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The CIPP’s policy and research team has been involved in a number of activities, including events, responding to consultations and calls for evidence and continuing to deliver important payroll updates Policy team update
Events corner Policy lead, Samantha O’Sullivan, was a panel guest at two events in June: ● Global Payroll Question Time, hosted by Reward Strategy, to discuss the issues currently impacting payroll professionals Please note this session has been rescheduled until 13 July 2022 ● Automating Payroll, organised by Midlands HR (MR). Additionally, Mathew Akrigg, policy and research officer, attended the Cintra conference, to deliver a presentation on financial well-being. This is a popular topic of discussion in payroll circles at present, as the role of payroll professionals continues to expand into new areas.
Payroll Week and the Annual Conference. The CIPP encourages all members to register for these sessions to keep up to date with the latest news. Calls for evidence / consultations The policy team has recently prepared and submitted three responses to calls for evidence and consultations from the government. The CIPP is proud to be a leader in carrying out research and providing feedback on behalf of the payroll profession. The Labour market enforcement strategy call for evidence centred around issues surrounding compliance and enforcement emerging in the UK labour market. Margaret Beels, the director of labour market enforcement, was seeking evidence from stakeholders to inform the strategy for 2023/24. The resulting report will be interesting, as the government’s manifesto included a commitment to create a single enforcement body, which will unify the three enforcement bodies currently operating, which are: ● Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs national minimum wage / national living wage (NMW / NLW), ● Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) ● Employment Agency Standards (EAS). The CIPP also responded to the consultation: Conditions for harbour access and seafarers' pay-rates consultation: scope and compliance . Earlier this year, P&O Ferries made the news and was widely condemned, as it sacked over 800 UK staff to replace them with cheaper agency staff. In May, Prince Charles delivered the
Queen’s speech, in which he announced the introduction of a Bill to ensure fair remuneration for seafarers, to guarantee they receive an NMW equivalent while working in UK waters. The consultation sought views on the scope of the services to which this law should apply, and compliance processes / powers of enforcement. Finally, following roundtable discussions and a survey organised by the policy team in May, a response was submitted to the Low Pay Commission’s (LPC’s) call for evidence on the impacts of recent NMW / NLW increases on employers and workers. The purpose of the consultation was to gather information to help shape the LPC’s autumn’s recommendations to government for the NMW / NLW rates for April 2023.
BeKnowledgeable The policy team delivered two
BeKnowledgeable sessions in June. Roughly 1,000 members registered for the webinar covering holiday pay and leave which was delivered by Mat on 14 June. Fellow policy and research officer, Maaz Naeem, delivered a legislative update on 30 June, in a session co-hosted by CIPP and the Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT). The session included discussions on: ● recent National Insurance changes ● the tax benefits of electric cars ● trivial benefits ● the latest cases and news relating to IR35 and off-payroll working. As we enter July, only two episodes of this BeKnowledgeable series remain: benefits in kind on 19 July, and pensions and automatic enrolment for payroll on 16 August, before the team takes a break to focus on National
Professional needs you! The theme of the December / January issue of Professional is ‘ the member takeover’ . Have you ever considered writing about your passion for payroll, penning a technical article or producing a thought leadership piece? If so, then Professional needs you! Email the editor, Lora Murphy, at editor@cipp.org. uk to get involved. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to participate and have your say about the profession you love. n
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Issue 82 | July - August 2022
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