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UK Government Calls on Employers to Do More to Promote Flexible Working
The United Kingdom (UK) Government has called on employers to do more to promote flexible working, as it published its response to the Family Friendly Taskforce report. Taking forward the taskforce’s recommendations, Ministers will promote flexible...
Long-term Jobseekers Allowance Claimants in the UK to be Given the Guarantee of a Job Or Work Placement
Long-term Jobseekers Allowance claimants will be given the guarantee of a job or work placement as part of the British Government’s welfare reform. Publishing a Command Paper – Building Bridges to Work, the Government will offer all JSA claimants...
United Kingdom’s Poorest Pensioners to Benefit From Lower Fuel Bills This Winter
Hundreds of thousands of the poorest pensioners in the United Kingdom should benefit from lower fuel bills this winter thanks to a deal between the big six energy suppliers (British Gas, EDF Energy, EON, Npower, Scottish Power and Scottish and Southern...
U.K. Government Grants Official Status to Workers Memorial Day
The UK will officially recognize Workers Memorial Day to commemorate thousands of people who have died, been seriously injured or made ill through their work, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Yvette Cooper has announced. This follows the Government’s...
Jobs, Training Or Work Experience Guaranteed for Every Young Person in the U.K. Out of Work for Six Months
Every young person across the U.K. who is unemployed for six months will be guaranteed the offer of a job, training or work experience, supported by up to 470,000 opportunities over the next 15 months through the Government’s Young Person’s Guarantee. Latest...
Welfare Reform in the U.K. Means Fewer People Left Behind in the Recession
New figures show a test which focuses on what people can do rather than what they can’t is keeping more people seeking work. Thousands of people are now moving towards work rather than being left to claim sickness benefit. The latest figures for...
Free Mobile Calls for U.K. Benefit And Pension Claimants
Free phone calls for most people using their mobiles to claim benefits and pensions have been announced by the Department for Work and Pensions today. From next week, six of the biggest mobile phone network companies will no longer charge their customers...
Millions of U.K. Workers to Get First Pension
Millions of British workers have moved a step closer to getting a workplace pension for the first time as the final rules for the Government’s pensions reform were put before Parliament today. Calling this the most radical change to workplace entitlements...
