New Rules & Hot Topics - New Programme

Following on from the success of last autumn’s Working Meeting’s practical
workshop, we have devised a one day programme to help you deal with many areas
of payroll that give you the most problems. Some of the subjects on the programme
will include new rules, but others will be old favourites such as dealing with the
ECJ ruling in the Alabaster versus Woolwich case and how this impacts on women
on maternity leave.

Are you ready for mandatory in year filing of starter and leaver forms P45, P46
and P160? When was the last time you reviewed your starter and leaver internal
procedures to see if they comply with HMRC’s guidance? If you are confident that
you are fully compliant then why not put it to the test during the course of the day?

Overpayments and their recovery continue to be a problem for employers, here is
how to deal with them correctly.


Course Programme
• How do you deal with Share Schemes?

• Increase to statutory paid leave (which came into force from October 2007) with
  further changes due in April 2009
  – How much is the increase in leave going to be for stage 1 and stage 2?
  – How do you calculate the increase pro rata from date of implementation?
  – Changes to the rules on statutory paid leave
  – Flexible benefits – how the change in entitlement to statutory leave affects buying
     and selling of holiday entitlement

• Overpayments
  – What type of overpayment can be recovered?
  – Is there a time limit?
  – What payroll procedures should be in place?
  – Should recovery be net or gross?

• New rules for SMP and SAP were introduced for babies due or children placed
from April 2007 – But employers are still getting it wrong

• New rules on maternity leave from October 2008 regarding non pay benefits

• KIT days and offsetting pay for employees on maternity and adoption leave

• In-year filing of starter and leaver forms
  – Reviewing current procedures to ensure you are fully compliant with starter and
     leaver processes - take the test and see for yourself!
  – Mandatory implementation date for in-year filing
  – Preparing for online in-year filing
  – Penalties
  – In-year Payroll Mark – what does it mean and how does it affect payroll?

• CMEC changes and the differences between DEOs pre and post April 2003

• Jury Service Allowance – the correct way to process this through the payroll

• Dealing with payments after leaving and when an employee lies
  – Court orders
  – Student loans
  – Tax and NI
  – Reporting it to HMRC

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