CIPP Payroll: need to know - 2023-24

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New Quick Poll: Are you a real living wage employer? Published: 24 October 2023 Emailed: 25 October 2023

The latest Quick Poll is now available on the CIPP’s news page. The CIPP want to know if you a real living wage employer.

The real living wage is an hourly rate of pay set independently and updated annually (not the UK government’s National Living Wage (NLW)). The real living wage is the only UK wage rate based on the cost of living and it is voluntarily paid by over 14,000 UK businesses. The Living Wage Foundation has announced that the real living wage has increased to £12 in UK and £13.15 in London. The living wage rates for 2023/24 were announced on 24 October 2023. Living wage employers should implement the new rates as soon as possible and within six months of the annual announcement in Autumn. The Living Wage Foundation have a broad range of employers accredited with the foundation including half of the FTSE 100 and big household names including Nationwide, Google, LUSH, Everton FC and Chelsea FC, as well as thousands of small-medium enterprises (SMEs).

Have your say and take part in the Quick Poll now. The Quick Poll should take less than a minute to respond to, and we would like to thank you in advance for your participation.

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New Quick Poll: If you're a small business, would you be interested in getting involved with some HMRC research?

Published: 7 November 2023 Emailed: 8 November 2023

The latest Quick Poll is now available on the CIPP’s news page. The CIPP wants to know if you're a small business (50 or fewer employees), whether you would be interested in getting involved with some HMRC research.

GOV.UK needs your help to improve and to make sure the website works well for the people who need it. HMRC is asking for help on how to reach small businesses effectively. This is user research that you can get involved in and suggest how HMRC can engage with you if you're a small business.

Have your say and take part in the Quick Poll now. The Quick Poll should take less than a minute to respond to, and we would like to thank you in advance for your participation.

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Quick Poll results: are you a real living wage employer? Published: 7 November 2023 Emailed: 8 November 2023

Following on from the Living Wage Foundation’s announcement of the new real living wage rates, the CIPP policy team wanted to know how many of you are Real living wage employers.

The results are in and it’s a staggering how close they are. 49.5% of respondents are not real living wage employers, which leaves 50.5% who are.

The CIPP think that becoming a real living wage employer can be a fantastic bonus to recruitment and retention within a business and is well worth exploring. So it is fantastic to see so many employers already using this, and, of course, making sure employees are paid a fair wage.

Thank you to all who responded to the Quick Poll, your contributions mean a lot. Keep an eye out for future Quick Polls on our news page.

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