12/07/2017 The flexibility of the UK labour market, where individuals and businesses are free to agree the terms and conditions that best suit them, helps to maintain high employment rates and the British way is ‘rightly seen internationally as largely

Annual Workplace Fatalities 2016/17 (E, S, W) 137 people (a rate of 0.43 per 100,000 workers) were killed in work-related incidents across Great Britain between April 2016 and March 2017, one more than 136 recorded in 2013/14, which remains the

Risks to Customers from Staff incentive Schemes (UK) Following research that revealed a significant number of consumer credit firms have inadequate systems to manage the risks that their staff incentive schemes can pose to consumers, the Financial Conduct Authority is

06/07/2017 Views are sought on the first-ever sentencing guideline drawn up to cover cases of manslaughter that could include a workplace fatality caused by an employer’s negligence. Because of the serious nature of manslaughter, the wide range of offending covered

30/06/2017 A ‘huge amount of work’ has gone into the guidelines and illustrative examples through which the Dept for Education explains the core requirement of the new apprenticeship levy that a minimum 20% of apprentices’ paid time at work must