Advanced Payroll Practice and Legislation
The Advanced Employment Status, Pay and Pensions course is designed for payroll professionals who need to master the more complex areas of UK payroll practice. This one-day training goes beyond basic payroll and dives into topics that directly affect how staff are classified, paid, and treated under tax and employment law. You’ll explore employment status, termination and redundancy payments, advanced payroll administration topics, and the impact of pension schemes on payroll.
This course forms part of the Advanced Technician or Supervisor training pathway and is also Day 2 of the Payroll Procedures qualification.
Who This Course Is For
- Experienced payroll practitioners looking to deepen their technical knowledge
- Payroll managers and supervisors responsible for complex payroll decisions
- HR and reward professionals who work alongside payroll
- Anyone involved in payroll compliance, reporting, and employee pay strategy
It’s especially valuable for those seeking a solid understanding of staff employment status, pay complexities and pension interactions.
What You’ll Achieve
- Understand how to correctly determine employment status for tax and NI purposes
- Know how termination and redundancy payments should be treated for tax and National Insurance
- Be able to apply complex payroll rules, such as holiday pay in unusual situations
- Gain confidence managing salary sacrifice schemes and flexible benefits
- Have a broad overview of pensions, qualifying schemes, auto-enrolment and NI implications
- Improve accuracy in calculating and reporting earnings across different worker types
- How to identify employment status for tax and employment rights
- Understanding Personal Service Companies and IR35-related considerations in payroll
- A detailed review of termination payments and how to determine whether tax and National Insurance are due
- The logical sequence of payment elements and recent legislative changes
- Holiday entitlement, pay rules and handling unusual situations
- Notional payments and how to deal with them
- Salary sacrifice and flexible benefit schemes
- Impact of salary sacrifice on National Minimum Wage and NICs
- Payments after leaving and their tax treatment
- Directors’ NICs and aggregated earnings for multiple employments
- Basic and additional state pensions
- Qualifying pension schemes and auto-enrolment context
- Group and personal pension scheme treatment
- Annual and lifetime allowances overview
Yes – this course assumes you already have solid payroll experience and are ready to tackle more complex areas of compliance and administration.
Yes. Delegates receive notes and examples that support learning and practical application after the session.
Yes – this course can be taken as part of the Payroll Procedures qualification leading to a Pearson BTEC Advanced Award in Payroll Procedures.
£702.00 +VAT
- CPD-certified advanced payroll training
- In-depth focus on status, pay and pensions
- Helps reduce compliance risk and improve accuracy
- Delivered by experienced tutors with practical examples
- Available online or face-to-face
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Advanced Payroll Practice and Legislation
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