Guidance on Off-The-Job Apprenticeship Training (E)

Employment
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
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Grant Thornton Tops UK Social Mobility Index (UK)

Employment
23/06/2017 Accounting firm Grant Thornton heads the first-ever ‘Social Mobility Employer Index – Top 50’ – an initiative which aims to improve the UK’s dismal social mobility record by annually ranking the UK employers who are most open to recruiting and progressing talent from
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Tribunal Rules for Father in Paid Paternity Leave Case (E, W)

Employment
09/06/2017 A father who took paid paternity leave to look after his newborn baby when his wife suffered from post natal depression is entitled to the same enhanced rate of pay as a mother would have received under his firm’s
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Time to Clear up Confusion Over the ‘Gig Economy (UK)

Employment
06/06/2017 While the growth of the ‘gig economy’ has created flexibility for businesses and individuals, it has also created such uncertainty over ‘employment status’ that a recent survey found 75% of the Institute of Directors’ 30,000 members would support clearer
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Labour Disputes in 2016 (UK)

Employment
02/06/2017 While 322,000 working days were lost to labour disputes in the UK during 2016 compared with 170,000 in 2015, the dispute involving junior NHS doctors accounted for almost 40% (129,000) of the 2016 total, which was still the eighth
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