ADVANCINGYOUR CAREER NICKDAYACIPP FOUNDER AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (CEO) OF JGA RECRUITMENT LTD
“What is your why?”
This is the question Nick Day wants you all to consider to advance your payroll career.
Nick delivered an energetic and enthusiastic session to delegates about the volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world we are now working in and how payroll, and the skills required to work within payroll, has evolved. His thought provoking and probing session encouraged payroll professionals to make learning a habit, recognising that the only constant is change. Often payroll professionals talk about how they ‘fell into’ the profession. At some point that became, or will become, a choice to build a career in payroll. Nick encourages you to own that choice and explore which of the sixty different career pathways within the payroll profession you want to pursue. Nick talked about the importance of conducting a skills gap analysis, sharing your goals with someone and developing a plan to achieve those goals. He also raised the importance of resilience as sometimes things can get in the way of our plans and we need to deal with situations as they arise – the CJRS, anyone?
NATIONALMINIMUM WAGE (NMW) JENI MORRIS HEADOF NMWTEAM, ERNST AND YOUNG
Jeni led the discussion on a topic that consistently impacts the work of payroll professionals – the NMW and the national living wage (NLW).
Jeni took delegates through a tour of HMRC’s enforcement and compliance activity, explaining how NMW audits can be lengthy, with some even lasting up to five years. She also explained that the responsibility for these audits did not fall solely to the payroll department, but also to human resources (HR) and employment taxes teams. Jeni discussed the educational work that HMRC carries out, making reference to: ● the HMRC ‘promote’ team, responsible for making workers aware of the NMW, and signposting them to the wealth of help and guidance available ● ‘nudge’ letters sent out to employers ● text messages sent out to certain workers, with one example being those in the cleaning sector ● the educational bulletins that are released alongside naming rounds.
Jeni spoke about the complexities of NMW legislation, and the importance of identifying which pay elements and pay deductions have impacts on the NMW.
Finally, a brief overview of the single enforcement body was provided, which will have the power to enforce statutory sick pay (SSP), holiday pay, NMW and modern slavery rules.
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