Learning never exhausts the mind Leonardo da Vinci
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Welcome to the first issue of Professional for 2023. I hope you’ve all managed to have a break over the festive period and are now feeling refreshed and ready for a new year of
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payroll challenges and adventures. This issue centres on the topic of payroll apprenticeships, as we celebrate
National Apprenticeship Week, between 6 and12 February 2023. These apprenticeships give individuals the opportunity to ‘earn while they learn’ and there are currently two payroll apprenticeships on offer: l the Level 3 Payroll Administrator apprenticeship l the Level 5 Assistant Payroll Manager apprenticeship. This issue’s hot topic, of course, centres on celebrating payroll apprenticeships, and includes testimonies from those who’ve either completed, or are currently in the process of completing, a payroll apprenticeship. Ensure you flick to page 56 to hear their stories. Our feature article (page 36) also focusses on apprenticeships, but from the perspective of those working at training providers and end point assessment organisations. Although we’re only in February, we all know the new tax year will soon be upon us. Discover what preparations software developers must make and the challenges they face ahead of this, on page 32. I hear so many conversations regarding different working practices and how they have shifted following the pandemic. Read about how you can make homeworking work for you, on page 16, if you’re in a position where you work from home full time or have adopted more of a hybrid working pattern. There’s also important guidance for employers on the issue of tackling workplace conflict on page 46, whether their staff work from home, from a workplace or a mixture of both. I hope you enjoy this issue, and I can’t wait to see some of you at our BeConnected sessions, running throughout February and March. Lora Murphy ACIPP (editor@cipp.org.uk) Editor
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16 - Make homeworking work for you By Steve Watmore
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32 - Happy new tax year By Simon Parsons
36 - Feature – falling in love with apprenticeships By Jerome Smail
46 - Tackling workplace conflict By Gill Dix
56 - Hot topic – let’s celebrate apprenticeships By Gemma Mullis
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| Professional in Payroll, Pensions and Reward |
Issue 87 | February 2023
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