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New feature added to Online Payslips Service A new feature has been added to HSE online payslips for the convenience of HSE staff. Staff who register to view their payslips online will now also be able to view their P60 for 2012.
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he P60 provides a summary of the tax, PRSI and USC deducted by the employer in the tax year and is an important document. The Revenue Commissioners have confirmed acceptance of online P60s. More than 17,000 HSE staff and retirees have so far opted to register for the HSE’s new online payslips service in the areas where this service is currently available: Dublin, Wicklow, Kildare, Galway, Mayo, Roscommon, Cork, Kerry, Cavan, Monaghan, Louth and Meath. Have you registered yet? Remember, the service allows you to conveniently access your pay details online
in a safe and secure place. The HSE is encouraging as many staff as possible to sign up. In addition to gaining access to a very
useful online service, you will be helping the environment by reducing the HSE’s paper requirements and helping the organisation to achieve cost savings.
Here’s how to register: � Take a note of your user ID and PIN number from your paper payslip. � Log on to www.hse.ie/onlinepayslips to register. You will receive an email confirmation of your registration and later, a second email containing your temporary password. (Check your inbox for the second email – it should arrive shortly before the next pay date following your registration). � Log on again to www.hse.ie/onlinepayslips to view your payslip. You will need your user ID and password.
European Award for RehabCare RehabCare, the health and social care division of Rehab, was recently awarded a European Quality in Social Services (EQUASS) award for its quality assurance and quality control in 19 of its resource centre services countrywide. EQUASS is a quality award for organisations providing social services, which aims to enhance the personal services sector by engaging service providers on quality matters and by guaranteeing the quality of services throughout Europe. The award, which is overseen by an international awarding committee, is only given after a process of external verification. As part of the process, people using RehabCare’s services, staff and other stakeholders were interviewed. Over 100 criteria were reviewed, including participation by service users and families in the development of services, staff training and development, external partnerships, linkages developed with stakeholders and corporate governance. Laura Keane, Rehab Group’s Director of Health and Social Care Services, said: “We are delighted to have received EQUASS assurance, an independent European stamp of approval, verifying RehabCare’s commitment to best practice. The award is a tribute to our committed and flexible staff who each day work to enable the people who attend our services to achieve their goals, whatever they may be – moving into their own home, finding a job, learning how to drive, or even writing a book. “It demonstrates that RehabCare is committed to people and to supporting them in living their lives to the full. Models of social care provision are changing and it is essential that people have real choice in the type of service that they access. In RehabCare, we pride ourselves on the fact that our services are centred around each person. We sit down with them to discuss what they want to achieve and help them to develop an individual plan, and then tailor the service provided to their own wishes,“ she said.
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