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the Advisory Service, annual tax pack and staying up to date via events have always remained high. We also asked if there were any benefits respondents would like to see going forward. Ideas included more networking opportunities, mentoring, mid-year policy updates, well-being discounts and member pin badges. Members have previously told us that their member grade shows their standing and professionalism in the industry, so they would like a mechanism for displaying this as part of their membership. We’ve been researching digital badges to deliver this recognition for our members. 60% of this year’s respondents told us they would like to see this introduced. All suggestions will be reviewed to ensure we’re meeting member needs over the next year and into the future. “Specifically looking at our training courses, 55% had undertaken training within the last 12 months and we continue to monitor delivery methods year- on-year as behaviours, wants and needs have changed since the pandemic” How valuable is Professional magazine? An overwhelming 97% of those surveyed told us they felt this magazine was relevant to their role. Payroll news, our Advisory Q&As, employment law updates, compliance articles and pensions articles remain the top five areas you feel the best support your day- to-day roles. Respondents requested more content on the following areas: l global mobility l pensioner payroll l The Pensions Regulator records l umbrella payroll l best practice in holiday accruals, year end and preparing for audits l teacher and local government pension schemes
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l reward l archiving l contingency planning. Please do reach out and email our editor at editor@cipp.org.uk if you feel you can contribute to any of these topics: Member representation The policy and research team was established in 1999 to influence payroll and pensions legislation, as well as to raise the profile of payroll and pensions. Through bringing together the views of thousands of payroll and pensions professionals, the team aims to provide a strong authoritative industry voice to influence change and assist government. We want to ensure members continue to feel this is the case. Following positive feedback over the last two years, a resounding 97% this year told us they felt the team are representing payroll individuals and the wider profession. 77% went on to tell us they were aware of the work the team carries out within government forums and 98% indicated they were satisfied with how the policy team engages with them through think tanks, BeKnowledgable webinars and the BeConnected National Forum events. Upskilling you and your teams In 2023, the CIPP launched a new learning management system, and we wanted to evaluate whether the platform and learning methods were of a good standard. 83 respondents answered from 1 (very difficult) to 5 (very user-friendly). The learning was rated a 3-4 by 77%, and assessments rated 3-4 by 78%, which shows many of the students surveyed were happy. As we look to develop the qualifications matrix and training portfolio in the future, we again asked respondents
to map specific tasks to job roles. This will ensure we continue to provide the most appropriate and accurate content in our qualifications and training moving forward. 49% were currently studying, 38% had finished within the last three years and 13% in the last five years, so respondents were well placed to provide first-hand feedback. We then asked if completing these qualifications had positively impacted their careers. 45% said it led to recognition within their organisation, 35% stated it gave them a clear career path, 30% told us it led to an increased salary and 23% said it led to promotion. Specifically looking at our training courses, 55% had undertaken training within the last 12 months and we continue to monitor delivery methods year-on-year as behaviours, wants and needs have changed since the pandemic. 54% took online training with a live trainer, 42% followed with self-directed eLearning, while 32% of respondents took a face-to-face course and 24% learned via an online recording of a trainer. We then asked respondents for feedback on our current training portfolio. 63% told us they were ‘extremely satisfied’ or ‘satisfied’, with 28% ‘somewhat satisfied’. We then asked about training topics we could consider in the future. Ideas included termination payments, Europe, Middle East and Africa payroll, pension / inheritance tax changes and redundancy calculations. A big thank you to all of you who participated in this year’s survey. Prize draw winner We’re delighted to announce that Daniela Fech from Versalis International was the lucky recipient of the £150 Amazon voucher. Well done again, Daniela. n
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