Policy News Journal - 2014-15

Policy News Journal - 2014-15

Policy News Journal

2014-15

Produced by the CIPP policy and research team

Introduction

This Policy News Journal has been produced by the CIPP Policy and Research team for the exclusive benefit of members. The Journal contains all relevant payroll News On Line items and is indexed and categorised for easy reference. Each item is in date order (the most recent entry being at the bottom) to ensure you know you have the latest updates on any given subject. The Journal is produced on a tax year basis and by the end of each tax year will be closed off and restarted with any significant live news items being carried forward to the following year’s edition and then added to on a weekly basis with each edition of News On Line.

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CIPP Policy News Journal

08/04/2015, Page 2 of 521

Index

Apprenticeships................................................................................................. 21 Apprenticeship funding reform in England: payment mechanisms and funding principles . 21 Apprenticeship funding reform – technical consultation survey ......................................... 22 More apprentices progress into Higher Education ............................................................ 22 CIPP response to Apprenticeship funding reform technical consultation........................... 23 The future of apprenticeships ........................................................................................... 23 The number of disabled people in apprenticeships has more than tripled in the last 10 years ................................................................................................................................ 24 Government proposal to simplify and boost the national minimum wage for apprentices .. 25 Apprentices: Do you understand their legal status? .......................................................... 25 £1,500 grant for employers who recruit an apprentice ...................................................... 26 More than 700 employers added to trailblazer apprenticeships scheme ........................... 27 Almost two million apprenticeships since 2010 ................................................................. 27 Employer survey of apprenticeships ................................................................................. 27 Apprenticeship funding reform in England payment mechanisms and funding principles .. 28 Apprenticeship vacancies up by almost a third ................................................................. 28 Apprenticeship funding; a sigh of relief? ........................................................................... 29 Attachment of Earnings .................................................................................... 29 CIPP survey on readiness to action Direct Earnings Attachments .................................... 29 Direct Earning Attachments - update for employers .......................................................... 30 Attachment of Earnings Order guide................................................................................. 31 Direct Earnings Attachments change................................................................................ 31 Autumn Statement............................................................................................. 31 What would you like to see in Autumn Statement 2014? .................................................. 31 CIPP Autumn Statement summary 2014 .......................................................................... 32 Autumn Statement: What is the impact on flexible benefits and salary sacrifice?.............. 36 Better Regulation............................................................................................... 37 Admin Burdens Advisory Board publishes its annual report to the XST ............................ 37 Budget 2014 ....................................................................................................... 37 CIPP Budget 2014 Summary............................................................................................ 38 Budget 2015 ....................................................................................................... 41 Budget speech on Wednesday 18 March 2015................................................................. 41 CIPP Budget 2015 summary ............................................................................................ 41 Child Maintenance Reform ............................................................................... 41 New ‘business banking’ service for child maintenance to benefit 40,000 employers ......... 41 Early progress with the 2012 Child Maintenance Scheme ................................................ 42 Child maintenance reform starts to affect existing cases .................................................. 43 CIPP Policy & Research – informal consultation ........................................... 43 The changing landscape of Payroll ................................................................................... 43 The CIPP releases its annual payroll survey findings........................................................ 44 CIPP survey to establish payroll's opinion on the Labour proposals to lower the automatic enrolment threshold.......................................................................................... 45 CIPP research on saving contributions deducted from an employee’s pay ....................... 45 New survey into automatic enrolment ............................................................................... 46 CIPP research shows payroll departments are helping their employees to save............... 46 CIPP - Saving through payroll webcast............................................................................. 46 Tell us about the CIPP support for global payroll providers............................................... 46 Do you use the PAYE Desktop Viewer? ........................................................................... 47 CIPP Survey - Re-allocation of PAYE remittances............................................................ 47 CIPP survey on the proposal that tax relief on pension savings be doubled ..................... 48 Non-guaranteed overtime and holiday pay - second CIPP research survey...................... 48 CIPP survey - Saving through payroll research................................................................. 49 CPD survey for CIPP members ........................................................................................ 49 Citizen News....................................................................................................... 49 Full guide for employers on preventing illegal working in the UK ...................................... 49 Changes to the Immigration Rules from 6 April 2015 ........................................................ 50

CIPP Policy News Journal

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Construction Industry ....................................................................................... 50 Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) Levy deductions .......................................... 50 The Income Tax (PAYE) and the Income Tax (CIS) (Amendment) Regulations 2014....... 50 Further updates to electronic messages helping employers keep up-to-date.................... 51 Construction Industry Scheme consultation ...................................................................... 51 Calling all CIPP members working with the Construction Industry Scheme ...................... 51 CIPP Survey - Improving the operation of the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS).......... 52 Improving the operation of the Construction Industry Scheme .......................................... 52 Construction Industry Scheme help and support from HMRC ........................................... 53 Employment Law & Guidance .......................................................................... 53 Flexible Working................................................................................................................. 53 Flexible working and the Right to Request for all .............................................................. 53 Children and Families Act 2014 approved by Parliament .................................................. 54 More than four million people now regularly work from home ........................................... 55 Flexible Working Regulations now final............................................................................. 56 ACAS guidance on flexible working and homeworking ..................................................... 56 Case Studies on flexible working ...................................................................................... 56 Universal Credit: an employer’s perspective ..................................................................... 57 Flexible working: one employee in three wants to change the way they work ................... 57 Work life balance employer survey ................................................................................... 57 Women and flexible working: Improving female employment outcomes in Europe ........... 58 Work From Home Week ................................................................................................... 58 General Employment Law News........................................................................................ 59 Acas Early Conciliation - A free new service launches in April .......................................... 59 Employment Tribunal Statistics......................................................................................... 60 Disclosure and Barring: Reforms to rehabilitation periods for offenders ............................ 60 Maximum penalty for illegally employing an immigrant increases to £20,000.................... 61 Time off to watch the World Cup? What are the employer’s options? ............................... 62 Survey of Employment Tribunal Applications .................................................................... 62 Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill 2014 published ..................................... 62 Checking the right to work of new employees ................................................................... 63 Employment status review................................................................................................ 63 Information Commissioner warns of >Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84 Page 85 Page 86 Page 87 Page 88 Page 89 Page 90 Page 91 Page 92 Page 93 Page 94 Page 95 Page 96 Page 97 Page 98 Page 99 Page 100 Page 101 Page 102 Page 103 Page 104 Page 105 Page 106 Page 107 Page 108 Page 109 Page 110 Page 111 Page 112 Page 113 Page 114 Page 115 Page 116 Page 117 Page 118 Page 119 Page 120 Page 121 Page 122 Page 123 Page 124 Page 125 Page 126 Page 127 Page 128 Page 129 Page 130 Page 131 Page 132 Page 133 Page 134 Page 135 Page 136 Page 137 Page 138 Page 139 Page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Page 148 Page 149 Page 150 Page 151 Page 152 Page 153 Page 154 Page 155 Page 156 Page 157 Page 158 Page 159 Page 160 Page 161 Page 162 Page 163 Page 164 Page 165 Page 166 Page 167 Page 168 Page 169 Page 170 Page 171 Page 172 Page 173 Page 174 Page 175 Page 176 Page 177 Page 178 Page 179 Page 180 Page 181 Page 182 Page 183 Page 184 Page 185 Page 186 Page 187 Page 188 Page 189 Page 190 Page 191 Page 192 Page 193 Page 194 Page 195 Page 196 Page 197 Page 198 Page 199 Page 200

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