POLICY HUB
On your behalf
Find out what the CIPP’s Policy and Research Team has been getting up to during April on behalf of you, our members, and the wider payroll profession, covering events, forums, consultations and surveys Policy team update
Events Samantha O’Sullivan, Policy and Advisory Lead, Mathew Akrigg, Policy and Research Officer and Sarah Smith, Policy and Research Officer, delivered a series of statutory neonatal care leave and pay sessions for Bright HR. The new statutory leave continues to be a hot topic since it was introduced for babies born on or after 6 April 2025 who receive neonatal care within 28 days of their birth, and for a minimum of seven consecutive calendar days.
ensure our members’ feedback is provided at government level. We’ll always update you on our findings and information provided through these groups via Professional and News Online . If you have any issues you would like to raise at any of the professional forums we sit on, please reach out to the team by emailing us at Policy@cipp.org.uk .
your say, all the consultation information and response details are available at https://ow.ly/yP1650Vt0SV. The consultation closes on 10 June 2025. Spring statement Following the spring statement held on 26 March, HMRC released four new consultations: l Closing in on promoters of tax avoidance: https://ow.ly/actc50VtkXH l Enhancing HMRC’s ability to tackle tax advisers facilitating non-compliance: https://ow.ly/M9b850VtkZS l Behavioural penalties reform: https:// ow.ly/5qmh50Vtl1i l Better use of new and improved third party data: https://ow.ly/6uHQ50Vtl30. We’ll be responding to the consultations of relevance, and you will be able to see our formal responses to the consultations and CfEs at: https:// ow.ly/3Kav50QigsG. CIPP Payroll Insights Surveys The Payroll Insights Surveys came to a close in April. Thank you to all of you who responded and shared with your networks. The team will be using May to review the findings and create the associated reports. The finalised reports will be released during National Payroll Week 2025 (1-5 September). n
Consultation and Call for Evidence (CfE) updates
Equality (Race and Disability) Bill: mandatory ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting The Office for Equality and Opportunity, Race Equality Unit and Disability Unit have opened a consultation to seek views on how to introduce mandatory ethnicity and disability pay reporting for large employers (employers with 250 or more employees). We’ll be responding to the consultation; however, if you wish to respond and have
Forums The Policy and Resarch Team is privileged to sit on several HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) forums. Sam, Mathew and Sarah attended several forums in April, including: l Compliance Reform l Accessible Payroll Giving l Employment and Payroll Group l Construction Forum. The team sits on these forums to
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