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NOVEMBER 2025
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REGULARS 01 Editor’s comment 02 Chair and CEO messages 04 CIPP update News and developments 05 My CIPP
FEATURES - ‘PATHWAYS IN PAY’
Potential shock in store for plug-in hybrid company car users By Terri Bethel
HMRC’s stakeholder conference: working together for the future By Samantha O’Sullivan
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The Dream Maker By Jeni Morris
The Fair Work Agency is coming By Charlie Barnes and Anna Burdett
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Event horizon, On your behalf, Payroll news, Advisory Q&As, National Payroll Week, The CIPP’s Annual Conference and Exhibition, The CIPP’s Annual Excellence Awards, Spotlight on…
26 Personal development BePayroll 27 Compliance Learn about the 2025 HM Revenue and Customs
Building inclusive cultures through sensitive payroll and reward strategies By Tahir Idris
Safe, seen and supported: why compassion belongs in payroll By AJ Jain
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Stakeholder Conference and how the Fair Work Agency will operate
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Payroll: the career that can take you on unexpected journeys By Claire Warner
Why payroll professionals must embrace automation to stay ahead (Advertorial) By Joe Lines Last straws, shopping while working and acts outside of work: employment law latest By Dan Carder
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This issue’s theme is ‘ Pathways in pay ’ .Our panel of experts share their own career stories and discuss how we can showcase the diverse range of roles on offer in the pay professions
43 Reward
Read about the cultural significance of pay, and explore how we can become more compassionate in payroll
Payroll in the age of AI: why your job’s safe, and your wellbeing matters more than ever By Brian Sparling
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62 Technology
This issue, the focus is on artificial intelligence and how you can relax, as it won’t take your job, although it will probably change it
70 Hot topic
BONUS ONLINE CONTENT
You won’t want to miss this one, particularly if you’re a payroll service provider. Read about the huge change coming the industry’s way in this issue’s hot topic article
34 Can payroll solve the housing crisis? By Matthew Chin-Barnes 36 Unpaid work and the NMW By Danny Done 46 Past, present, payroll By Karen Beckett
48 Payroll: the job for life By Jody Cox 50 Let’s get quizzical: pay profession edition By The Leppington Group 64 AI comes to payroll By Mark Paraskeva
72 Payroll pets
We say hello to some of your furry friends
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