Pictured: (l-r) MidlandHR senior payroll outsourcing team
members Robin Crinage; Jenny McLoughlin; Zena Bridges; Kelly
Dennison; Gemma Tomlin; Kelly Pygott; Lindsey Stillings; Kerry
Russell; Paul Willis
MidlandHR has been re-awarded the Payroll Quality Partnership
(PQP) accreditation from the Chartered Institute of Payroll
Professionals (CIPP). This is the second time that MidlandHR has
received the PQP certification, the first of which was obtained in
2009, when MidlandHR was one of the first companies to receive the
award.
The PQP is a standards-based quality accreditation from the CIPP
for organisations which achieve best practice in the development of
payroll people. Launched in 2007, the PQP scheme is designed to
enable payroll professionals to provide their customers with the
highest level of value and service possible through effective
payroll learning.
Declan McGrath, MidlandHR managing director, comments: "It is a
fantastic achievement to be accredited by the CIPP, and it is
testament to the hard work of everyone involved that we have again
reached the high standards to which we aspire. At MidlandHR we
proactively support the continuing development of our people
throughout their careers, and we are pleased that our best practice
payroll development programme has again been recognised by the CIPP
through this accreditation.
"The vast majority of our outsourcing team are CIPP qualified or
engaged in professional studies. Encouraging our people to fulfil
their true potential through professional development enables them
to progress their careers and to provide the highest
quality service to our payroll outsourcing customers. Our people
are speakers at various CIPP events and MidlandHR is also used as a
CIPP case study to highlight the benefits of maintaining a best
practice payroll development programme."
Lindsay Melvin, chief executive of the CIPP and member of the
PQP assessment panel adds: "MidlandHR has continued to show
commitment to its payroll team and overall service to its clients
which has led it to being re-accredited with the PQP award. The
CIPP is working hard towards raising the profile and standing of
payroll as a profession, and with the assistance of organisations
such as MidlandHR this will become possible."
To achieve the PQP standard, payroll providers must go through a
rigorous assessment of induction, appraisal and development
processes, incorporating a written application and site visits. The
CIPP then assesses whether payroll staff are provided with the
tools, support and encouragement to be the best in the industry,
with only top performing payroll providers receiving the
accreditation.
One of the more recent innovative MidlandHR team activities
included the hosting and filming of a 'Payroll Egg-sperts' panel
game show, putting five ofMidlandHR's payroll professionals and
industry bloggers to the test as customers sponsored a series of
tough payroll questions in a bid to beat the experts.