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“Learning never exhausts the mind” Leonardo da Vinci
Editor’s comment
Hello payroll professionals, and happy September! This is our month – the time to celebrate National Payroll Week, and recognise all the amazing individuals who make up our ever-growing payroll family. I hope you have plenty of exciting activities planned within your organisations, to share loudly and proudly just how vital our profession is and to shine a spotlight on everyone who works within it.
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In this issue, we focus on ‘ Enhancement through education ’. There are so many fantastic opportunities now available for payroll professionals to learn and grow, with a wide range of exciting products and courses available. Turn to page 42 to discover how payroll qualifications and training can drive innovation across payroll, pensions and reward. But education isn’t just about formal learning. Payroll professionals also need to stay up to date with the constant stream of changes impacting our industry. This is especially relevant now with the latest news surrounding the Employment Rights Bill. Check out our hot topic article on page 64 to get all the details around what this means for payroll and how to prepare. Also, on page 18, you’ll find an insightful feature on joint and several liability and how it could potentially affect you in your role. And I couldn’t wrap up this issue’s message without mentioning the perceptive article on page 54 which explores just how effective artificial intelligence can be for payroll and human resources professionals, but only when it’s properly understood and correctly applied, and not just used to try to cut costs within organisations.
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Lora Murphy MCIPPdip (editor@cipp.org.uk) Editor
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18 - Umbrella company reforms – what next? By Rebecca Seeley Harris
42 - Unlocking payroll potential through education By Claire Warner
54 - Putting AI to work – the brave new world of smarter payroll By Steve Elcock
64 - Hot topic – payroll: the next wave of changes By Samantha O’Sullivan
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| Professional in Payroll, Pensions and Reward |
Issue 113 | September 2025
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