2 December, 2014
1 December, 2014
New rules 'will give real choice to parents', says Employment Relations Minister Jo Swinson.
27 November, 2014
New regulations issued that provide for women entitled to ordinary or additional maternity leave to curtail that leave to enable them or their spouse, civil partner or partner to take shared parental leave (and for corresponding provision for those entitled to adoption leave).
24 November, 2014
New report from the Low Incomes Tax Reform Group looks at how concerns about the use of ‘traditional’ umbrella arrangements, which give low-paid agency workers some tax relief on their travel expenses and increase their take home pay, resulted in the birth of ‘Pay Day by Pay Day’ schemes.
24 November, 2014
Bill to limit the use of zero-hours contracts has begun its second reading in the Commons.
24 November, 2014
New regulations issued that provide for a mother/adopter and a child’s father/adoptive parent or a mother’s or adopter’s partner to take shared parental leave.
20 November, 2014
18 November, 2014
New Department for Business, Innovation and Skills report provides detailed information on the characteristics of claimants and the type of complaint they have brought to a tribunal.
14 November, 2014
Investigation by Community Care finds the average spend per council on temporary agency staff is £1.8 million, although there are regional variations with many Scottish and Welsh councils reporting almost no spending on agency workers and six out of the top ten biggest spending councils being in Greater London and the home counties.
13 November, 2014
Alan Milburn, Chair of the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission who produced the report, says research is 'a powerful argument for Britain to become a Living Wage country'.
11 November, 2014
New report argues that employers and government should review their policies and approaches to pay progression to ensure that the one in five workers who are low paid are not denied the opportunity to move up in work.
10 November, 2014
In today's response to consultation, government says that it will proceed with new regulation designed to improve equality in the labour market and expand range of potential applicants that businesses can choose from.
10 November, 2014
In new report, CBI says that government needs to boost living standards for low income and working families by raising the threshold when employees pay national insurance and expanding free childcare to one and two year-olds.
7 November, 2014
New regulations that provide for the funding of employers' liabilities to make payments of statutory shared parental pay and also impose obligations on employers in connection with such payments and confer powers on the Commissioners of HMRC.
6 November, 2014
New analysis from the New Policy Institute finds that in 2013 there were just over 640,000 low paid jobs in London - an increase of 45,000 or 75 per cent on 2012 - reflecting a trend across England that, as the cost of living is growing faster than earnings, more jobs fall below the low pay threshold.
6 November, 2014
'Taxpayers have a right to know how much of their money is being spent on subsidising council workers to act as union officials rather than working on frontline services', says Communities Secretary.
5 November, 2014
However, written answer in parliament confirms that no employers have been prosecuted under the National Minimum Wage Act.
5 November, 2014
New report from the United Kingdom Home Care Association recommends that councils should pay a minimum of £15.74 per hour for home care services - an increase of 55p per hour - in order to cover the costs of the workforce allowing full compliance with the national minimum wage including the time spent travelling between service users' homes.
4 November, 2014
Taskforce, which will consist of a selection of government departments and business representative groups, will provide a forum to discuss how the impact on business can be limited, says Business Secretary.
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