CIPP Policy News Journal As at 19 October 2016 2016-17 Produced by the CIPP Policy & Research Team The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals Policy News Journal cipp.org.uk Page 1 of 314 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. Using the index is easy – find your topic of interest and CTRL + click will take you straight there. 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If you have any comments or suggestions about the Journal, please email [email protected] The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals Policy News Journal cipp.org.uk Page 2 of 314 Contents Apprenticeships ................................................................................................ 11 Apprenticeship Levy draft legislation ..................................................................................................................11 Government provides more detail about the apprenticeship levy .......................................................................11 Apprenticeship Levy operational guidance for employers ..................................................................................12 CBI calls for a radical rethink of the Apprenticeship Levy design .......................................................................13 Thousands of apprentices to take part in major pay study .................................................................................13 Apprenticeship levy - Guidance for Software Developers ...................................................................................14 Scotland to consult on the Apprenticeship Levy .................................................................................................14 Scotland consult on the Apprenticeship Levy .....................................................................................................15 CIPP webcast on the Apprenticeship Levy .........................................................................................................15 Apprenticeship funding reforms October webinars .............................................................................................16 Apprenticeship Levy Technical Consultation on the draft regulations .................................................................17 Apprenticeship Levy guidance for software deveolpers - correction ...................................................................18 Attachment of Earnings .................................................................................... 19 Direct Earnings Attachments: employer guidance ..............................................................................................19 CIPP Policy & Research .................................................................................... 20 General News .........................................................................................................................................................20 CIPP webcasts – have you listened in yet? ........................................................................................................20 Informal consultation ............................................................................................................................................21 CIPP Survey – Supervision under Money Laundering Regulations ....................................................................21 CIPP Annual Payslip Statistics Survey ...............................................................................................................21 Policy Think Tank: Employee self serve .............................................................................................................21 Payroll bureaux and agents -pinpointing the pinch-points of GNS and employer prompts .................................22 What is your experience of Beneficial Loans? Policy Think Tank – Solihull .......................................................23 Payroll bureaux and agents - pinpointing the pinch-points of GNS and employer prompts ................................24 Quick Polls .............................................................................................................................................................25 CIPP poll on off-payroll working in the public sector ...........................................................................................25 CIPP quick poll on Gender Pay Gap reporting ...................................................................................................25 CIPP quick poll on Apprenticeship Levy .............................................................................................................26 CIPP Poll on flexible working ..............................................................................................................................27 A third of respondents plan on payrolling in 2017-18 ..........................................................................................28 Construction Industry ....................................................................................... 29 Posted Workers Enforcement Directive: Impact on construction industry ..........................................................29 CIS System improvements .................................................................................................................................29 Improving the operation of the Construction Industry Scheme ...........................................................................31 HMRC survey on CIS deductions .......................................................................................................................32 Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) ..................................................................................................................32 Construction Industry Scheme: businesses based outside UK...........................................................................32 CIS online service verification issues .................................................................................................................32 Webinars for the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) .......................................................................................34 Employment News ............................................................................................ 35 Citizen News ..........................................................................................................................................................35 Immigration Bill receives Royal Assent ...............................................................................................................35 Over £21m in penalties issued for employing illegal workers .............................................................................35 New illegal working offences come into force under Immigration Act .................................................................36 Employment Law & Guidance ..............................................................................................................................37 Scotland Bill 2016 becomes an Act of Parliament ..............................................................................................37 Non-compete clauses in employment contracts under review ............................................................................37 Acas guide on sex discrimination in the workplace .............................................................................................37 Enterprise Bill becomes law ................................................................................................................................38 Trade Union Bill becomes law ............................................................................................................................39 Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2016 ...................39 Non-compete clauses: call for evidence .............................................................................................................40 Ethnicity Pay Gap Bill .........................................................................................................................................40 What does Brexit mean for UK employment law? ..............................................................................................41 Brexit: Employment Law .....................................................................................................................................42 Employment Tribunals ..........................................................................................................................................44 Childcare vouchers and maternity leave .............................................................................................................44