Prime minister Keir Starmer announced the government's Immigration White Paper this morning (12 May), pledging to drastically reduce employers' reliance on overseas workers and promote investment in homegrown skills.
London Underground drivers have voted in favour of the 34-hour, four-day working week that was offered last year by Transport for London as it sought to head off strike action.
Younger workers who started work after the pandemic expect to be paid more to work in the office full time, according to a study by BSI and think-tank ResPublica.
The Government 'fully accepts the principle of bereavement leave for pregnancy loss' and will take forward amendments to the Employment Rights Bill, tabled by 87 MPs, to include miscarriage in bereavement rights.
Agency workers will be included in the ban on 'exploitative' zero-hours contracts, as the government tables around 250 amendments to its landmark Employment Rights Bill today.
Some of the government's impact assessments of the Employment Rights Bill were 'not fit for purpose' and the policies could lead to lower wages and fewer jobs, according to a statement published by the Regulatory Policy Committee.