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Abandoning austerity – “not the answer”

Politics

16 July 2017

16 July 2017

First the good news: unemployment fell to 4.5 percent in the three months to May – the lowest since 1975. There were more than 32m...

15 July 2017

The resolution foundation has called for certain self-employed workers, chiefly those in the gig economy, to receive the minimum wage in a submission to the...

15 July 2017

The gig economy may be getting a bad press in 2017 but global mobility managers are being urged to understand it better after research suggested...

14 July 2017

Two-thirds of U.K. workers are currently satisfied in their jobs and 13 percent say they are ‘extremely satisfied’, according to the Qualtrics Pulse – a...

14 July 2017

The Taylor Review has recommended some positive changes to UK employment practices that recognise the way today’s modern business market operates, but does it go...

13 July 2017

New statistics released today by the ELAS Group show the absentee rates for the first half of 2017.* 9,300 employees from 75 companies across the...

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Landmark decision, comfort to prospective whistleblowers

Employment Law

13 July 2017

12 July 2017

There have been calls for a simplification of employment status, to protect rights and ensure that business owners do not fall foul of legislation due...

12 July 2017

In the wake of the US non-farm payroll figures, David Lamb, head of dealing at FEXCO Corporate Payments, comments:...

11 July 2017

The long-awaited Taylor Review into modern ways of working brings a number of recommendations for workers, but will no doubt have a significant impact on...

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Deliveroo calls for law overhaul

Gig Economy

11 July 2017

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