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clarity for the employer and the borrower. But discussions continue. ...49% said that it would affect them either slightly and directly... The Statutory Payments Consultation Group met in July and one of the areas discussed was the importance of highlighting any problems members are encountering with the guidance with the online calculators, with employees using the online calculators and with the complexity of explaining the shared parental pay and leave rules to employees. This was also raised at a couple of the CIPP’s national forums and we would be interested to know how widespread these issues are. If you would like to comment or share your thoughts, please email policy@cipp.org.uk with ‘SPCG’ as the subject header. Extending shared parental leave and pay to working grandparents was discussed briefly. A consultation was due to be published in May 2016 on how to implement this extension and to look at options for streamlining the system; however, this publication has been delayed due to ‘purdah’ restrictions. Given the recent changes at Whitehall there may well be a review of consultations in the pipeline, but at the time of writing we are still waiting for updates. Employment and Payroll Group The June Employment and Payroll Group (EPG) meeting was Elaine Gibson’s last as CIPP co-chair. Helen Hargreaves, associate director of policy and research, was introduced to the Group and will take over as co-chair from September 2016. The EPG is the principal forum for HMRC, and other government departments, to engage with the employment and payroll community. It focuses on high-level operational policy and process issues. It provides a forum through which members can raise and discuss issues or problems in Statutory Payments Consultation Group
administering payroll obligations or in relation to employment tax issues more generally. The EPG meet on a bi-monthly basis. If you have any agenda items or any issues you would like the CIPP to raise, please email policy@cipp.org.uk with the details using ‘EPG’ as the subject header. Off-payroll working in the public sector From April 2017, responsibility for deciding whether intermediaries legislation will apply, will move from personal service parties. We ran a CIPP poll earlier in the year to find out how this change would impact you. Almost half of those who responded (49 in total) said the change would affect them in some way. 51% said that the change would not impact them at all, and the remaining 49% said that it would affect them either slightly and directly (16%), significantly (16%) or slightly and indirectly (16%). At the end of July and into early August we ran a short survey to collect more detailed comments about how the proposals included within HMRC’s Off-payroll working in the public sector - reform of the intermediaries legislation, would impact those affected. Thank you to those who were able to respond as your feedback supports our written response (available on the consultation area of our website). Payslip statistics survey We ran our annual payslip statistics survey – which is now in its ninth year – throughout July. The information you provide helps us to understand the latest trends in respect of pay frequencies, payment methods and payslip distribution. This year the survey also included questions on payroll giving, salary sacrifice and automatic enrolment. Thank you to those of you who took the time to complete our survey. Keep an eye on our news pages to read our summary report and full comparison report to previous years. n companies (PSCs) to public sector employers and their agencies/third Please take a moment to complete the latest CIPP poll at cipp.org.uk .
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Issue 23 | September 2016
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