Policy News Journal - 2014-15

The future of automatic enrolment in Scotland if independence is voted in ..................... 452 The SNP publishes its White Paper on Scottish independence ...................................... 453 Scottish Rate Income Tax – update ................................................................................ 454 Devolution of income tax in Scotland .............................................................................. 454 What Scottish Independence could mean for payroll and employers .............................. 455 Further devolution powers for Scottish government under a no vote............................... 455 Scottish rate of income tax.............................................................................................. 456 How would Scottish independence affect employers? .................................................... 458 Cameron promises new powers for Scotland and all other countries within the UK ........ 458 Scottish Rate of Income Tax introduction........................................................................ 458 Scotland to set own tax rates and bands ........................................................................ 458 HMRC Update on devolution of income tax in Scotland.................................................. 459 Scotland Act 2012 .......................................................................................................... 459 Draft legislation on further devolution for Scotland .......................................................... 460 Devolution changes in Scotland...................................................................................... 461 Revenue Scotland goes live ........................................................................................... 461 Shared Parental Pay and Leave (ShPP/L) ..................................................... 462 Consultation response on the administration of shared parental leave ........................... 462 Children and Families Act 2014 approved by Parliament ................................................ 465 Shared Parental Leave In Touch days to be called SPLIT days...................................... 465 Guide to Shared Parental Leave and Pay....................................................................... 465 Regulations published for Shared Parental Leave and Pay ............................................ 466 Draft regulations and guidance published for shared parental leave and pay ................. 466 Shared parental leave and pay: implications for employers ............................................ 467 Shared Parental Leave and Pay – CIPP Q&As............................................................... 468 Technical guidance on shared parental leave and pay ................................................... 468 HMRC Guide to Shared Parental Leave and Pay ........................................................... 469 Shared Parental Leave and Pay factsheet updated ........................................................ 469 Shared parental leave and pay: Northern Ireland news .................................................. 469 Full parental leave pay for civil servants ......................................................................... 470 Shared Parental Leave and Pay could start this month................................................... 470 The benefits of sharing parental leave ............................................................................ 471 Employers not ready for Shared Parental Leave............................................................. 471 New Shared Parental Leave and Pay regulations come into effect ................................. 471 Shared parental leave and pay: updated guide for employers ........................................ 471 Majority of UK believe childcare should be shared equally between couples .................. 472 Shared parental leave and pay and flexible working in Northern Ireland ......................... 473 Parents-to-be begin the countdown to Shared Parental Leave ....................................... 473 Acas publishes suite of practical tools on shared parental leave..................................... 474 Statutory Payments ......................................................................................... 474 Recovering arrears of Statutory Sick Pay from 6 April 2014-15 ...................................... 474 Statutory payment tables now available.......................................................................... 475 Abolition of the Statutory Sick Pay Percentage Threshold Scheme ................................ 475 Abolition of the Percentage Threshold Scheme .............................................................. 476 Call for statutory paternity pay and leave to be doubled.................................................. 477 CIPP webcast on the new Health and Work Service....................................................... 478 Health and Work Service Tendering Exercise................................................................. 478 Contract for Government's new Health & Work Service awarded to leading occupational health provider................................................................................................................ 478 New Statutory Adoption Pay guidance............................................................................ 479 Fit for Work: exploring future GP referrals....................................................................... 479 Forms for statutory payments ......................................................................................... 479 Statutory payment recovery rates for 2015-2016 ............................................................ 480 Online government calculator launched to help employees work out leave and pay entitlements .................................................................................................................... 480 Statutory payment rates for 2015-16............................................................................... 480 Fit for work service up and running ................................................................................. 481 Fit for Work: a further update .......................................................................................... 481 Part-time sick pay proposals for employees with fluctuating health conditions ................ 481

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