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With PCS, the largest civil service union, set to close its ballot for strike action tomorrow, the ATL & the NUT have both announced ballot results in favour of strike action today, raising the possibility of coordinated strike action taking place on 30 June. As well as the disruption to many schools in England & […]
Read morePost created on: June 14th, 2011
Following a consultation last year, Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning Minister, John Hayes has this afternoon announced that Time to Train will not be extended to small & medium businesses – those with less than 250 employees – from April. The initiative, currently available to employees in larger businesses, works along similar lines to […]
Read morePost created on: February 16th, 2011
Delivering on the commitment in the coalition agreement, the Government announced plans this month to allow more sharing of parental leave from the earliest stages of pregnancy. Aiming for an introduction in 2015, Nick Clegg described the current paternity leave allowance of two weeks as ‘paltry’. He said: ‘These rules patronise women and marginalise men. […]
Read morePost created on: January 16th, 2011
The UK Government joined forced with seven other EU countries this week to express their concerns about a proposed new Pregnant Workers Directive. The proposals put forward by the European Parliament would provide 20 weeks of maternity leave at full pay. Chris Grayling, Minister for Employment, who represented the Government during the meeting where issues […]
Read morePost created on: December 7th, 2010
The Government announced plans today to make it easier for people to balance work & family life. Employment Relations Minister, Ed Davey, announced that the Government will extend the right to request flexible working to parents of children under 18 from 2011. The right is currently available to parents of children aged 16 or under, […]
Read morePost created on: September 30th, 2010