Day-One SSP, Mandatory Payrolling, and the New Rules Reshaping UK Payroll
Join Steve Yardley and our expert payroll panel on Payroll Question Time as we explore all the key issues currently affecting the world of payroll!
Title: 🌟 Day-One SSP, Mandatory Payrolling, and the New Rules Reshaping UK Payroll 🌟
Host: 🎙️ Steve Yardley, Managing Director, JGA Recruitment Group
Episode Overview:
🔊 In this insightful episode of The Payroll Podcast, host Steve Yardley and our expert panel break down the most pressing payroll challenges hitting employers right now. From day-one SSP entitlement and qualifying day complexities, to mandatory payrolling of benefits in kind and the Employment Rights Act. With the Fair Work Agency now operational and April 2027 approaching fast, this is essential viewing for every payroll professional in the UK.
Key Topics Discussed in this Episode:
- SSP day-one entitlement and what it means for zero-hours and casual workers
- The qualifying days problem and how some employees are already exploiting the new rules
- Zero-earnings SSP and the unresolved gap in the SSP1 process and what to do now
- Mandatory payrolling of benefits in kind: why preparation must start before the software is ready
- Overlapping taxation explained and why you must never call it double taxation
- The 50% regulatory limit and why it will catch employers out in 2027 Class 1A NIC individual calculations and the complexity this creates
- EV salary sacrifice and the company car confusion employers are getting wrong
- Mileage rate increase to 55p per mile: what has changed, what is backdated, and what is discretionary
- Employment Rights Act: unfair dismissal qualifying period, zero-hours contract reform, and tipping policy changes
- Employment tribunal backlogs and the Fair Work Agency’s enforcement powers
- Holiday pay record-keeping and the six-year obligation employers have not woken up to
- Rolled-up holiday pay risks for variable and part-year workers
- How the Fair Work Agency could reshape compliance enforcement the way NMW teams did
- Skills shift in payroll: analytics, AI, and what the profession looks like going forward
Our Panel
Steve Yardley, Managing Director, JGA Recruitment Group- Mathew Akrigg, Policy & Advisory Leader, CIPP
- Simon Parsons, Director of UK Compliance Strategies at SD Worx
- Richard George, Payroll Consultant & Industry Leader
- Sam Mann, Payroll Team Manager, Armstrong Watson LLP
Useful Links From This Episode:
- 🌳 Greenify Talent: JGA Planet Positive (ESG) Recruitment Solution
- 👤 Host Nick Day LinkedIn Profile
- 📢 JGA Payroll Recruitment
- 🎧 Check out our sister podcast, The HR L&D Podcast
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