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Overtime law - what is overtime, overtime pay, employee rights, part-time workers and time off in lieu
If you have normal working hours, overtime usually means any time you work…
You only have to work overtime if your contract says so. Even if it does,…
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Time off in lieu (TOIL) Some employers give you time off instead of paying…
Changes in the costs of employing labour, analysed by sector and industry.
A new quarterly publication series covering labour market statistics not currently publicly available.
The report investigates how women in crisis-affected pastoralist and farming communities diversify and adapt their livelihoods through bricolage.
Output per hour, output per job and output per worker for the UK economy by industry.
Employment Appeal Tribunal Judgment of Lord Colbeck on 24 November 2025.
Better Outcomes through Linked Data (BOLD) is a government data-linking programme which aims to improve the connectedness of government data in England and Wales.
Guidance for delivery partners and contractors.
Employment Appeal Tribunal Judgment of Judge Tayler, Mrs Rachael Wheeldon and Mr Steven Torrance on 19 January 2026.
Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Stout on 23 October 2025.
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