MEMBERSHIP INSIGHT
CIPP National Forums 2017
This year’s series of well-attended National Forum meetings featured stimulating and lively discussions across a range of topics
The speakers Robyn Brentley, corporate account manager, UK & Ireland SAP User Group (UKISUG) Diana Bruce MCIPPdip, senior policy liaison officer, CIPP Gavin Collinson, head of payroll, Smart Pension Jason Davenport ACIPP, vice chair, CIPP Ginnie Freeman MCIPP, i-Realise Elaine Gibson MSc FCIPP, education director, CIPP Lisa Gillespie, HR services director, Moorepay Helen Hargreaves MSc FCIPPdip, associate director of policy and membership, CIPP Samantha Mann MAAT MCIPPdip, senior policy and research officer, CIPP Stuart Morley, advocate, Moorepay Ken Pullar FCIPP, chief executive officer, CIPP
● what this would mean for members and the industry ● the criteria to be met ● the process for applications, and ● the next steps. What impact might Brexit have on payroll and HR? Lisa Gillespie, Stuart Morley and Francis Scoon, Lisa outlined what legislative changes may affect employers once the Brexit process is concluded. The session also highlighted what employers, human resource and payroll professionals need to consider in the coming months. An outline of research findings from Moorepay’s Brexit research revealed: ● 60% of large and 35% of small to medium businesses (SMBs) think Brexit will have a positive impact on their business 21 June – sponsor: i.Realise 4 July – sponsor: UKISUG 5 July Newcastle, 12 July – sponsor: Cintra HR & Payroll Services Birmingham, 18 July – sponsor: i.Realise Locations and sponsors The National Forum meetings were held at venues across the UK from May to July, as follows: Bristol, 9 May Belfast, 16 May Manchester, 18 May – sponsor: Smart Pension Glasgow, 6 June London: 20 June – sponsor: Smart Pension
Francis Scoon, employment law consultant, Moorepay Beverley Smith ACIPP, policy and advisory officer, CIPP Carsten Staehr, chief executive officer, Cintra HR & Payroll Services Ian Walters MSc FCIPP FHEA, non-executive director, CIPP Gail Affleck-Ward, marketing manager, Cintra HR & Payroll Services Ian Whyteside FMAAT MCIPP ATT, non-executive director, CIPP
Introduction session Jason Davenport, Elaine Gibson, Ken Pullar, Ian Whyteside, and Ian Walters shared the role of opening and leading the Forum meetings and introducing the speakers and fielding attendees’ questions. The introduction included a CIPP update, covering: ● CIPP in numbers ● values ● awards, recognitions and quality standards ● the 2017 Annual Excellence Awards ● annual general meeting ● benchmarking ● webcasts ● National Payroll Week – Spotlight on Payroll. Legislative update Diana Bruce, Helen Hargreaves, Samantha
Mann and Beverley Smith delivered these sessions, which covered: ● increasing impact of devolution ● expenses and benefits including optional remuneration arrangements ● off-payroll working in the public sector ● experiences with the apprenticeship levy ● holiday pay and leave ● gender pay gap reporting ● automatic enrolment ● General Data Protection Regulation ● business as usual and the crystal ball. Spotlight on payroll Jason Davenport, Elaine Gibson, Ken Pullar, Ian Whyteside and Ian Walters delivered this session, which included an outline of the CIPP’s successful application to extend its Royal Charter to offer individual Chartered Membership from autumn 2017. The session set out:
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