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Every year the Low Pay Commission commissions research projects to help evaluate the effects of the minimum wage rates we have recommended. Published today are two final reports and two interim reports.
Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd will visit Harlow Jobcentre Plus in Essex today to see how Universal Credit is working for people across the UK.
Pregnant women and new parents returning to work after having children are to be further protected from unfairly losing their jobs under new proposals set out by the government today.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Written Ministerial Statement to inform the House of a contingent liability in respect of the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST).
New employment figures confirmed 2018 had the UK’s strongest jobs market on record with latest figures showing more people in work than ever before.
Jobseekers across the UK are set to benefit from mentoring support designed to help them into work.
Alok Sharma, Minister for Employment, delivered a speech today on the 'Full Employment' report launched by independent think tank Resolution Foundation.
Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd sets out an ambitious new future for Universal Credit.
A speech delivered by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions at Kennington jobcentre about the future of Universal Credit.
Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd is taking her Universal Credit fact finding tour to the West Midlands.
New ways to stimulate retirement saving among Britain’s 4.8 million self-employed will be developed and tested under plans unveiled today (18 December 2018).
From January, the UK is radically expanding the UK government's footprint in Ghana by ten per cent, with new frontline policy work on trade, trade policy, investment, defence and more.
Anthony Arter has been reappointed as Pensions Ombudsman and Pension Protection Fund Ombudsman for 2 more years.
The LPC has today published its assessment of the scale and nature of one-sided flexibility, and recommendations for measures to address the problem.
Wage growth has outstripped inflation for the ninth month in a row and the UK employment level is at an all-time high.
Opinion editorial by Minister of State for Employment Alok Sharma, published on the Mail Online on 9 December 2018.
Falkland Islands Advisor. 12-month fixed term contract. Deadline for applications is 23 December 2018.
The Low Pay Commission’s 2018 Report, published today, finds that increases to the National Living Wage (NLW) raised the pay of up to 5 million workers this year.
GLD recognised for its leadership on race equality and inclusion in the workplace by Business in the Community's Best Employers for Race listing.
Minister for Women and Equalities Penny Mordaunt will today (21 November) announce a fundamental shift in focus for the Government Equalities Office.
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