27 February, 2015
25 February, 2015
Care and Support Minister Norman Lamb says, 'We know the 100 care companies being investigated are just the tip of the iceberg in the care sector and are absolutely committed to getting back the wages people have worked so hard for.'
25 February, 2015
Commenting on the figures from the Office for National Statistics, the TUC quoted research that shows zero-hours workers earn £300 a week less, on average, than staff on permanent contracts, two in five zero-hours workers are paid less than £111 a week and do not qualify for statutory sick pay, and short-term and insecure working patterns mean many zero-hours workers do not work continuously with one employer for two years and miss out on employment rights.
23 February, 2015
Commission also recommends increases, from October 2015, of 3.3 per cent in the youth development rate; 2.2 per cent in the 16-17 year old rate; and 2.6 per cent in the apprentice rate.
23 February, 2015
Analysis of House of Commons Library figures shows that nationally one in five jobs pays under the living wage but in some parliamentary constituencies this rises to more than half, with the numbers even greater for women.
23 February, 2015
19 February, 2015
[2015] EWHC 376 (QB)
18 February, 2015
[2015] EWCA Civ 94
17 February, 2015
New edition of DWP's Stakeholder Bulletin advises that GPs in Sheffield now able to refer patients to telephone occupational health advice service, with service to be expanded across the country from Spring 2015.
16 February, 2015
New analysis finds that, if earnings growth had been in line with the 2010 Office for Budge Responsibility forecast, income tax and national insurance receipts this year would total £308.4bn, but the Treasury is now expected to collect just £275bn.
16 February, 2015
13 February, 2015
New regulations issued that, from 6 April 2015, increase the limits (maximum or minimum) applying to certain awards of employment tribunals and other amounts payable under employment legislation as specified in the Schedule to the Order.
13 February, 2015
[2015] EWCA Civ 75
12 February, 2015
New report from the UK Commission for Employment and Skills, highlights that employers in some parts of the country are almost twice as likely to offer work experience as their counterparts in other areas, and that one in five say that nothing could persuade them to offer work experience.
10 February, 2015
Under changes to the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme, compensation will rise to match 100 per cent of average civil claims, up from the current 80 per cent - which could mean an increase of up to £54,000 a person.
9 February, 2015
6 February, 2015
New study finds that this compares to only 53 per cent of claimants receiving pay awards granted to them by employment tribunals without resorting to enforcement.
5 February, 2015
New report recommends improvements to the Employment Tribunal system, strengthening the rights of zero hours contract ‘workers’, enforcing employment law and promoting fair employment including establishing an Employment Commission - a new statutory body to oversee the enforcement of employment law.
5 February, 2015
[2015] EWCA Civ 46
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