CIPP Payroll: need to know 2019-20

Class 2 National Insurance will be staying........................................................................................................360 Class 1A National Insurance contributions on termination payments ...............................................................360 Changes to National Insurance contributions ...................................................................................................361 Employment allowance changes from 2020 .....................................................................................................361 National Insurance Contributions (Termination Awards and Sporting Testimonials) Bill ..................................362 Proposals for over-50s to pay extra National Insurance to cover social care ...................................................363 How to quickly confirm National Insurance numbers ........................................................................................363 Employment Allowance eligibility reforms.........................................................................................................364 CIPP webcast on employment allowance changes from April 2020 .................................................................365 National Insurance Contributions (Termination Awards and Sporting Testimonials) Act 2019 .........................365 CIPP response to consultation on The Employment Allowance (Excluded persons) Regulations....................366 Termination Awards and Sporting Testimonials –real-time Class 1A NICs guidance.......................................369 Termination awards and sporting testimonials –real-time Class 1A NICs guidance – clarification ...................369 New forms for National Insurance: credits for parents and carers ....................................................................370 Consultation on draft regulations to report and pay Class 1A National Insurance contributions on termination awards and sporting testimonials .....................................................................................................................370 HMRC publish policy paper relating to the Employment Allowance: excluded persons regulations 2020 ........370 NI threshold values for use in 2020-21 published by government ....................................................................372 Employment Allowance gudiance published – for eligible claimants from 6 April 2020 ....................................372 Chancellor expected to introduce tax break for employers who hire veterans..................................................373 Employment Allowance will potentially increase from £3,000 to £4,0000 .........................................................374 National Minimum Wage/Living Wage........................................................... 375 Real Living Wage increases £9 in UK and £10.55 in London ...........................................................................375 National Minimum Wage: consultation on salaried workers and salary sacrifice schemes...............................375 LPC publishes its recommendations to tackle one-sided flexibility ...................................................................376 NMW guidance on unpaid work trial periods ....................................................................................................377 Iceland to fight HMRC over minimum wage dispute .........................................................................................377 CIPP survey on NMW Consultation on Salaried Workers and Salary Sacrifice................................................378 Minimum and zero-hours contracts and low paid staff......................................................................................379 Low Pay Commission visit programme for 2019...............................................................................................380 CIPP response to NMW consultation on salaried workers and salary sacrifice ................................................381 Low Pay Commission consultation 2019 ..........................................................................................................382 Review of international evidence on minimum wages ......................................................................................383 20 year anniversary of the National Minimum Wage ........................................................................................383 Low Pay Commission starts its 2019 visits .......................................................................................................384 CIPP Survey: 2019 LPC annual review of the National Minimum Wage ..........................................................385 Low Pay Commission urge Government to act.................................................................................................386 Rise in number of people being paid below minimum wage .............................................................................386 Chancellor plans significant rise in minimum wage ..........................................................................................387 Minimum wage - a promising but uncertain future ............................................................................................388 Suspension of the minimum wage naming scheme..........................................................................................389 Living Hours campaign launched to tackle work insecurity...............................................................................389 CIPP response: April 2020 National Minimum Wage rates...............................................................................390 BEIS Committee calls for WHSmith workers to be paid Living Wage ...............................................................391 There are problems the minimum wage can't fix ..............................................................................................392 Four in ten small firms increasing prices due to higher wages .........................................................................393 Proposed increase to National Living Wage and decrease to age limit ............................................................394 Labour plan to introduce 32-hour working week whilst abolishing zero-hour contracts ....................................394 Sajid Javid’s pledge to hike national living wage will be in two phases ............................................................394 National Minimum Wage Webinar from HMRC ................................................................................................395 HM Treasury issues a review of international evidence in relation to the impacts of minimum wage ...............395 The Living Wage Foundation celebrate Living Wage Week 2019 ....................................................................396 The future of minimum wages ..........................................................................................................................397 Think tank pledges support for higher minimum wages for liquid workers........................................................397 Government releases new minimum wage figures for April 2020.....................................................................398 A cautionary note surrounding the leap year and National Minimum Wage / National Living Wage.................399 Study suggests that a substantial number of employees are paid under minimum wage.................................400 Interesting research into the effects of the National Living Wage from the Low Pay Commission....................401 Low Pay Commission announces regional visit programme for 2020 ..............................................................402 Government confirms that employers who fail to meet the requirement to pay staff minimum wage will be ‘named and shamed’ .....................................................................................................................................................403 New National Minimum Wage Law: enforcement policy and salary sacrifice ...................................................404 2018/19 confirmed as another record-breaking year for Minimum Wage enforcement ....................................404

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