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Labour to force debate on abolition of the Agricultural Wages Board
MARY Creagh, the shadow environment minister, says Labour will force a debate on the abolition of the Agricultural Wages Board in the House of Commons next week. She tweeted this morning: “Labour will...
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Concessions made over employee shareholder contracts
A LIST of concessions that the Government hopes will convince members of the House of Lords to accept the employee shareholder contracts scheme includes a requirement for a written statement of the...
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Climbdown on repeal of general equality duty, and caste discrimination
THE Government has done a U-turn over repeal of the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s general equality duty, and on making caste discrimination illegal, to save the Enterprise and Regulatory...
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MPs to discuss abolition of Agricultural Wages Board today
THIS afternoon MPs will get a chance to discuss the abolition of the Agricultural Wages Board. The Government believes the Board is outdated and unnecessary and has included provision in the Enterprise...
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Employee shareholder contract concessions win over Lords
CONCESSIONS made by the Government to proposals to introduce employee shareholder contracts have quelled opposition from members of the House of Lords. Last night peers accepted the latest round of...
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Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill receives Royal Assent
THE Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill received Royal Assent yesterday, empowering the Government to bring in a large and wide-ranging number of changes and reforms including important employment...
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Changes will make it easier to buy back shares from employees
CHANGES announced today are aimed to make it easier for companies with employee ownership that issue shares directly to their employees to buy back the shares when an employee leaves. The company will...
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Deregulation Bill – impact on employers
TWO proposals in the Deregulation Bill set out in the Queen’s Speech yesterday could have an impact on employers. The Bill includes: “Removing a power for Employment Tribunals to make wider...
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Call for action not legislation
TIME-CONSUMING new bills that will have little or no impact before 2015 are the last thing the UK needs, says John Cridland, of the CBI. Commenting on the Queen’s Speech this week at the start of the...
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Unemployment figures – little change and mixed reactions
LATEST labour market statistics suggest the unemployment rate is flattening out, according to the BBC’s Chief Economics Correspondent Hugh Pym, who wrote: “The Office for National Statistics has...
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Tax relief to encourage employee ownership consultation
THE Government has launched a consultation on providing two new tax relief schemes to encourage and support the creation and growth of employee-owned companies. First is a capital gains tax relief...
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