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The only way to find your voice is to use it Jen Mueller
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September is here, and it’s one of my favourite months, because we get to shout about how amazing payroll is, as National Payroll Week takes place from 4-8 September. (Who am I kidding? I rave about how brilliant payroll is to anyone
who’ll listen literally all year round!) This issue focusses on how payroll
professionals can use their invaluable voices to raise the profile of the industry and to shape the future of payroll policy. Flick to our feature topic article on page 32 to discover top tips from a panel of experts on how best to elevate the status of the profession and make others aware of just how important payroll is, both inside and outside your organisation. There’s also information from the policy team on page 45 about the numerous ways you can get involved with the work they carry out on your behalf, and how to best use them as one of your membership benefits. I’m sure you’ll all have read about cyber-attacks on the payroll industry over the last few weeks and months, as it becomes something we must keep at the forefront of our minds. The CIPP held a roundtable discussion on this, to consider how to protect payroll systems / data, the questions payroll should be posing to its supply chain and how payroll should respond in the event of an attack. Ensure you familiarise yourself with this important topic, by reading through the article on page 24. Our hot topic this issue centres on the latest raft of consultations / calls for evidence released by the government, for payroll professionals to keep on their radars. There’s a handy summary of those which could have the biggest impact on the industry, on page 58.
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I hope this issue of Professional allows you to reflect on all the amazing work you do, and on the diversity and brilliance of the payroll industry. Don’t forget a career in payroll can take you down so many different pathways and offer so many opportunities. You might even get to meet your idols, as I did when I got the opportunity to meet the one and only editor in chief of Vogue , Anna Wintour. Who says a job in payroll is boring?
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Lora Murphy MCIPP (editor@cipp.org.uk) Editor
24 - Let’s talk cyber-security By Vickie Graham 32 - Feature article – use your voice By Jerome Smail 45 - What the policy team does for you By the CIPP’s policy and research team 58 - Hot topic – consultation central By the CIPP’s policy and research team
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| Professional in Payroll, Pensions and Reward |
Issue 93 | September 2023
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