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The biggest shake-up of UK pensions for decades was confirmed today (Thursday 11 February 2021) as the Pension Schemes Bill received Royal Assent.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Nearly two million Brits could be supported back into work through innovative Plan for Jobs employment schemes delivered by the DWP.
A look at our Partnership and Engagement team, and the work of our new Regional Safeguarding Outreach Officers.
Thanks to Job Finding Support, more than 150,000 jobseekers will benefit from employment support, helping them build interview skills, and get back into work.
DBS is working with Premier League clubs to look at the work we do, and how we can work together with safer recruitment in mind.
More than 120,000 jobs for 16 to 24 year olds have now been created through the government’s flagship Kickstart Scheme, as ministers have urged more employers to get involved.
On 4 January 2021, the Prime Minister announced that the government will be introducing new national COVID-19 measures in England to protect the NHS and save lives.
A decade of UK Government support leads to more than 13,000 new businesses launched by jobseekers in Scotland
The 139 named companies failed to pay £6.7 million to over 95,000 workers.
More than 800 jobseekers per day have been referred to the government’s new £238 million JETS – Job Entry Targeted Support – programme since it launched at the start of October 2020.
The consultations will look at reforming the use of exclusivity and non-compete clauses.
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) will have a key role to play delivering the pledges made in the Spending Review
Millions of UK workers to receive increase in pay from April 2021 following rise in the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage.
Announcement of the 2021 National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rates.
Saver protections will be bolstered by government plans revealed today to “nudge” people towards taking pensions guidance.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has outlined a timeframe to align its climate risk reporting requirements with those proposed in the Pension Schemes Bill.
The Government has moved to avoid a State Pension freeze.
The Kickstart Scheme will create hundreds of thousands of new jobs for young people.
Government brings in law to ensure furloughed employees receive statutory redundancy pay based on their normal wages, rather than a reduced furlough rate.
The LPC’s non-compliance and enforcement report looks at why so many apprentices are underpaid and what can be done about it.
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