As coronavirus has resulted in a significant increase to the number of employees who are working from home, the CIPP’s Policy and research team want to explore whether individuals are receiving the homeworking allowance, and if they are, the way in which this is being administered. The team has added a new question to the CIPP’s News Online page and would be very interested in hearing from you. We realise that payroll professionals are extremely busy at this point in time, particularly given recent Government announcements regarding new measures, but the Quick Poll will take less than a minute to complete, and is your opportunity to feed into research relating to payroll and policies that are currently in place.
The question asks: “how have you benefitted from the homeworking allowance?”
In addition to assessing how many individuals are actually benefitting from the allowance, we also want to gauge how this is being provided, so are employers administering this for their staff, or are people claiming the relief themselves, either at year end, or via the online portal at Gov.UK?
Don’t miss the opportunity to have your say, and respond to the Quick Poll today!
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Survey: The cost of administering holiday pay 9 November 2020
As of 6 April 2020, significant changes were made to the way in which holiday pay and entitlement are calculated for those with variable pay and hours.
Historically, employers only needed to use a 12-week reference period to obtain holiday pay data but that has been extended substantially to a 52-week period, which has undeniably created challenges for employers.
The CIPP's Policy and research team are currently running a survey, which seeks to gauge how much these changes have impacted employers, particularly in terms of the administrative burden the extended reference period has created. The survey also has questions relating to the cost of administering changes to payslips in 2019 to show hours, where hours worked impact the pay provided to the employee. Questions are included on the subject of agency working and TUPE transfers. The results will be shared with BEIS (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) who own the policy for Holiday Pay entitlement. We recognise that payroll professionals are extremely busy, particularly at present due to the ever-evolving Government measures that are being implemented to help businesses through the outbreak of coronavirus. This survey should take approximately 19 minutes to complete, and we really appreciate your time. This is your opportunity to have your say on changes that have impacted the work of payroll professionals, and the survey will be open until Sunday 13 December 2020.
CIPP comment
The team would like to extend a massive thank you to anybody who takes the time to complete the survey, and to feed into research about the effects that changes to the calculation of holiday pay and entitlement.
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41% of those working remotely have claimed the homeworking allowance on the Gov.UK portal 11 November 2020
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Payroll: need to know
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