13 October, 2015
13 October, 2015
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills seeks views on proposals to improve the enforcement of employment rights to prevent non-compliance and the exploitation of vulnerable workers.
12 October, 2015
New publication sets out the government’s interim economic and non-economic evidence.
12 October, 2015
New Office for National Statistics figures also show that, after adjusting for inflation, the London Living Wage rose by 3 per cent between 2008 and 2014 while median hourly pay for employees aged 18 and over in London fell by 10 per cent.
7 October, 2015
New report sets out provisions in Bill - which is due to have second reading in the Commons on 13 October - including in relation to creating new office of illegal working and building on existing measures to restrict irregular migrants’ access to residential tenancies.
6 October, 2015
New guidance requires that companies who want to secure business with public bodies are now obliged to sign up to fair work conditions - paying the Living Wage, no unnecessary use of zero hours contracts, and giving workers an active voice in the workplace - for anyone working on the contracts.
5 October, 2015
5 October, 2015
Politics Home report that, in letter to Prime Minister, Len McCluskey says that union would agree to Trade Union Bill strike threshold changes if government would introduce workplace balloting procedures which are 'secret and are secure against any possibility of fraud or intimidation'.
2 October, 2015
In a letter to the Low Pay Commission, Cabinet Secretary for Fair Work, Skills and Training Roseanna Cunningham also highlights that the UK government’s decision to set an arbitrary rate for the ‘national living wage’ fundamentally challenges the value of having an organisation providing independent advice on wage levels across the UK.
2 October, 2015
New regulations that exclude home businesses from the security of tenure given to tenants of premises which are occupied for business purposes, which will make it easier for tenants to be allowed business use of premises in a tenancy agreement, and for landlords to recover possession of the premises at the end of such a tenancy.
1 October, 2015
New regulations that amend the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 imposing a duty on every self-employed person to conduct his or her undertaking in such a way as to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that the self-employed person and other persons (not being his or her employees) who may be affected are not exposed to risks to their health and safety.
1 October, 2015
New report from the Resolution Foundation finds increase is as a result of a substantial uplift in the wage floor associated with the new ‘National Living Wage’.
30 September, 2015
New regulations that, with effect from 1 October 2015, increase the National Minimum Wage to £6.70 per hour for workers aged 21 or over, £5.30 per hour for those aged 18 or over but not yet 21, £3.87 per hour for those aged under 18, £3.30 per hour for apprentices, and £5.35 per hour for those provided with accommodation.
29 September, 2015
New report - Held back by Debt - shows that people who were self-employed, on zero-hours contracts or on fixed-term contracts were twice as likely to experience a change in economic circumstances in the last year as those in more traditional, permanent jobs, and that these ‘income shocks’ need to be accompanied by more comprehensive and responsive safety nets to ensure that people can cope with life’s ups and downs.
23 September, 2015
New research from Centre for London finds that from October 2015 a London-specific Minimum Wage could be set somewhere between £7.05 and £8 an hour and, given that the new National Living Wage will begin at the lower end of that range, starting from £7.20 an hour in 2016, it should not lead to significant job loss in London.
21 September, 2015
However, government says that move will not mean a change to the service itself or to its delivery partners, Citizens Advice and The Pensions Advisory Service.
18 September, 2015
New regulations that amend the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 in relation to England only so that, under tenancies entered into after 1 October 2015, the carrying on of a home business will no longer entitle domestic tenants to renew tenancy agreements as business tenancies.
17 September, 2015
New briefing that summarises the background to and operation of the fees system, provides a statistical analysis of its impact and discusses the legal challenges to the Fees Order.
15 September, 2015
However, new report also finds that hospitality, retail and support services will face significant increases in wage bills as more workers are affected
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