of our news items on the CIPP website .
Back to Contents
Quick poll on public sector exit payments cap 31 July 2017
If the public sector exit payments cap of £95,000 applies to your payroll, have you implemented the necessary changes expected by government?
In a recent news item Public sector exit payments cap we clarified the current position on public sector exit payments being capped at £95,000. This raised a question around the government’s expectations and what the relevant departments have actually done. Background In September 2016 the government published their response to the consultation on ‘ Reforms to public sector exit payments ’. The response outlined the government’s expectations that departments should begin work to produce proposals for reform for each workforce by the end of 2016. The major workforces covered by existing statutory compensation schemes and other contractual exit arrangements were expected to begin reforms immediately. These are the: Civil Service, NHS, Local Government, Teachers, Police, Firefighters and Armed Forces. The government’s expectation is that the necessary changes be made to compensation schemes and other arrangements within nine months of the publication of their consultation response. That brings us to June 2017. Bearing in mind that this is not a legislative requirement, have all relevant departments actually had these discussions and agreed to implement the necessary changes?
If this applies to you please take a moment to answer our latest poll which is situated to the right of this, and every CIPP news item.
Back to Contents
Have you begun any data preparation for GDPR? 15 August 2017
In a CIPP poll 31% of respondents have begun data preparation for the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), however almost the same amount (29%) had not heard of GDPR.
During July 2017 the CIPP ran a poll asking about employer readiness for May 2018 when the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is implemented in the UK. We received 343 responses in total.
It is encouraging that almost a third (31%) have begun data preparation and just over a third (34%) have a plan in place to start preparation.
However 29% stated that reading the poll was the first time they had heard of GDPR and the remaining 6%, although having heard of GDPR, did not think it is applicable to their organisation. If you fall into these two categories it would be beneficial to read on.
GDPR preparation (excerpt from CIPP half day training course )
The objectives of the preparation for GDPR should be to ensure that: the organisation can demonstrate its services and operations comply with GDPR the risk of reputational damage and financial loss from regulatory actions and legal claims is reduced or mitigated.
As part of the preparation for GDPR you should assess current compliance with the Data Protection Act (DPA) 1998. As a first step seek answers to, at least, the following questions:
The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals
Policy News Journal
cipp.org.uk
Page 29 of 516
Made with FlippingBook - Online magazine maker