Regulation

Employers can claim payment when recruiting young disabled people through a new government programme.

The Department for Work and Pensions and the Local Government Association have named fifteen local authorities in England recommended as potential pilot sites for Universal Credit.

The Northern Ireland office lost an average of 10.3 working days per person in 2012, almost ten times the number lost in the Scottish Office, government statistics show.

John Ritchie ponders the Mayans and G Day

Employers need to ensure policies regarding holiday sick pay mirror their normal approach following last week's ECJ ruling.

The Association of British Insurers has thrown its support behind a Home Office announcement that imminent discrimination laws will not apply to the insurance industry.

Young people will receive in-work benefits under the Universal Credit reform, the minister for welfare reform has said.

Over a third (36%) of employers are still to take action after the removal of the Earnings Cap along with other pre A-Day rules in April 2011, with a further 30% still undecided on what course of action to take.

Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls has called for the government to cut pensions tax relief to 26% for people earning more than £150,000 per year.