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Consumers will have enhanced, easy to understand rights following Royal Assent for the Consumer Rights Act being given today (26 March 2015).
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The government has invested nearly £500,000 to support small software developers to produce new and innovative ways to use data.
Two new commissioners have been appointed to the Low Pay Commission, Business Minister Jo Swinson announced today (25 March 2015).
Business Minister Jo Swinson has named 48 employers who have failed to pay their workers the National Minimum Wage.
Leading consumer campaigner Lynn Faulds Wood will lead a review of the UK’s system for the recall of unsafe products.
Inspectors from the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate led a number of successful visits to businesses in the Sheffield area.
A further 70 employers who failed to pay their workers the National Minimum Wage have been named.
Eight weeks to go until mums and dads with babies due on or after 5 April 2015 can start sharing up to 50 weeks of parental leave.
The government has pledged an extra £400,000 to help trading standards officers prevent dangerous goods being sold in the UK.
Former director of employment business WHG Offshore LTD pleads guilty of failure to pay a work-seeker after the firm went into administration.
HMRC’s enforcement budget to be increased by £3 million.
Survey finds that more than half of the UK believes that childcare should be shared equally between parents.
Jo Swinson, Minister for Employment Relations, talks to 5 News Tonight about the benefits of shared parental leave.
£300 million worth of gift vouchers bought this year could go unspent according to research by the UK Gift Card and Voucher Association.
Jo Swinson announces the reappointment of Commissioners to the indpendent Low Pay Commission.
Government pledges support for a new human rights benchmark that will rank the corporate human rights performance of international companies.
A new £250 million contract, to protect vulnerable pensioners, benefit claimants and help safeguard the future of the Post Office, agreed by the government.
Parents are now able to apply for Shared Parental Leave after new regulations came into force on Monday 1 December.
Employers who owe their workers thousands of pounds for failing to pay them the National Minimum Wage have been named.
Employment Relations Minister announces the reappointment of 3 members to the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) Council.
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