Government

The current flexible labour market and employment rights framework is fit for purpose but the political debate surrounding it can sometimes be "unnecessarily polarised", the CIPD says.

WSB unveils the latest results from JLT's 250 Club research examining the impact of auto-enrolment and the recession on benefit provision.

The 2014 Pension Schemes Bill, which will provide the legislative framework for arrangements that share risk between scheme members and sponsors, has been laid before parliament.

The government has launched four consultations on proposed changes to simplify the administration of employee benefits in kind and expenses.

Legislation will be introduced to reduce delays in employment tribunals, improve the fairness of contracts for low paid workers and establish a public register of company beneficial ownership, the government has announced.

In order for the government's shared parental leave plans to make headway and encourage take-up among fathers, it must be used on a ‘use it or lose it' basis, a report says.

A committee of MPs has called for zero-hours contracts to be scrapped across the UK, as it says the use of such contracts is creating a two-tier workforce.

One in 10 (11%) organisations using zero-hours contracts adopt exclusivity clauses which seek to prohibit workers from securing employment elsewhere, research finds.

One in five (20.7%) FTSE board members are women, an increase from 17.3% in 2013, according to a report conducted by Cranfield University School of Management.

Many parents could be "better off in the longer term" staying in the original workplace childcare voucher scheme, rather than switching to the government's new system, Busy Bees Benefits warns.