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The Government has announced action to tackle the use of controversial 'fire and rehire' practices.

• Updated: 19 February 2024

The CEO of Business in the Community will lead the refreshed Women’s Business Council as it takes evidence-based, data-driven action to empower women at work.

• Updated: 1 November 2023

Millions of British workers will have more flexibility over where and when they work as the Flexible Working Bill achieves Royal Assent.

• Updated: 20 July 2023

Top employers working with government at new Skills for Growth conference to address skills shortages and drive economic growth.

• Updated: 22 June 2023

How to claim redundancy and other support as a former Tuffnells employee.

• Updated: 13 June 2023

Minimum wage rates from April 2023 have now been announced.

• Updated: 17 November 2022

The Government’s LGBT Business Champion, Iain Anderson, is today [Thursday 18th November] hosting businesses and charities at the Manchester Science and Industry Museum to discuss LGBT inclusion in the workplace.

• Updated: 18 November 2021

Minimum wage rates from April 2022 have now been announced.

• Updated: 27 October 2021

Minister for Women and Equalities, Liz Truss, has today (10th September) announced the appointment of Iain Anderson as the government’s new LGBT Business Champion.

• Updated: 10 September 2021

Announcement of the 2021 National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rates.

• Updated: 25 November 2020

The nationwide marketing campaign will ensure businesses are ready for the introduction of the system as free movement ends.

• Updated: 30 September 2020

Government brings in law to ensure furloughed employees receive statutory redundancy pay based on their normal wages, rather than a reduced furlough rate.

• Updated: 30 July 2020

Enforcement of the gender pay gap reporting deadlines suspended for this year.

• Updated: 24 March 2020

Employers can attract and develop employees from all socio-economic backgrounds by using the new employers' toolkit.

• Updated: 6 February 2020

Grants will help customs agents recruit more staff to manage customs declarations before and after Brexit on 31 October.

• Updated: 1 October 2019

Minister for Women and Equalities, Penny Mordaunt, announced today that 7 organisations in England have been awarded funding to support innovative projects which aim to help women back into work.

• Updated: 12 June 2019

A new report from the Low Pay Commission finds that the number of people paid less than the statutory minimum wage in the UK increased in 2018.

• Updated: 25 April 2019

Almost 300,000 workers who previously did not receive a payslip will now do so starting from this week, including those on casual and zero-hours contracts.

• Updated: 8 April 2019

More than 8,000 private sector employers published their gender pay gap data by the reporting deadline last night (12am – Thursday 4 April).

• Updated: 5 April 2019

Victims of domestic abuse, homelessness or substance abuse, will be supported to return to work by a new government fund, launched today (7 Feb) by the Minister for Women and Equalities Penny Mordaunt.

• Updated: 7 February 2019