CIPP RESPONSE TO HMRC STUDENT LOANS OPTION PAPER
31 October 2012
A few weeks ago HMRC circulated a paper outlining different options they were considering for employers to know which income threshold to apply when making student loan deductions from April 2016.
The CIPP Policy team would like to thank all those members who responded to the resulting survey.
We have today submitted a response to HMRC indicating that members’ favoured option is that HMRC should notify employers of the correct threshold to apply but employers will initially deduct repayments by reference to a default threshold for any new employee who is a student loan borrower for whom no threshold notification has been received via the employee.
Once HMRC processes the first Full Payment Submission (FPS) for a new employee, a start notice would be generated to the employee if they are a borrower.
You can view the response to HMRC plus the full survey results through the links below.
CIPP Response to Student Loan options
Student Loan options survey results
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PRIVATE MEMBER’S BILL ON SURROGRACY INTRODUCED
2 May 2012
A Private Member's Bill has been introduced which aims to introduce leave, pay and allowance arrangements for parents who have had children through the use of surrogacy, equal to those available to non surrogate parents.
Pinsent Masons reports:
The Bill was introduced on 17 April 2012 and is sponsored by Labour MP, John Healey. It follows appeals for greater surrogacy rights by mothers who have been denied maternity pay and leave after becoming mothers through the use of surrogacy. We previously reported the case of C-D v S-T ET/2505033/11 in which a midwife sonographer, who had a baby through the use of a surrogate, brought a claim for maternity and sex discrimination against her employer after being refused maternity leave. The employment tribunal stated that UK domestic legislation on maternity rights does not apply to C-D's situation. The tribunal made a reference to the ECJ to determine whether UK law is compliant with the European legislation from which it stems, i.e. whether a mother expecting a child through the use of surrogacy has the same rights and entitlements as non surrogate parents under European law. ( See HR Briefing - 23 March 2012 ). The ECJ's decision is expected later this year.
The Telegraph, 18 March 2012, has reported a further instance of a mother who has been denied maternity leave or pay, having become a mother to twins through the use of
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