For anyone who has worked in the Payroll Industry for any length of time, you will have heard it being said that Payroll is easy – it’s just pushing a few buttons – isn’t it?
If that statement has pushed a couple of your buttons, then please join us in considering, how much the Payroll landscape is changing as a result of Real Time Information and Automatic Enrolment and how much more knowledgeable do we now need to be to operate and understand the technology aka to push buttons?
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Citizen News
UK Border Agency
ALL CHANGE AT THE UK BORDER AGENCY
4 April 2013
The Border agency is to be split into 2 separate entities as part of a package of measures set to improve the performance of the immigration system. The 6 April 2013 will also see an increase to UK Visa Fees and an updated Code of Practice for Skilled Workers. Further changes will include the removal of its agency status and the move of both new organisations - an immigration and visa service and an immigration law enforcement organisation - under the Home Office to report to ministers. The IT systems are also set to see improvements which will be made across the whole immigration system along with clarification of the policy and legal framework within which the system operates through an Immigration Bill in the next session of Parliament. The agency has also announced that as from 6 April 2013 there is to be an increase in UK visa fees UK Visa fees . Following Parliamentary approval, the fees will increase for visa applications made from overseas and all applications submitted from 00:01 (UK time) on Saturday 6 April, must be accompanied by the correct fee. Any application accompanied by the old fee will not be accepted however, applicants can use an old version of an application form for 21 days following the increase, but these should be accompanied by the new fee . New versions of the application forms will be available on the UKBA website. An updated version of Codes of Practice for Skilled Workers to be used from 6 April 2013 is also available at the UKBA website. This document is aimed at employers who are looking to sponsor a migrant through the Points-Based System. It mainly applies to Tier 2 (General) and Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) categories. However, it also applies to some parts of Tier 5, to post-study workers switching to Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) and to work permit holders applying for settlement. It is also used by UK Border Agency case workers. It lists:
The skill level for each occupation; The minimum appropriate rates of pay for each occupation; and Example job tasks and titles to help you accurately match up a job to the corresponding classification code.
CIPP Policy News Journal
16/04/2014, Page 58 of 519
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