Legislation/Regulation

Recommendations for better integration to support refugees into work

The current integration of refugees system is “broken, expensive, inefficient and damaging” for both refugees and the UK, according to the chair of the Commission on the Integration of Refugees.

26 March 2024

IPS faces £900k penalty for failing to co-operate with HMRC

A tax avoidance promoter whose schemes were used by locum doctors and nurses faces a £900k penalty for failing to co-operate with HM Revenue & Customs, the tax authority announced today [22 March 2024].

Loan Charge campaigners ‘frustrated’ as HMRC ‘airbrushes’ history

The Loan Charge Action Group (LCAG) has reinforced its calls for a parliamentary inquiry as the loan charge continues to weigh heavily on Westminster.

19 March 2024

£60m funding as Sunak goes big on apprenticeships

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has unveiled a raft of reforms aimed at increasing apprenticeship numbers and doing away with red tape for small businesses.

Retail, IT/Telecoms 19 March 2024

Spring Budget: Lukewarm response from recruitment industry

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget has received a lukewarm response from recruitment bodies and others with interests in the sector.

7 March 2024

Recruiters and employers want changes to help hiring in Budget

Councils in England will be told to cut spending on consultants and diversity schemes when Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivers his Spring Budget on Wednesday, the BBC reports.

5 March 2024

Warning over new tax avoidance scheme exposed by HMRC

A complex tax avoidance scheme that moves income offshore has been exposed by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) last Thursday [29 February 2024], with anyone who has joined the arrangement warned to get out of it as soon as possible.

5 March 2024
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Business Advice: Will Labour ban zero-hours contracts?

If Labour wins the next election, will it ban zero-hour contracts and introduce day-one employment rights?

Legal, HR 4 March 2024
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Recruiters marked out by ‘name and shame’ minimum wage list

Recruiters are among the businesses named by HMRC for failing to pay workers the National Minimum Wage (NMW).

4 March 2024

Mini-budget: Recruiters give nitty gritty on changes to IR35 and MSC legislation

As the dust settles from Friday’s announcement [23 September 2022] by Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng that changes were imminent to the controversial IR35 legislation, industry commentators are weighing in on what actually will change.

26 September 2022

Legal ramifications of change to IR35 off-payroll regulations

The repeal of 2017 and 2021 reforms to IR35 legislation April 2023 was announced on 26 September by the UK government as part of The Growth Plan 2022 presented by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his ‘mini-budget’ statement to Parliament.

Mini-budget: Simplifying IR35 was ‘bombshell’ change for recruitment industry

The simplification of the IR35 Off-Payroll Working Rules certainly proved to be the bombshell item for much of the recruitment sector in today’s ‘mini budget’.

23 September 2022

UNISON goes to court to prevent government changing right to strike regulations

Union UNISON has launched legal action against the government over new regulations allowing agency workers to replace striking staff.

21 September 2022

EXPERT OPINION: The AWR is likely to go

The election of Liz Truss as prime minister is likely to lead to the repeal of the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 (AWR) says John Hayes, managing partner at Constantine Law.

HR 8 September 2022

Truss promises ‘small business revolution’ and tax review to avoid recession

One of the two final candidates in the race for UK prime minister has promised to order a review on tax rules as part of a “small business revolution”, The Sun has reported today.

22 August 2022

New PM must lead on bold policy intervention in first 30 days

The new prime minister should consider “bold policy intervention” in their first 30 days in office to thwart the predicted labour market forecast, the Work Foundation think tank has urged.

18 August 2022

More suicides will be a consequence of Loan Charge, chancellor is warned

A ninth person facing action from HM Revenue & Customs over disguised remuneration schemes has committed suicide.

1 August 2022

Big business still ‘hiding employees’ from tax rules says law firm

HMRC suspects large businesses of underpaying £1.4bn in employment taxes as it cracks down on “hidden employees” or self-employed workers that HMRC believes are really employees for tax purposes, according to multinational law firm Pinsent Masons.

1 August 2022

Government ignores ‘too difficult to deal with’ employment status consultation

“Disappointing” has been the withering reaction to the government’s status quo response this week to a consultation launched in 2018 about how employment status reform could work.

27 July 2022

£3.3bn of unspent Apprenticeship Levy funds returned to Treasury

More than £3.3bn has returned to the Treasury in the last three years under the government’s use-it-or-lose-it Apprenticeship Levy rules, according to data collected by the London Progression Collaboration (LPC).

Parliament approves draft legislation to supply agency workers during strikes

Members of Parliament voted 284 to 202 yesterday [11 July 2022] after a fierce debate to approve draft legislation allowing recruitment agencies to supply workers during strikes.

12 July 2022

Shortage occupation list needs radical rethink says immigration expert

New figures showing record vacancies prove the need for a radical rethink of the shortage occupation list, says a UK immigration expert.

Government moves to repeal ban on agency staff for striking workers

The government has today [23 June 2022] formally announced legislation that will repeal the ban on agency staff covering for striking workers.

Transport & logistics, HR 23 June 2022

MP Warman leads yet another review into future of work

The Prime Minister has asked Matt Warman MP to lead a review into “how the government can best support a thriving future UK labour market”, the government has announced.

19 May 2022

Industry rounds on government for no Employment Bill

Voices across the recruitment, employment, umbrella and compliance landscape have almost unanimously rounded on the government for failing to deliver an Employment Bill within the Queen’s Speech yesterday [10 May 2022].

11 May 2022
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