04:05

We’ve reached our sixth month of 04:05 and are thrilled with the incredible support we’re receiving from the global payroll community and our loyal and growing readership. We’re marking the occasion with a striking, information-rich issue to bring us to year-end and beyond. This month, our expert writers take deep dives into Leveraging Year-end Data Insights for Business Growth, Navigating Payroll in the Gig Economy, Removing Fear from the EU Pay Transparency Regulations, and championing payroll as the Career You Didn’t Know You Needed for upcoming generations.

In October, we mark both Cybersecurity Awareness Month and Halloween, so hopefully, we’ll all be extra prepared to face down scares of the technical and metaphysical kind! And if you aren’t feeling ready, never fear; 04:05 has your back with articles helping you recognise the 5 Spooky Signs of a Payroll Compliance Nightmare, how to be empowered when cyber issues attack, and how to move beyond an Implementation Horror Story.

We’re also asking for your take on how we can put our best face forward next National Payroll Week after baked goods rather overtook public posts this year. Could we change the way the world beyond the industry perceives us by sharing more aspirational stories and images on our social feeds? A conversation that began on LinkedIn has ignited a really constructive debate, learn more about Mel’s Cake Fight in the brand-new issue!

04:05 is going from strength to strength so we’re putting our best foot forward this month with a bumper issue for National Payroll Week that showcases global payroll talent in all its forms and the amazing, inspiring people who are making things happen in our industry today.

Cybersecurity, strategies for resilience and recovery, overcoming an underdog mindset and the impact of Payday Super are among the topics our expert contributors are exploring. And we are proudly sharing a personal insight into the battle of late-diagnosed neurodivergent women.

Although August is the height of the holiday season for many parts of the world, the summer holidays aren’t necessarily a picnic for payroll professionals. This month in 04:05 our expert contributors have your vacation reading covered with topical features and takes. Jo Marshall shares what it takes to keep those pay cycle balls in the air when half your workplace is away, Zennie Sjölund explores the flipside of embracing technology in the wake of the global IT outages and Melise Hasip walks us through the talent challenges arising in Australia's evolving work landscape.

This month 04:05 is celebrating excellence, from the story of a remarkable woman who charted her course to become a payroll pioneer to coverage of the winners and highly commended nominees at the 2024 Global Payroll Awards. We proudly introduce this month’s talented writers – a host of industry experts worldwide. Ayşe Nazmiye Uça established Turkey’s first payroll outsourcing provider. Victoria Thatcher opened our eyes to the untapped potential of neurodiverse people as a powerful force for good in payroll, and the GPA’s US insider Michael Baer dares to imagine the ripple effect of Donald Trump’s tax proposals on payroll.

In this month's cover story Beyond Numbers: Empowering People Through Payroll Transformation, Victoria Thatcher gets behind the headline-grabbing payroll system failures of recent years to focus on
the humans beyond the payslips, while Ayse Nazmiy Uca guides us through the birth of the Turkish Payroll Association. Features to look for inlude our monthly columns: Jeni Morris's straight-talking and informative NMW Agony Aunt and the witty Diary of an HR Manager plus articles with a regional insights from all over the global payroll community.