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Nearly 40% of 'apprenticeships' are bogus, analysis finds
20 April 2018
Employers are rebadging pre-existing low-paid jobs and training course as apprenticeships, thereby shifting the cost of upskilling to the government and dodging the minimum wage.
MPs urge govt to take action on gender pay gap
19 April 2018
MPs have urged the government to take action on the gender pay gap after one in ten employers failed to comply with reporting rules.
Institute of Employment Rights to launch in Scotland
19 April 2018
Labour movement think tank the Institute for Employment Rights (IER) is to open a Scotland division.
MPs accuse government of dragging its feet on bogus self-employment
19 April 2018
The Chairs of the Work and Pensions (DWP) Select Committee and Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Select Committee have criticised the lack of government action on bogus self-employment.
5 million workers have no right to enforce rights with ‘parent company’, research shows
06 April 2018
Five million workers in the UK do not currently have the right to bring workers’ rights claims against their parent employer, for reasons such as that they work through an agency or for a franchise.
All sectors report gender pay gap that favours men
06 April 2018
The results of the first compulsory gender pay gap reporting exercise has shown that men are paid more than women on average in every sector.
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