W11 – CREATING A REWARD STRATEGY Karen Beckett BA (Hons) ChFCIPP More and more businesses are looking to enhance their reward offering, particularly given the current cost-of-living crisis. Karen, therefore, delivered a session covering why it’s important to have a reward strategy, and how it can be developed through preparation and planning. Karen covered: ● evaluating current reward offerings ● developing a reward strategy ● how to begin the journey.
It was great to see such engagement in the room, and there was plenty of talk around: ● what makes a successful financial well-being programme
● barriers to engagement in the workplace ● successful communication techniques ● diversifying savings vehicles ● measuring success.
W14 – EV SALARY SACRIFICE – GOOD FOR YOU AND YOUR ORGANISATION Ian Davis MCIPPdip, Direct Line Group
This workshop explored how to implement an electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme, covering the key considerations, along with any risks, benefits and potential compliance issues.
W12 – WHAT IS STRATEGIC PAYROLL? Lou Gray ChMCIPPdip, CIPP
This was a hugely popular session, and the room was so full, there was standing space only! This reflects the fact that electric cars are becoming more popular, whether they’re hybrid, plug-in hybrid or all-electric. There were many questions put to Ian, and this led into an interesting discussion of how salary sacrifice interacts with national minimum wage.
Susan Ball, RSM UK Daniel Rice, Workday
This was a panel session, which explored the definition of ‘strategic pay’ and answered the following questions: ● will the label of ‘payroll’ hold back the department and associate it with operational rather than strategic activities? ● how can payroll support wider HR practice principles and values? ● how can payroll define its seat across hybrid departments, such as tax, HR, finance, project management, IT, legal, etc?
W15 –HOW THE CIPP PAYROLL ASSURANCE SCHEME (PAS) CAN KEEP YOUR ORGANISATION COMPLIANT Julie Northover ChFCIPPdip Julie, who is the lead PAS assessor at the CIPP, delivered an informative session to discuss the PAS application process and accreditation requirements,
W13 – DISCUSSION GROUP: FINANCIAL WELL-BEING Victoria East BA (Hons) Dip FPS, Wealth at Work Ltd Ian Hodson MSc CHFCIPPdip, University of Lincoln During this interactive session, the room was split into six groups, who had to determine which financial well-being packages would be suitable for the case study allocated to the group.
and invited attendees to put any questions they had to her. She discussed the benefits of PAS to the payroll team and to the organisation more broadly.
This was a REALLY good conference. Every session I attended was top notch. Neil Tonks ChMCIPPdip, legislation manager, MHR Global
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