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Employment

To boost the number of jobs and create a flexible labour market, the government is modernising employment law while protecting employee rights. To increase the number of people in employment, we need to support them into work through the benefits system and job search support.

Unemployment drops below 7%

Unemployment has dropped below 7% for the first time since the recession and employment has seen the biggest annual jump in a generation.

More than 40,000 budding entrepreneurs helped off benefits

More than 40,000 people have moved from claiming benefits to running their own business thanks to New Enterprise Allowance.

Helping people to find and stay in work

How the government is getting Britain working and helping people break the cycle of benefit dependency.

Simplifying the welfare system and making sure work pays

Making the welfare system fairer, more affordable and better able to reduce poverty, worklessness and welfare dependency.

Employing disabled people and people with health conditions

How to attract, recruit and retain disabled people.

Latest

1. Nick Clegg at the launch of Cityfathers on shared parental leave

   • published 23 April 2014
   • Speech

2. Support if you are ill or disabled: leaflet

   • updated 23 April 2014
   • Guidance

3. Training and development opportunities in the the civil service

   • published 23 April 2014
   • Guidance

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Policies 4

1. Helping employers make safer recruiting decisions

   How the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) provides criminal records checking and barring functions to help employers make safer recruitment decisions.

2. Making the labour market more flexible, efficient and fair

   How the government is changing employment laws to encourage companies to hire staff while protecting employee rights.

3. Simplifying the welfare system and making sure work pays

   Making the welfare system fairer, more affordable and better able to reduce poverty, worklessness and welfare dependency.

4. Helping people to find and stay in work

   How the government is getting Britain working and helping people break the cycle of benefit dependency.

Announcements

1. Nick Clegg at the launch of Cityfathers on shared parental leave

   • 23 April 2014
   • Speech

2. British Ambassador Peter Millett speaks on ‘the role of entrepreneurship in driving growth’

   • 18 April 2014
   • News article

3. New support to give homeless people ‘basic building blocks’ for work

   • 16 April 2014
   • Press release

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Consultations

1. European Social Fund Operational Programme 2014 to 2020

   • 14 April 2014
   • Open consultation

2. Consultation on modern workplaces

   • 14 March 2014
   • Consultation outcome

3. Early conciliation: proposals for implementation

   • 24 February 2014
   • Consultation outcome

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Publications

1. Support if you are ill or disabled: leaflet

   • 23 April 2014
   • Guidance

2. Framework generic guidance: provider guidance

   • 23 April 2014
   • Guidance

3. DBS Disclosure News: April 2014

   • 23 April 2014
   • Guidance

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Statistics

1. DBS criminal record check, barring and referral performance

   • 22 April 2014
   • Statistics

2. Access to Work: official statistics, April 2014

   • 22 April 2014
   • Statistics

3. List of upcoming ad hoc statistical releases

   • 17 April 2014
   • Statistics

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Detailed guides

1. European Works Council Directive

   The European Work Council Directive establishes a European legal procedure for the establishment of European Works Councils (EWCs). Read more

2. National minimum wage: work experience and internships

   Guidance on the national minimum wage for organisations who offer work experience, including placements and internships. Read more

3. Trade unions: guidance and codes of practice for the workplace

   Guidance and codes of practice for trade unions to follow in the workplace. Read more

4. Criminal record checks: guidance for employers

   How employers or organisations can request criminal records checks on potential employees from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Read more

5. E-bulk: submitting multiple applications for DBS checking

   Using the e-bulk system for making multiple applications to the Disclosure and Barring Service, including how to register. Read more

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