Agency workers not entitled to apply for, and be considered for vacancies on the same terms as directly recruited employees ........................................................................................................................................................277 Tesco temporarily prohibited from ‘firing and rehiring’ ......................................................................................278 Supreme Court ruling: Uber drivers must be classed as workers, and not self-employed individuals ..............278 The Supreme Court rules that sleep-in care workers are not entitled to the minimum wage ............................279 Ethnicity Pay Gap................................................................................................................................................279 Research highlights the fact that a quarter of larger firms are examining the ethnicity pay gap .......................280 Ethnicity pay gap the lowest it has been since 2012 ........................................................................................280 Executive Pay ......................................................................................................................................................281 Gender Pay Gap ..................................................................................................................................................281 New bill introduced to Parliament which could provide women with the right to know their male coleagues’ salaries .............................................................................................................................................................281 Furlough and gender pay gap reporting: useful guidance ................................................................................281 UK firms to be given six months following the Gender Pay Gap reporting deadline before enforcement action taken.................................................................................................................................................................282 The Government Equalities Office confirms extension to Gender Pay Gap reporting deadline for 2020-21 to 5 October 2021....................................................................................................................................................283 General Employment News ................................................................................................................................283 The Resolution Foundation calls for higher pay and better conditions for low-paid workers.............................283 Research suggests that work is negatively impacting employee wellbeing – and the COVID-19 crisis is exacerbating this ..............................................................................................................................................284 The treatment of Direct Earnings Attachments during the coronavirus crisis....................................................285 Workers struggling to combine work with caring responsibilities ......................................................................286 Downloading and accessing BACS reports during coronavirus........................................................................286 OVO energy reports a mean gender pay gap of 20.1% for average hour pay as at April 2019 ........................287 There will be no requirement for face masks in offices .....................................................................................288 Jobs fall by 649,000 between March and May 2020.........................................................................................288 Public sector workers to receive above inflation pay rises................................................................................289 The CIPD urges the government to introduce bereavement leave and pay for all employees who lose a close family member ..................................................................................................................................................289 Record increase in calls to Acas helpline in relation to redundancies ..............................................................290 FCA publishes statement on Employer Salary Advance Schemes...................................................................290 33% of companies intending to make redundancies ........................................................................................292 Updates to the Conduct Regulations 2003: guidance for employment agencies and employment businesses293 The Office for National Statistics reports that one in eight employees remain on furlough leave .....................293 MaPS confirms increasing debt advice capacity in England.............................................................................293 Guidance on traineeships: information for employers and education providers updated..................................294 Applications for the £2 billion Kickstart Scheme now open...............................................................................295 How to become a representative for the Kickstart Scheme ..............................................................................296 Future plans for the tax system ........................................................................................................................296 Working from home? How helpful is your town or city? ....................................................................................297 Inflation slips to 0.2% in August 2020...............................................................................................................297 2021 BACS processing calendar published......................................................................................................298 Kickstart Scheme gateways list ........................................................................................................................298 H&M Group fined £32.1 million for GDPR breach ............................................................................................299 Government respond to the Director of Labour Market Enforcement ...............................................................299 Director of payroll services company disqualified over ‘contentious payments’ equating to £2.7 million ..........300 Seasonal BACS processing dates - Dare we mention the “C” word?!? ............................................................300 Increases to the real Living Wage confirmed....................................................................................................301 The IES gives the latest update on the labour market ......................................................................................302 Kickstart Scheme creates over 19,000 jobs......................................................................................................302 BBC cleared of all pay discrimination cases .....................................................................................................303 Inflation climbs to 0.7%.....................................................................................................................................303 Public sector pay plans for 2021-22 .................................................................................................................304 Public Sector Exit Payments Cap .....................................................................................................................304 Consultation: Restrictive Covenants .................................................................................................................305 Businesses urged to plan for payments made over the Christmas and New Year holiday periods ..................305 Pay.uk confirms updates to the Direct Debit and BACS Direct Credit Scheme rules .......................................306 Direct Debit reaches half a century...................................................................................................................306 Changes to the Kickstart Scheme announced..................................................................................................307 £1,000 cash boost for employers offering traineeships ....................................................................................307 Kwasi Kwarteng confirms that there is no intention to reduce workers’ rights ..................................................308 Unemployment rate increased to 5% between September and November 2020 .............................................309
The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals
Payroll: need to know
cipp.org.uk
Page 10 of 590
Made with FlippingBook - Online magazine maker