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Date: 22 June, 2010
Following the Agency Workers Regulations, further EU legislation is on the way that is aimed at giving more rights to self-employed workers and their ‘assisting spouses’– including the right to maternity leave for the first time – under new legislation endorsed by EU governments on June 7, 2010.‘Assisting spouses’ means ...
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Date: 11 June, 2010
Fears are exaggerated that if Business Secretary Vince Cable changes the agency workers' regulations in a bid to simplify them for employers, infuriated unions would walk away from the 12-week deal and insist on equal rights from day one. This is the view of Adrian Marlowe, Chairman of the Association ...
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Date: 25 May, 2010
The European Commission has published its proposals for a new set of guidelines which essentially set out the EU policy priorities for labour reform in member states. The document entitled ‘EU Strategy for smart sustainable growth’ includes at Guideline number 7 proposals for ‘an increasing labour market participation’ This guideline ...
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Date: 19 May, 2010
Demand for highly-skilled people will intensify during the recovery, and employers fear they will not be able to find people with the skills they need
Demand for highly-skilled people will intensify during the recovery, and employers fear they will not be able to find people with the skills they need ...
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Date: 12 May, 2010
The new coalition Conservative/Liberal Democrat government should take the opportunity to cut back the excess of employment regulation created by the last Labour Government. That is the view of Adrian Marlowe, Chairman of the Association of Recruitment Consultancies(ARC). He says: “Employers and recruitment agencies have been flooded with legislation and ...