26 November, 2013
25 November, 2013
Reasons offered by employers for not paying the minimum wage included making illegal deductions such as uniform costs; not paying for time spent training or travelling between care jobs; charges for living accommodation; incorrect hourly pay rates; and incorrect use of apprentice rates.
25 November, 2013
22 November, 2013
21 November, 2013
The Equality and Human Rights Commission is calling for evidence as part of an in-depth examination into recruitment and employment practices in the cleaning industry.
20 November, 2013
Steps taken include new guidelines for companies seeking public sector contracts, who if they are found to have used a blacklist of trade union members will have to show they have taken appropriate remedial action.
20 November, 2013
19 November, 2013
New TUC analysis highlights that new mothers in the UK get six weeks of statutory maternity pay at 90 per cent of their wage, whereas the European average for 'well-paid' leave is 43 weeks.
18 November, 2013
18 November, 2013
New Joseph Rowntree Foundation report looks at forced labour's business models and supply chains.
15 November, 2013
[2013] CSIH 91
14 November, 2013
[2013] EWCA Civ 1435
14 November, 2013
[2013] EWCA Civ 1410
14 November, 2013
[2013] EWCA Civ 1432
13 November, 2013
TUC publishes new job quality index which tracks pay rises against the rising cost of living and the number of people who can’t find enough hours in their current job.
13 November, 2013
New report from the Institute for Public Policy Research finds that whilst the unemployment rate for 25-64 year-olds has fallen by 0.2 per cent over the last year, the youth unemployment rate has risen by 0.5 per cent
11 November, 2013
7 November, 2013
[2013] EWCA Civ 1346
6 November, 2013
If increases in the minimum wage had kept pace with price rises since 2007 a full-time worker's annual salary would now be £770 higher, TUC says.
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