In this episode: NMW & Employment Rights Bill and How it Changes HR & Compliance

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UK payroll is changing fast. Are you ready for 2026 and beyond?

In this episode of Payroll Question Time, host Nick Day and our expert panel unpack the Employment Rights Bill timeline, National Minimum Wage hot spots, SSP day one changes, payrolling benefits readiness, and the expanding tax advisory landscape that could affect payroll teams.

From holiday pay averaging and tips or tronc rules to AML supervision proposals and software readiness for SSP, we break down what matters now so HR, payroll and finance leaders can prepare with confidence.

We cover:

- Employment Rights Bill milestones and what to prepare now

- National Minimum Wage compliance risks including unpaid working time and apprentice rates

- Holiday pay using 52 worked weeks and where employers go wrong

- SSP day one entitlement and the impact on processes and software

- Payrolling benefits timelines, registration dates and P11D phase out planning

- Tips and tronc treatment and what cannot count toward NMW

- Tax advisory market changes and AML obligations for payroll providers

- Equal pay case lessons and how job design choices create risk

- ONS and data reporting workload and what to streamline

- Practical actions to cut audit risk and improve accuracy

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Our Panel:

Simon Parsons, Director of UK Compliance Strategies at SD Worx

Mathew Akrigg, Policy & Research Officer, CIPP

Andy Nicholls, Payroll and Pensions Expert, Consultant

Richard George, Payroll leader