27 March, 2015
27 March, 2015
New report from Citizens Advice Scotland finds that fees are deterring clients from fighting for their rights meaning rogue bosses are more likely to 'get away with it'.
25 March, 2015
New statutory rule increases, from 22nd March 2015, the limits applying to certain awards of industrial tribunals, the Fair Employment Tribunal or Labour Relations Agency statutory arbitration, and other amounts payable under employment legislation, as specified in the Schedule to the Order.
24 March, 2015
New report finds that employers, health and social care services, central, national and local government and local voluntary and charity organisations all have a role to play in improving public understanding of caring and disability and raise awareness of carers in the workplace.
24 March, 2015
Programme, that will go live on 1 September 2015, will target those disabled people who need the most support to enter work or undertake work-related courses and activities.
23 March, 2015
In written statement to parliament yesterday, Business Minister says that new arrangement will allow for a 'one-stop shop' service for employers and employees who will be able to contact Acas for free and confidential advice on all employment rights and workplace issues.
23 March, 2015
23 March, 2015
New statutory rule amends the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 to give full effect in Northern Ireland to Council Directive 2000/78/EC establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation.
20 March, 2015
Guidance is aimed at prescribed persons - i.e. people and bodies you can blow the whistle to rather than your employer - and includes information and advice on their role as a prescribed person and on how to handle disclosures.
20 March, 2015
Documents are designed to help employers understand the law relating to whistleblowing; put in place a whistleblowing policy; and recognise the benefits that whistleblowing can bring to an organisation.
20 March, 2015
New regulations issued in Northern Ireland that deal with eligibility, applications, breaches of procedure and compensation in relation to statutory applications for contract variation to allow flexible working under the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996.
20 March, 2015
New regulations issued in Northern Ireland that remove the limitation on parental leave so that it may be taken at any time before a child’s eighteenth birthday; and amend the right to return after maternity and parent leave to reflect the introduction of shared parental leave by the Shared Parental Leave Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015.
20 March, 2015
New statutory rules
19 March, 2015
Analysis of helpline calls also finds that many agency workers are afraid of asserting their statutory rights due to believing that there's an imbalance of power in the employment relationship.
18 March, 2015
In Budget 2015, Chancellor also announces plan to consult on reforming Class 4 contributions by introducing a new 'contributory benefit test'. (Paragraph 2.74)
17 March, 2015
Increases from 1 October 2015 include that adult rate will rise by 20 pence from £6.50 to £6.70 per hour, as recommended by the Low Pay Commission in March this year.
13 March, 2015
New company, which Maximus will have a 70 per cent stake in, will still be known as Remploy Employment Services and will continue to deliver Work Choice nationally.
13 March, 2015
Department for Business, Innovation & Skills publishes analysis of what employers and trainees think of the traineeships scheme, which launched in 2013, and how effective the scheme has been at helping former trainees into apprenticeships and work.
12 March, 2015
Report concludes that, while progress on some headline measures of gender equality has continued, the employment and pay gap have continued to narrow, and that some women are facing new hardships and barriers to equality.
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