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Doubling the qualifying period for employees to claim unfair dismissal is likely to make employers to neglect their duty in effectively managing their employees for even longer. The changes that have been proposed regarding the qualifying period of unfair dismissal cases will have little or no effect on employers; this is according the JMW Solicitors, the employment [...]  An investigation into the spending of the previous Labour government has revealed that the party was spending around £2m every day on a failing asylum control system. A surge in applications meant the government struggled to deal with them all and spent over £10bn trying to control the problem. Nearly 700,000 decisions on asylum seekers [...] An entrepreneur in health and fitness has urged employers to take measures to ensure that the older members of their staff remain fit and able to work productively. These words of wisdom from Zef Eisenburger come in the wake of the news that the pension age is to be raised once again. Mr Eisenburger points [...] One hundred jobs will be outsourced by the Birmingham City Council to India this year that will be the first example of full off-shoring in the UK by a local authority. Furious reaction came from the news for local trade unions with Unite saying this is only the tip of the iceberg and is going [...] A pay gap between the poor and rich that has not been seen since Victorian times is being created because top bosses are taking in huge salaries, with the majority of people facing the largest decline in household income in almost 30 years. While a small minority at the top of the heap award themselves [...] A living wage is being pushed at UK companies by a group of investors that have £13bn and are holding a rally, the investor coalition is lobbying over 100 UK businesses to improve employee salaries. The coalition is led by philanthropists and religious groups in the US and UK. All 100 companies CEO’s will receive a [...] An average of 10 unscheduled absence days are taken each year by UK employees compared to only 5.5 in the US and in Asia only 4.5 the PricewaterhouseCoopers report revealed. Even Western Europe is better as a whole than the UK average, with an average of just under 10. Eighty percent of the absences are [...] Figures have emerged that the growth of wages is way below the growth of inflation, adding further to the misery of the consumer. The average wage increased by only 2% on the year ending in February, yet inflation rose to 4.4%. Although there was an unexpected drop in March, it is still standing at double [...] A survey Wednesday showed higher starting salaries for permanent employees and rising numbers of vacancies in March, led by the privates sector. Permanent and temporary hiring growth in hiring slowed from the February 10 month high with permanent placements index falling from 62 to 59 per the Recruitment and Employment Confederation and KMPG monthly survey. On [...] According to the latest statistics from the ONS, Office for National Statistics, there are now double the amount of over 65′s still employed in the UK compared to 10 years ago. The proportion of people in this age group who are still working is growing steadily, both in full and part time employment. In the three [...] |
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