14 January 2021
Prior to the Christmas break, the CIPP’s Policy and Research team wanted to ask if employers were offering their staff any additional benefits over the festive period, and so we posted a Quick Poll on News Online to assess this.
The poll attracted an impressive level of responses, which highlighted the fact that the majority (48%) of employers did not provide anything additional for employees ahead of Christmas. This may be because coronavirus has had such a monumental impact on businesses that they simply could not afford to give staff anything extra, but there could be a variety of reasons as to why a business would not provide any additional benefits to employees prior to the festive break. The remaining results showed that some employers did opt to grant staff extra benefits in relation to Christmas. 26% of respondents indicated that their employer had provided them with a gift, and 10% were lucky enough to receive a Christmas bonus. Due to the lockdown restrictions in place designed to curb the spread of coronavirus, companies were not able to offer traditional face-to-face Christmas parties, but 10% of respondents confirmed that their employer had actually hosted a virtual Christmas party in its place. 6% of the responses provided were for ‘Other’, although what those other elements are is unknown.
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New CIPP Quick Poll: Measures to help younger people into work 15 January 2021
Throughout the outbreak of coronavirus, it has been highlighted that younger people are the most likely to have been impacted by the pandemic, in terms of the effects that it has had on their jobs and employment.
The Government has recently implemented several measures to assist younger people to get into work, in addition to some longstanding schemes that were already in place. In recognition of this, the CIPP’s Policy and research team wanted to assess if businesses have been making use of these schemes, or not, and so there is a new Quick Poll available to answer on the topic. We recognise that payroll professionals are extremely busy at present, but the Quick Poll should take less than a minute to respond to, and any answers feed into valuable research on the topic of measures introduced to encourage employers to hire younger workers, and to incentivise those individuals to begin working. The question asks:
Is your employer making use of any of the Government schemes introduced to incentivise young people to get into work?
The team would like to thank you in advance for any feedback you provide, and if you wish to give any additional information relating to the Quick Poll, then please email Policy@cipp.org.uk.
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CIPP webcast – Kickstart Scheme 4 February 2021
As part of his ‘Plan for Jobs’, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak unveiled the Kickstart Scheme, designed to assist individuals aged between 16 and 24, in receipt of Universal Credit, at risk of long-term unemployment, into meaningful work.
This webcast discusses some of the key elements to the scheme, and the changes announced on 25 January 2021, that took effect from 3 February 2021.
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