The Government may bring in new laws to give employees the right to wear a crucifix at work after the Prime Minister supported the appeal of a woman barred from wearing one while working for British Airways.
Read moreInsurance Industry Lobbyists Could Threaten Nest Enrolment
With two-thirds of the UK’s private sector not having a workplace pension, news that pension plans designed to help the lower paid save for retirement have been diluted comes as a blow.
Read moreEuropean Parliament Rejects Global Anti-Piracy Treaty
Following a two-year wrangle between lawmakers trying to bolster the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and lobbyists protesting against the erosion of the rights of the individual to privacy and free speech, the European Parliament last week overwhelmingly voted against ACTA,…
Read moreWorkplace Legislation May Be Needed To Protect Reservists
Later this year there will be a consultation paper on whether legislation is needed so reservists don’t face discrimination in the workplace, as this post explains.
Read moreDeputy Prime Minister Wants More Employee Ownership
In response to a recent report on employee ownership by Government adviser Graeme Nuttall, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has announced new initiatives to ‘knock down the barriers” to employee ownership.
Read moreWould More Legislation Have Prevented Rate Fixing?
As details come to light of the “most serious misconduct” by banks the FSA has ever seen, professional bodies ask whether increased legislation would have prevented the rate fixing scandal, which has led to the resignation of both Chairman and…
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