3 February, 2014
31 January, 2014
Changes introduced by the Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2014) will apply in respect of transfers which take place on or after 31 January 2014.
30 January, 2014
New figures also show 49 per cent increase in young people having problems with terms and conditions of employment and a 10 per cent increase in problems with pay and entitlements.
28 January, 2014
Issue 161 of Garden Court Chambers' Employment Law Bulletin is now available.
27 January, 2014
Finding of new Homeless Link report, 'Young and Homeless 2013', based on survey of 169 frontline agencies.
27 January, 2014
Scottish Government provides figures on Partnership Action for Continuing Employment for period April 2013 until December 2013.
21 January, 2014
20 January, 2014
New report by TUC, which looks at regional labour markets over the last 20 years, also finds decrease in likelihood of work in West Midlands and South West.
16 January, 2014
Business Secretary has also asked the Commission to carry out an assessment of the economic conditions that will allow for faster increases in NMW rates without an adverse effect on jobs.
16 January, 2014
New regulations abolish requirement placed on employers, set out in the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations 1982, to maintain records of employees relating to sickness absence and payment of SSP.
15 January, 2014
Business Secretary Vince Cable says that, as well as introducing higher penalties, Department for Business, Innovation & Skills has made it easier to 'name and shame' employers who fail to pay minimum wage, and is working with HMRC to investigate non-compliance and facilitate prosecutions in most serious of cases.
14 January, 2014
New statutory instrument inserts new sections into the provisions relating to collective redundancies in the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 so as to implement EC Directive 1998/59 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to collective redundancies.
14 January, 2014
Issue 160 of Garden Court Chambers' Employment Law Bulletin is now available.
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
New DWP policy paper outlines its proposals for improving employment support for disabled people and those with health conditions.
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