9 June, 2015
8 June, 2015
Citizens Advice is warns that unless 30 hours free childcare introduced by Childcare Bill is properly funded, and childcare providers are encouraged to offer more flexibility, many working parents who need the scheme most will miss out.
8 June, 2015
Guide shows how recruiters can help employers look beyond stereotypes and explains that there are no reasons for older workers to be less productive than their younger counterparts.
3 June, 2015
Views are being sought on the increase proposed by the Scottish Agricultural Board – which is in line with increases to the National Minimum Wage - by June 30, 2014.
1 June, 2015
David Cameron announces that Childcare Bill, to be introduced tomorrow, will double free childcare available for all working parents of three and four year olds to 30 hours a week, will roll out to begin in 2016.
1 June, 2015
Updated document lists the prescribed persons and bodies who employees can make a disclosure to, with a brief description about the matters that can be reported to each prescribed person.
27 May, 2015
27 May, 2015
New Immigration Bill, introduced in the Queen's Speech, also introduces new enforcement agency to crack down on exploiting or coercing people into work.
27 May, 2015
New Enterprise Bill introduced in Queen's Speech also creates a Small Business Conciliation Service to help resolve business-to-business disputes, especially over late payment.
26 May, 2015
New statutory instrument brings into force provisions including, from 26 May 2015, to render unenforceable exclusivity clauses in zero hours contracts and increase penalties for underpayment of national minimum wage.
22 May, 2015
In a new report, Disability and Employment, the TUC calls for action to reduce the disability employment gap highlighting that disabled people have much lower employment rates than non-disabled people - 31 per cent lower from 2008 to 2013 - and people with mental illness related disabilities are among the least likely to be employed.
21 May, 2015
Prime Minister David Cameron, in his speech today on immigration, also announces that wages paid to illegal immigrants will be seized as proceeds of crime.
12 May, 2015
In addition, Anna Soubry appointed as Minister for Business and Enterprise whilst Nick Boles re-appointed as Minister for Skills and Equalities with additional responsibility for trade union and employment law.
23 April, 2015
New report from the Working Families free legal advice service helpline also highlights that in the months immediately following the introduction of fees for employment tribunals, claims for unfair dismissal fell by 65 per cent, and claims for sex or pregnancy discrimination fell by 80 per cent.
17 April, 2015
New report form the TUC - Living on the Margins - shows that the number of black and Asian workers in low-paid jobs increased by 12.7 per cent between 2011 and 2014 compared to a rise of 1.8 per cent rise for white workers, and the number of black and Asian employees doing agency jobs increased by 38 per cent compared to a 16 per cent rise for white workers over the same period.
14 April, 2015
Key pledges include give working parents of three and four year-olds 30 hours of free childcare a week.
13 April, 2015
Key pledges include raising the National Minimum Wage to more than £8 an hour by October 2019.
7 April, 2015
Department of Business Innovation and Skills highlights that eligible couples whose child is due on or after 5 April 2015 can share up to 50 weeks of leave and 37 weeks of pay in the first year of their child’s life.
31 March, 2015
New report finds that many employers do not deal with mental health issues and that this may lead to many people losing their job and failing to find new work as a result of the stigma associated with mental health issues.
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