28 July, 2014
25 July, 2014
Service - designed to help employees and employers to manage sickness absence - will be launched in late 2014 with a phased roll-out coming to a close by the end of May 2015.
25 July, 2014
Whilst the rise in self-employment and jobs with irregular hours means working parents will increasingly depend on flexible childcare, research shows that those childcare providers most likely to offer variable hours have poorer Ofsted ratings and so will be of lower quality.
22 July, 2014
Views sought on whether the draft National Minimum Wage consolidation regulations are clear and workable.
22 July, 2014
'As part of the government’s long-term economic plan we are helping businesses up and down the country to become more confident about employing people with disabilities and giving Remploy Employment Services independence from government will allow even more disabled people to build their careers', says DWP Minister.
21 July, 2014
New Gingerbread report argues that action is urgently needed to make sure that working single parents can earn enough to support their families.
18 July, 2014
17 July, 2014
Measures included in Bill include applying maximum penalty for failing to pay national minimum wage on a per worker, rather than per notice, basis and banning exclusivity in zero hours contracts.
14 July, 2014
New regulations issued in relation, in part, to provisions relating to the process for objecting and appealing to a penalty notice issued to an employer under section 15 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.
11 July, 2014
Court rejects Attorney General's contention that the Bill, which establishes a regime setting minimum terms and conditions of employment for agricultural workers, including minimum wages and holiday entitlement, is outside the Assembly's competence.
8 July, 2014
New report from Migration Advisory Committee finds that employment rules, such as minimum wage requirement, are not being properly enforced and that this is affecting both migrant and UK workers.
4 July, 2014
Views sought by 26 September 2014 on the operation and impact of the minimum wage including its effect on young people themselves, and on employment, hours and profit, and the possible impact of the proposed increases due in October 2014.
30 June, 2014
Department for Business, Innovation & Skills says that today's extension of right, which was formerly only for carers or those looking after children, means that extra 20m people can now benefit.
26 June, 2014
MPs vote, by 276 to 226, against motion calling on government to ban letting fees to tenants, make three year tenancies the standard and prohibit excessive rent rises during long term tenancies.
25 June, 2014
In today's response to consultation, government also says it will consult further on how to prevent employers evading exclusivity ban, work to develop code of practice on fair use of zero hours contracts and improve information for employers and employees.
25 June, 2014
More than one million people could be lifted out of low pay by 2020 with no adverse economic consequences through voluntary adoption of living wage, says Commission.
24 June, 2014
Aim is to 'establish potential policy proposals where regulation, or the development of unambiguous guidance for both employers and employees, may be required', says Employment Minister Stephen Farry.
18 June, 2014
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills also asks Commission to review the conditions that are needed to allow the value of the minimum wage to increase in real terms.
13 June, 2014
Framework explains how working longer can benefit individuals, businesses, society and the economy, and sets out a number of new actions the governmnet intends to take to help people have fuller working lives.
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