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TTIP Update: EU commission consultation and House of Commons debate
15 January 2015
A European Commission consultation has received a record number of responses, and the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) is taken off the table – for now.
ACAS early conciliation form: Two changes
16 January 2015
Acas has revised its Early Conciliation form.
Government publishes names of Minimum Wage offenders
16 January 2015
The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) has “named and shamed” 37 employers who failed to pay their workers the National Minimum Wage.
Tories pledge public sector strike curbs
12 January 2015
The Conservative party has pledged to restrict the ability to call public sector strikes after the general election.
Infrastructure Bill 2014-2015
9 January 2015
The Infrastructure Bill [HL] 2014-2015 has reached committee stage in the House of Commons. The Committee is expected to report to the House by Thursday January 15.
Fat Cat Tuesday
6 January 2015
FTSE 100 CEOs will have earned more by this Tuesday (6 January), after two days of work in 2015, than the average worker will earn this year.
Employers evading minimum wage regulations
8 January 2015
The TUC has highlighted employer scams to avoid payment of the national minimum wage.
Workers priced out of justice
7 January 2015
On 7 January 2015 the Guardian published an open letter submitted by a number of leading representatives from academia, the legal profession and the labour movement. The letter called for the employment tribunal fees introduced by the Coalition Government to be abolished due to the adverse effect of those fees on access to justice and on employment practices. That letter is reproduced below or available on the Guardian website here.
ECJ: Obesity can be a disability
19 December 2014
The European Court of Justice has ruled that obesity can be a disability, in FOA v Billund – a landmark case that could affect employment rights across Europe.
Miliband: Labour will make it criminal to exploit migrant labour
18 December 2014
Miliband has announced that Labour will make it a criminal offence to employ migrant workers on different terms to local workers, a practice which both exploits migrants and undercuts the local workforce.
TUC: Wages will not recover for a decade
18 December 2014
After six long years weekly earnings are finally ahead of Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation, according to the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures.
