11 September, 2013
10 September, 2013
Ministerial statement by Justice Minister Helen Grant says that, following consultation, new measures - that include capital test for remission of fees and greater contribution from those paying a fee - will come into force from 7 October 2013 across a range of courts and tribunals
9 September, 2013
BBC reports that Labour leader will tell union conference 'We need flexibility. But we must stop flexibility being used as the excuse for exploitation.'
9 September, 2013
New statutory instrument amends provisions implementing EC Directive 2003/88 in relation to annual leave for agricultural workers.
5 September, 2013
Union says that removal of TUPE provisions where services are outsourced will lead to erosion of pay and conditions for low-paid staff in sectors such as cleaning, social care and catering.
4 September, 2013
Office for National Statistics publishes figures that show Glasgow and Liverpool were in the top five workless areas for the ninth consecutive year.
4 September, 2013
3 September, 2013
Newsnight political editor says that measures being considered include tax breaks to companies paying above minimum wage and requirement for larger companies to pay more than minimum.
2 September, 2013
Government is failing to implement EU Temporary Agency Workers Directive properly, leading to tens of thousands of agency workers being paid less than permanent staff despite doing the same job, says Union.
29 August, 2013
Remploy has announced that no acceptable offers had been made for its furniture business and its sites in Blackburn, Sheffield, and Neath will close, with 160 disabled employees at risk of compulsory redundancy.
29 August, 2013
Resolution Foundation report shows that real pay levels of domiciliary care workers do not reflect the hours they work - in practice often lose at least £1 an hour because they are not paid separately for the time spent travelling between appointments and because home visits often take longer than the time allocated by the employer.
27 August, 2013
New Department of Health report makes recommendations highlighting the economic and social benefits of supporting carers in the workplace.
23 August, 2013
New rules, which come into effect in October, will remove the current restrictions which mean that the amount owed must be at least £2,000, and the average per worker at least £500, before employer can be publicly named by the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills.
22 August, 2013
New Department for Education figures for second quarter of 2013 show that proportion of 16 to 18 year-olds who are not in education, employment or training is 9.1 per cent (168,000), a drop of 1.4 percentage points (28,000) on the same period in 2012.
22 August, 2013
New IPPR report 'makes the case for an economy built on shared rewards and more democratic workplaces rather than management prerogative, shareholder power and trickle-down economics'.
22 August, 2013
New charter sets out key points aimed at ensuring that the government's new traineeship programme will offer high-quality and relevant training and work experience.
14 August, 2013
New ONS statistics also show fall of 29,200 in number claiming jobseeker's allowance from June to July 2013
9 August, 2013
With effect from 1 October 2013, new regulations amend provisions of the National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 to increase the hourly rates for the national minimum wage as follows - 1) the principal rate from £6.19 to £6.31; 2) the rate for workers who are aged 18 or over but not yet aged 21 from £4.98 to £5.03; 3) the rate for workers aged under 18 from £3.68 to £3.72 per hour; and 4) the apprentice rate from £2.65 to £2.68.
8 August, 2013
New statutory instrument makes consequential amendments arising from section 23 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 which came into force on 29 July 2013 - section 23 changes references to 'compromise agreements' and 'compromise contracts' to 'settlement agreements' and 'settlement contracts' in specified primary legislation relating to employment matters.
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