11 September, 2014
10 September, 2014
Research carried out by BBC Wales finds that nearly 4,000 people are directly employed on the contracts by Welsh councils, with Powys council the biggest user of them.
3 September, 2014
New analysis from the TUC shows that, while unemployment is falling, there are now 3.4 million people underemployed - 46 per cent higher than before the recession.
29 August, 2014
New research published by the TUC shows that while around two in five part-time jobs pay less than the living wage, earning less than the living wage is the norm for women in over 50 local authority areas across Britain.
26 August, 2014
BIS consultation, published today, also includes government response to Zero Hours Employment Contracts consultation which ran from December 2013 to March 2014.
18 August, 2014
View sought on modernising the repair and maintenance of fixed equipment and end-of-tenancy compensation in England.
14 August, 2014
8 August, 2014
New regulations that, amongst other measures, remove the 26 week qualification period for entitlement to adoption leave; ensure that a parent is not entitled to take paternity leave in relation to a child once he or she has taken any shared parental leave for the same child; provide protection for employees who suffer detriment or dismissal in relation to time off for antenatal or adoption appointments; and amend the right to return following paternity or adoption leave to take account of the forthcoming shared parental leave regulations.
31 July, 2014
Fees, introduced a year ago, represent 'a major barrier to access to justice', says Law Society.
31 July, 2014
New Act aims to safeguard agricultural workers following the government's abolition of the Agricultural Wages Board for England and Wales.
28 July, 2014
New Citizens Advice research highlights that, with the government having introduced fees of up to £1,200 to access the Employment Tribunal on 29 July last year, in the six months from October 2013 to March 2014 there was a 73% drop in claims on the same period the previous year.
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
Survey carried out by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services also finds that only 5 per cent of councils were confident that their providers paid staff for their travel time.
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.
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