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Drop from 10% to 5% contributionFrom 1st April 2019, the amount smaller firms contribute to training apprentices will drop from 10% to 5%. All levy paying organisations will be able to share 25% of their funds with their supply chain, which increases from 10%. For...

  The guidance has been updated to reflect the Immigration Order 2018, which provides that employers may establish a statutory excuse against liability for an illegal working civil penalty by conducting an online right to work check using the Home Office online...

The legal minimum hourly rates for workers will increase as follows from 1 April 2019 (to be applied to the employee’s next pay reference period after that date): from £7.83 to £8.21 for workers aged 25 and over (the National Living Wage)from £7.38 to £7.70 for 21-24...

The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has opened a consultation seeking views on proposals to extend the redundancy protection of new mothers from the date they notify their employer in writing of their pregnancy to six months after...

Iceland offered employees the chance to pay into a Christmas Club scheme, where they could put money aside over the course of the year towards Christmas expenses. £3.7 million of wages were saved this way.  However, because the cash was deducted before it reached...

Iceland offered employees the chance to pay into a Christmas Club scheme, where they could put money aside over the course of the year towards Christmas expenses. £3.7 million of wages were saved this way.  However, because the cash was deducted before it reached...

There have been a number of recent legal rulings finding that individuals who are categorised by businesses as self-employed contractors are, in reality, workers or employees who are entitled to minimum worker benefits, such as the National Minimum Wage, statutory...

Employment law legislation excludes certain conditions from the definition of disability, including a tendency to steal, set fires, or physically or sexually abuse other persons. An employee working for Durham County Council as an anti-social behaviour...

The Government has published its Good Work Plan today.  The Plan sets out the Government's vision for the future of the UK labour market, as well as how it intends to implement the recommendations arising from the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices. What...