TUC
Employee Benefits
The government's highly anticipated consultation into zero-hours contracts closed last month and a number of organisations put forward their recommendations. Hannah Uttley rounds up the responses.
16 April 2014
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Employee Benefits
The government has published its long-awaited consultation on zero-hours contracts. Hannah Uttley looks at what issues the report addresses and how this will affect employers and their staff.
10 March 2014
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Employee Benefits
Women over 50 are struggling to balance work with caring responsibilities, as a rigid workplace culture is making it more difficult for them to further their careers, a report finds.
27 February 2014
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Law and Regulation
Pensions Minister Steve Webb has revealed that Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) officials met representatives of leading insurers 27 times over the last four months.
04 February 2014
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Employee Benefits
Reforms of the TUPE rules have come into force today, changing the way employers renegotiate the terms and conditions of its workers following transfers.
31 January 2014
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Employee Benefits
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) should be retained as a non-departmental public body, a government consultation has concluded.
10 January 2014
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Defined Benefit
Recent developments at Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) demonstrate the "two futures" of DB provision that could be solved with defined ambition (DA) proposals, pensions minister Steve Webb says.
26 November 2013
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Law and Regulation
Scrapping defined benefit (DB) indexation will be controversial but collective defined contribution (DC) plans outlined in the government's defined ambition (DA) paper could prove popular, the industry says.
07 November 2013
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Industry
A charge cap for auto-enrolment (AE) schemes will not guarantee value for money, industry experts warn.
30 October 2013
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Employee Benefits
Business secretary Vince Cable has launched a review which will seek to simplify and clarify employment rights for employers and their staff.
07 October 2013
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