

“Demi is supportive and enthusiastic and embodies the qualities of a true team player. She continuously goes above and beyond to help deliver significant results.”

Aji – Team Leader

“Aji is an inspiring leader who is a supportive guide to his team. Always willing to get stuck in and help guide the team to achieve great things.”

Christopher – BI Consultant

“Christopher is a supportive and reliable member of the team who is always willing to lend a helping hand, enabling us to continuously deliver the highest level of service to our customers.”

Always Learning

Abhilash – Payroll Process Improvement Manager

“Abhilash is a dynamic member of our team who is not afraid to challenge the status quo, looking for new opportunities to continue to deliver excellent service. Abhilash has played a critical role supporting our teams and customers with really complex payroll challenges and reconciliations on various occasions in addition to supporting us with improvement activities.”

Catherine – Payroll Administrator

“Catherine is an invaluable member of our team, who is always on hand to take on additional activities to build on her knowledge and support the team to achieve their goals.”

Abbie – Service Transition Consultant

“Abbie is a great asset to our team who hits the ground running. She adapts quickly to learning new information, all while continuing to deliver excellent service to our customers.”

Make it Count

Lasma – Support Analyst (Payroll)

“Lasma is a trusted member of our team who has the customer at the heart of everything she does.  An effective communicator who offers invaluable support and solutions to the team.”

Craig – Senior Change Management Consultant

“Craig continuously goes above and beyond to support the team and our customers – truly making it count with his can-do attitude.”

Bradley – Payroll Specialist

“Always putting the customer first, Bradley leads by example, is always willing to take on additional challenges and is a positive support to our team.”

Krishnakumar – Change Analyst

“Krishnakumar delivers an exceptional level of support to our customers no matter the challenge.  This award is a testament to his hard work and dedication.”

Office decorations and goodies

As our long-awaited return to offices fell on the same week as National Payroll Week, what better way to mark both occasions than with office decorations and goodies? Branded travel flasks, water bottles, and sweet treats means our teams are now well prepared for the journey to and from their office once again.

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Getting competitive with our payroll quiz

We couldn’t let National Payroll Week pass without putting our colleague’s knowledge to the test for a chance to win prizes. With questions on Statutory Sick Pay, Tax Allowance, National Minimum Wage, and SEPA, plus additional questions specifically around Zellis, we received entries from many colleagues across our services teams. However, there could only be one winner, which was Reeni Dcruz. Congratulations Reeni!

After an eventful National Payroll Week, we hope all payroll professionals up and down the country enjoyed their celebrations. A massive thanks to every single one of you for your hard work in keeping the UK paid, not just this week, but every week.

To discover our Managed Payroll offerings and learn how our celebrated colleagues can help significantly improve your operation, get in touch today.