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 […]
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Post created on: February 16th, 2011
The Labour Government had a go with their widely discredited Statutory Dispute Resolution Procedures (these were repealed following Michael Gibbons’ review), and now it’s the Coalition Government’s turn. “Resolving workplace disputes: A consultation” states that the Government wants to do more to support and encourage employers & employees to resolve disputes earlier, where possible also continuing the employment relationship. […]
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Post created on: January 30th, 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. […]
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Post created on: January 16th, 2011
As previously confirmed by the Government, the default retirement age is set to be phased out from 6 April and scrapped (unless this can be objectively justified) from 1 October 2011. The change is expected to be confirmed later today in a written ministerial answer from Employment Minister, Ed Davey, and will not require further […]
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Post created on: January 13th, 2011
The Department for Businsses Innovation & Skills today published a new document, setting out how it will deal with employers not meeting the minimum wage criteria. BIS will not maintain a public register of employers who have failed to pay the NMW or who have been named, but simply issue a press notice naming the employer. (BIS […]
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Post created on: January 11th, 2011
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