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  • New Task Force for employee engagement

    Independent Task Force launched to improve levels of employee engagement.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Task force to improve levels of employee engagement

    Members of the Government sponsored, industry led Task Force - including the chair, David MacLeod, deputy chair, Nita Clarke and other leading…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Closure of the worker registration scheme

    This written ministerial statement was laid in the House of Commons on 10 March 2011 by Damian Green and in the House of Lords by Baroness …

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Sickness absence system to be reviewed

    Independent review will look at changing the current sickness absence system and reducing the £100 billion ill health costs the economy each year.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Time to Train will strike right balance for business

    The right for employees to request time for training to improve their skills has been available to employees of large organisations with 250…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Employment agency crackdown in Devon

    Investigators from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills’ Employment Agency Standards inspectorate (EAS) and Her Majesty’s Revenue…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Workplace dispute reforms proposed by Government

    The Government has announced the next steps in its comprehensive review of employment laws.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Workplace dispute reforms proposed by Government

    New plans to improve the way in which workplace disputes are resolved have been published alongside an “Employer’s Charter” - the measures are…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government sets out employment law reforms

    The Government has announced new plans to improve the way in which workplace disputes are resolved alongside an "Employer's Charter" designed to give businesses more confidence to take on workers and support g…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Employers value part-time study

    Around a third of employers said that their views of part time study have improved based on the experience of their employees. The Futuretrack…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Flexible parental leave

    The Government has today announced more detail on its plans for a new system of flexible parental leave to help parents balance their work and family commitments.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New shared parental leave arrangements

    The coalition agreement included a commitment to “encouraging shared parenting from the earliest stages of pregnancy - including the promotion…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Default Retirement Age to end this year

    The Government has today confirmed that it will remove the Default Retirement Age (DRA) so that people have more choice when to stop working.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • End of the line for the default retirement age

    Ministers have decided to proceed with their plan to phase out the DRA between 6 April and 1 October 2011. The Government’s written response…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Increase in limits on payments under employment rights legislation

    The increased limits affect: statutory redundancy payments; the basic and compensatory awards for unfair dismissal; …

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Bargaining and Industrial Relations Prospects for 2011

    Introduction I’m sorry I can’t be with you in person. I have had to stay at Parliament, where the Postal Services Bill is continuing its passage…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • EAS lays foundations for successful enforcement in the construction employment agency sector

    A total of 58 agencies were visited in England, Scotland and Wales. EAS inspectors identified two construction agencies that had failed to pay…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • A new vision for skills

    Business Secretary Vince Cable and Skills Minister John Hayes have today launched the Government's strategy for skills and reform of the further education and skills system

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Rail agency boss stopped in her tracks

    The hearing at Norwich Employment Tribunal follows an investigation by the EAS, which is part of the Department for Business, Innovation and…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Top Employers for Working Families Awards 2010

    Introduction Good afternoon. It’s a real pleasure to be here today to support Working Families and their annual awards. In the 30 years…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government