14 January, 2014
10 January, 2014
New report from Dying Matters, the National Council for Palliative Care and the National Bereavement Alliance also highlights concerns re impact of bedroom tax on those who have been bereaved.
9 January, 2014
James Sage also warns that the Employment Appeal Tribunal decision in Whittlestone v BJP Home Support Limited is 'a stark reminder to care providers of the duty to pay staff the national minimum wage, taking into account travel time and when someone works over night on a sleepover shift'.
3 January, 2014
'Top tips' aimed at improving the commissioning of home care services published by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services.
19 December, 2013
Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Vince Cable says that government wants 'to maximise the opportunities of zero hours contracts while minimising abuse and setting core standards that protect individuals'.
18 December, 2013
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills sets out its response to the consultation on changes to rules governing collective redundancies.
17 December, 2013
12 December, 2013
Decrease driven by a 17 per cent fall in working time directive claims and also large decreases in unfair dismissal (42 per cent) and redundancy (36 per cent) claims.
12 December, 2013
New IPPR report also shows that universal childcare could help more than a quarter of a million parents to get back to work and boost the nation’s balance sheet by as much as £1.5bn.
12 December, 2013
New research from the Nuffield Foundation finds that policies introduced in the late 1990s and early 2000s - including introduction of tax credits and extension of state support for childcare - made it easier for lone mothers to achieve a satisfactory balance between work and childcare.
11 December, 2013
Issue 159 of Garden Court Chambers' Employment Law Bulletin is now available.
11 December, 2013
Report from Unionlearn, the TUC’s learning and skills organisation, also highlights that black and Asian apprentices continue to be under-represented in high-paid sectors.
10 December, 2013
New Department for Business, Innovation & Skills publication includes advice on what counts and does not count as pay and working hours, on eligibility, and on enforcement.
6 December, 2013
New DWP research report provides evidence that 'telephonic case management' approaches can aid early return to work for people with health problems.
3 December, 2013
In yesterday's parliamentary debate, Minister for Employment says proposed support scheme will make payments to eligible people according to a fixed tariff and according to the age of the person who has the disease, and the payment will be based on roughly 75 per cent of the amount of average civil damages.
3 December, 2013
Centre for London and the Trust for London says their new report reveals systemic failures in the way national minimum wage compliance is enforced.
29 November, 2013
Proposed legislation will make it compulsory for all active employers’ liability insurers to fund a scheme to pay eligible people who contracted the disease at work, but who cannot trace a party to sue.
29 November, 2013
Parents to be given more choice and freedom in how they share the care of their child in the 52 weeks after birth.
28 November, 2013
Change will be introduced by 'parliamentary legislation' announces the Home Secretary in yesterday's parliamentary debate on 'Romanian and Bulgarian Accession'.
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