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Businesses will be spared thousands of hours of form-filling each year in a Government move to restore common sense to health and safety.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
The Scottish Secretary called on more Scottish firms to sign up to the initiative as he began a series of visits across Scotland.
Britain’s unemployed young people are being given a major boost today as the Youth Contract opens for business.
The Minister for Employment Chris Grayling has urged employers to sign up to a new work experience charter published today.
Six months to go until Automatic Enrolment begins and new figures show that final salary pension scheme payouts will reach a record high.
People who are able to get back into the workplace will get Contribution-based Employment and Support Allowance
A new approach to encourage poorer pensioners to claim Pension Credit using automatic payments has had little impact, DWP research reveals.
The final stages for automatic enrolment are put in place as the response to the consultation on the earnings threshold is published.
Isobel Garner has been appointed to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Board as non-executive director.
Lone parents will start getting the help they need to look for work earlier rather than stay on benefits.
A speech by Lord David Freud, Minister for Welfare Reform.
Scotland needs its two governments and employers to work together to create work opportunities for young people across Scotland, the Secretary of State Michael Moore said today.
ScotRail, the primary rail operator in Scotland, has agreed to introduce the Jobcentre Plus Travel Discount card onto its network from 1 April 2012.
More than one third of people going through incapacity benefits reassessment have been found to be fit for work.
Speech by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP
There are further signs that the labour market is stabilising despite the tough economic climate.
This week we have been made aware of an allegation of attempted fraud in relation to a Mandatory Work Activity contract with A4e.
Iain Duncan Smith’s Welfare Reform Bill became law today marking an historic moment for the Coalition Government.
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