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The Reward 300 Awards return for 2020

Last year marked the 10th anniversary of The Reward 300 and we celebrated this by awarding the leading light of each section of the index. We will continue this recognition element for 2020

The Reward 300 Awards return for 2020

01 Apr 2020by Amber-Ainsley Pritchard

Last year marked the 10th anniversary of The Reward 300 and we celebrated this by awarding the leading light of each section of the index. We will continue this recognition element for 2020

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How Selenity innovated expenses technology

02 Apr 2020

TPR let DB schemes delay transfers, in response to COVID-19

01 Apr 2020

How Punter Southall Aspire went beyond box-ticking to ensure workplace diversity

27 Mar 2020

Staff tell MPs they’re forced to work in office, amid lockdown

26 Mar 2020

How Punter Southall Aspire went beyond box-ticking to ensure workplace diversity

The Payroll & Reward Conference is postponed

Employees to be offered mortgage holidays

How to prove value in payroll

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Chancellor announces measures to protect the self-employed

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has today (March 26) told the self-employed "you have not been forgotten", during an announcement to explain they will be paid in line with furloughed workers

Government suspends gender pay gap reporting

Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, government has announced that employers do not have to report gender pay gaps this year (2019/20)

Proposed amendment to Coronavirus Bill – ‘Statutory Self-Employment Pay’

In order to support freelancers and self-employed people through the outbreak of COVID-19, the House of Commons Public Bill Committee has put forward an amendment to the Coronavirus Bill

COVID-19 could see one third of employers cut hours or pay

More than 30 percent (33) of employers are planning to change employees’ contracts to freeze, defer or cancel pay increases, a new survey has found

“Unprecedented” wage subsidies package revealed

The government will subsidise 80 percent of workers’ wages up to £2,500 per month, as part of efforts to preserve jobs across the country as the UK seeks to curb the economic impact of the coronavirus

Budget 2020: Don’t forget about these items

Given the current climate much of the budget focussed on the outbreak of COVID-19, but there are several other measures that will affect the pay and reward profession

Everything you need to know about the revised SSP

To support both employers and employees, in response to COVID-19, the government has set out a further package to widen the scope of Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)

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Upcoming events

Payroll & Reward Conference

08 Sep 2020

09:00The Chelsea Harbour Hotel, London

Payroll & Reward Conference: with a combined 40 years experience in leading payroll events, Reward Strategy and The Payroll Centre have joined forces and have created the UK’s largest independent conference.

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The Reward 300 Gala Dinner & Awards 2020

08 Sep 2020

18:30The Chelsea Harbour Hotel, London

The Reward 300 2020 will be revealed during a gala dinner and awards ceremony at the Chelsea Harbour Hotel, in London, on 8 September. This follows the first day of the Payroll & Reward Conference.

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Agility in a time of crisis

Latest edition’s highlights:

→ Cover feature: How pay and reward managers are ensuring business continuity

→ Meet the next generation: Find out why Liam Gill, the face of payroll at Booking.com, won a Next Generation Award at The Rewards 2019

→ New: Bureau column: Barry Matthews explains his rationale for creating a new organisation to recognise bureaus specifically

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RS Interviews

Meet the next generation

by Amber-Ainsley Pritchard

Liam Gill is the face of payroll at Booking.com. Find out why he won a Next Generation Award at The Rewards 2019

“Invite yourself to the conversation”

by Amber-Ainsley Pritchard

Maria Hennessey on her 34-year-strong payroll career at McDonald’s

"Reward people love firefighting"

by Amber-Ainsley Pritchard

Tim Robertson of ITN on reward professionals’ characteristics, bias in salary setting and the need for portable benefits

Redefining reward

by Amber-Ainsley Pritchard

Megan O’Shaughnessy of BT on her journey into reward, how to attract and retain talent and the importance of flexible working

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Benefit Cosmetics on the importance of employee wellbeing

CIPD: Communication is key for a&nbsp;reward strategy&nbsp;

CIPD: Communication is key for a reward strategy

Sunrise Senior Living: Improving employee wellbeing

Virgin Atlantic Airways: The payroll and HR relationship

Opinion

How I prepared for IR35 in 2016

by Sean Brosnan

Sean Brosnan, head of payroll pensions and taxation at London Metropolitan University, explains how he implemented the off-payroll working rules in the public sector

Look before you leap: the impact of the leap year on payroll

by Jaspal Randhawa-Wayte

Payrollers must take extra care to avoid minimum wage underpayment this February. Jaspal Randhawa-Wayte, director of product management and payroll solutions at Zellis, explains why

Reward 300 - index of influence

Charles Cotton

Senior Adviser for Performance and Reward

CIPD

Liz Robins

Managing Partner

AS Robins

Karen Thomson

Director - Group Payroll Services

Armstrong Watson

Neil Hollister

Chief Executive

The Payroll Centre

Ian Hodson

Head of Reward

University of Lincoln

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Guides

Recognised Overseas Pensions Schemes

by Ian Holloway

Where transfers of funds are made from a UK-registered pension scheme to an overseas one, that overseas scheme must be ‘recognised’ by HMRC to maintain UK tax benefits. HMRC publishes an updated list of overseas pension schemes that have told them they meet the necessary criteria to be a Recognised Overseas Pension Scheme (ROPS).

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