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“You cannot serve from an empty vessel” Eleanor Brown
Editor’s comment
Hello readers and welcome to your May issue of Professional magazine. What I’d like to know is, how are we in May already?! Time is simply flying by. Modern work and home life can be extremely fast-paced, and sometimes we forget that it’s simply impossible for someone to pour from their cup when it’s empty, which is what this issue’s inspirational quote focusses on. This is why employers must ensure their staff are
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happy, engaged and motivated. This is particularly true for those working in the payroll department – you’re so busy ensuring the wellbeing of the people you pay, that it can be easy for you to forget to take a break or consider how you’re actually feeling inside. Add continuous complex changes to legislation and the pressure of deadlines to the mix, and it can lead to payroll professionals feeling exhausted and burnt out. But how do we stop that from happening? That’s what the theme of this issue, ‘Ways to boost wellbeing’ , aims to explore. Page 26 provides you with suggestions in this space from some of the experts in the industry. We hope this provides some food for thought on a very important topic. Also this issue, we bring you several important technical updates. These range from discussion of statutory neonatal care leave and pay which was introduced from April of this year (page 20), through to the upcoming changes to statutory sick pay, which, at the time of writing, we don’t yet have an implementation date for (page 54). Finally, I’d like to draw the attention of any budding entrepreneurs to page 32 of this issue, which features one very personal journey from working in payroll to establishing an entire business dedicated to providing payroll services. Truly inspirational.
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Lora Murphy (editor@cipp.org.uk) Editor
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20 - Understanding the intricacies of statutory neonatal care and pay By Lauren Handley
26 - Feature article - ways to boost wellbeing By Jerome Smail
32 - Starting my own payroll business - my personal journey By Kay Augustus
54 - Hot topic - exploring upcoming changes to SSP By Sean Povey
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| Professional in Payroll, Pensions and Reward |
Issue 110 | May 2025
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