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...specific focus on criteria used to determine the definition of who/what a ‘carer’ should be...
The Certificate in Pensions Administration has been developed with pension practitioners to ensure that it meets the needs of the industry. It provides payroll and pension staff with relevant training so businesses can safeguard against the financial risk for non-compliance. CERTIFICATE IN PENSIONS ADMINISTRATION
The review focuses on sourcing evidence from a wide range of contributors and aims to look at the effect of recent increases to the NMW and NLW on both employers and employees. Views relating to business conditions and the economic outlook are welcomed and will be of particular relevance this year, due to the outbreak of coronavirus. More broadly, the LPC wants to hear about the effect on employment and hours, pay and benefits, productivity, prices, and profits in relation to the increases to NLW/ MW. Of particular interest to the LPC are: ● the affordability and effects of the proposed increase of NLW to £9.21 from April 2021 ● views on the impact of increasing the NLW to a rate of £10.69 per hour by April 2024 and lowering the NLW age threshold to 21, and ● feedback relating to potential changes to the apprentice rate and its effect on younger apprentices. The CIPP will be hosting a virtual thinktank roundtable covering this topic, so please contact policy@cipp.org.uk to register your interest. Carer’s leave consultation As announced at Budget 2020, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has launched a consultation in relation to carer’s leave. The consultation explores the government’s proposal to provide unpaid carers with a new statutory entitlement to a week of unpaid leave each year to help them balance working life with caring for somebody. BEIS is requesting feedback centred around: ● how carers use existing employment rights ● who should be eligible to take carer’s leave ● what the leave can be taken for ● how the leave would be available to take ● the process to follow in order to take the leave, and
● the costs and benefits to both employers and employees. There is specific focus on criteria used to determine the definition of who/what a ‘carer’ should be, and therefore those individuals eligible to take the leave. This will be based on: ● the employee’s relationship to the person to whom they are providing care ● whether the employee has caring commitments that are longer term or apply to specific situations where the need is significant
● whether the carer should have a qualifying period of continuous employment with the employer.
Tackling CIS abuse HMRC is seeking feedback on plans to change the rules that prevent tax loss via the operation of the construction industry scheme (CIS), and would like to hear from anyone working within the construction sector, but particularly sub-contractor employers that set-off CIS deductions in-year against their employer liabilities. Specifically, HMRC is seeking information relating to responses to the new measure designed: ● to ensure CIS deductions claimed by employers are permitted only in circumstances where satisfactory supporting evidence has been provided ● to identify rules within CIS that require further clarification to reduce misinterpretation and abuse ● to obtain further comments on supply chain measures which are currently in the early stages of development. n If you have any comments or experiences you would like to share on any of the subjects raised please get in touch by email to policy@cipp.org.uk . The CIPP's policy and research team intend to submit a written response to this consultation and are in the process of creating a survey which we plan to follow-up with via a virtual roundtable meeting. To take part in this, please contact policy@cipp.org.uk .
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Issue 60 | May 2020
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