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A further 70 employers who failed to pay their workers the National Minimum Wage have been named.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
The Low Pay Commission (LPC) has today recommended to the Government that the adult rate of the National Minimum Wage, which applies to workers aged 21 and over, should rise by 3 per cent to £6.70 from October 2015.
There is a year-on-year increase of the number of disabled people in work of more than 141,000 and 86,000 more disabled women in work.
Employment under this government has reached another important milestone with an employment rate which has never been higher.
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.
Campaign to support women to make career choices that are right for them launches with retail, construction and Premier League support.
Nearly 2,500 litres of fake wine and spirits were seized as part of a pre-Christmas enforcement campaign.
The national roll out of Universal Credit begins on 16 February 2015.
Anthony Arter has been appointed Pensions Ombudsman and Pension Protection Fund Ombudsman, DWP announced today (13 February 2015).
A new system to stop workers losing their small pension pots as they move from job to job is due to start in autumn 2016.
New report from the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) finds young people in certain parts of the country face inherent disadvantages when preparing themselves for work, with significant geographic differences f…
A free government service to help millions of people better understand their State Pension is being expanded.
Anthony Arter has been named as the preferred candidate for the role of Pensions Ombudsman/Pensions Protection Fund Ombudsman.
The benefit cap is encouraging more people to work or stop claiming Housing Benefit.
Helping ensure value for money in workplace pensions – safeguarding against high and unfair charges and transferring around £200m to savers.
The Pension Tracing Service that helps people find lost pension cash is undergoing a major expansion.
Former director of employment business WHG Offshore LTD pleads guilty of failure to pay a work-seeker after the firm went into administration.
Freezing temperatures around the country are due to trigger further Cold Weather Payments this week.
Parliament is to consider plans to more than double the maximum administrative penalty for benefit fraud from £2,000 to £5,000.
This is your last opportunity to use HMRC’s new online chat service for customers with Self Assessment queries this January.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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