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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.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
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.
The Secretary of State for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has made an oral statement to Parliament about the DWP's response to coronavirus (COVID-19).
Furloughed workers planning to take paid parental or adoption leave will be entitled to pay based on their usual earnings rather than a furloughed pay rate.
Workers who have not taken all of their statutory annual leave entitlement due to COVID-19 will now be able to carry it over into the next 2 leave years.
Today’s figures from the Office for National Statistics show more people in work, while wages have now been outpacing inflation for 2 years.
The Government has confirmed its 2024 target for the National Living Wage to reach two-thirds of median earnings.
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