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A leading light for women in business has been awarded an OBE in recognition of her work, by Business Minister Margot James.
Business Minister hosts diversity and the industrial strategy roundtable.
Measures coming into force today (1 March 2017) will protect millions of people from the effects of undemocratic strike action
Baroness McGregor-Smith has urged large employers to drive the agenda for improved diversity and inclusion in the workplace
Government advertising campaign launches today to raise lowest paid workers’ knowledge of their rights ahead of the National Minimum and National Living Wage rates rise on 1 April
The independent LPC advises the government about National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rates.
More than 350 employers have been named and shamed as the government publishes the largest ever list of national minimum and living wage offenders.
Employers and workers get to have their say on modern employment practices as government-backed Matthew Taylor Review team launches its UK tour.
New role will help small businesses resolve payment disputes with their larger customers
Guidance to help large businesses report on how quickly they pay their suppliers will be published today (31 January 2017).
Today the government is committing to making sure new and expectant mothers have sufficient protections from redundancy in the workplace.
Consumer Minister Margot James and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy are supporting Register My Appliance Day with the Association of Manufacturers and Domestic Appliances (AMDEA).
Audit exemptions changes in 2012 are estimated to have brought about millions of pounds worth of savings for SMEs.
A review looking at the uses of limited partnerships in the UK has been launched.
Ten of the most bizarre excuses used by unscrupulous bosses found to have underpaid workers the National Minimum Wage have been revealed.
Sir David Metcalf has been named as the first Director of Labour Market Enforcement.
Sir Brendan Barber has been reappointed as chair of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service Council.
Business ministers will be visiting independent businesses in their constituencies this weekend, in celebration of Small Business Saturday.
The government has set out measures to increase transparency of payment practices to support small firms.
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