12 November 2020
CIPP webcast: The extension to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
The CIPP’s Policy and research team have produced a new webcast on the topic of the extension to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS).
The webcast discusses the elements of the extension to the scheme as put forward in the policy paper produced by HMRC, and covers:
• Key facts • Eligibility for the extended scheme • Employer – employee arrangements • Claim calculations • Claims process • The impact on other measures
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Survey: The cost of administering holiday pay 18 November 2020
There were substantial amendments made to the way in which holiday pay and entitlement are calculated, from 6 April 2020, and the CIPP’s Policy and research team want to gauge what impact this has had on employers.
Previously, employers were only required to utilise a 12-week reference period to collect holiday pay data but that has been extended considerably to a 52-week period, which has created challenges for employers.
A survey is currently running, which aims to assess how much these changes have affected employers, in terms of the administrative burden the extended reference period has created. There are additional questions relating to the cost of changes to payslips, as from 2019 onwards, hours need to be displayed where hours worked have an effect on the pay that an employee receives. Questions on the subjects of agency working and TUPE transfers are also included. The results of the survey will be shared with BEIS (The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy), as they own the policy for Holiday Pay entitlement. We are aware that payroll professionals are particularly busy at the current time, and so would like to extend our thanks to anybody that takes the time to complete the survey. It should take roughly 19 minutes to complete and will be open to take until Sunday 13 December 2020.
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38% of businesses confirm that the delay to publication of CJRS guidance hindered their planning processes 20 November 2020 The announcement relating to the extended Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) was initially made by Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, on 31 October 2020, who confirmed that it would run for an additional month, through November 2020. On 5 November 2020, Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, then stated that it would, in fact, be open until the end of March 2021. The dates on which the announcements were made did not give payroll professionals much time to prepare for the changes, and they would have been expecting to implement the Job Support Scheme (JSS) from 1 November 2020, but this has now been postponed due to the extension to the CJRS.
The CIPP’s Policy and research team wanted to ask how the changes to Government measures have affected businesses, and so posted a question on the News Online page of the CIPP website, which asked:
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