12 December, 2013
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
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'.
28 November, 2013
New regulations issued in relation to the abolition of Agricultural Wages Committees and Agricultural Dwelling-House Advisory Committees for areas in England, and the repeal of provisions of the Agricultural Wages Act 1948.
27 November, 2013
Resolution Foundation report, 'Starting out or Getting Stuck?', shows that only 18 per cent of workers on low pay in 2002 were able to move up the earnings ladder over a sustained period in the next 10 years.
27 November, 2013
Whistleblowing Commission's recommendations include that the Secretary of State adopts a code of practice that could be taken into account in whistleblowing cases before courts and tribunals.
26 November, 2013
In 'Scotland's Future - Your Guide to an Independent Scotland', the Scottish Government also outlines its proposal to set up a 'Fair Work Commission', and to continue support for the living wage for central government staff and promotion of it for other sectors of the Scottish economy.
26 November, 2013
The Commission says employers and public bodies commissioning care need to be more diligent in ensuring the pay of workers who play a vital role in supporting some of the most vulnerable people complies with the law.
26 November, 2013
Issue 158 of Garden Court Chambers' Employment Law Bulletin is now available.
26 November, 2013
However, study by Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development says that zero-hour workers are happier with their work-life balance than the average worker and the use of zero-hours contracts has been 'unfairly demonised'.
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