Youth unemployment will again exceed a million in 2013 according to predictions by the Institute for Public Policy Research. The independent think tank’s analysis published in December predicts that up to 86,000 additional young people under 25 are likely to swell the ranks of those already unemployed during the...

The much valued benefit of flexible working is now being used to attract employees, with over two thirds (64%) of employers saying it helps staff engagement and motivation, while 23% said it helped to keep staff who would otherwise leave, according to a recent survey from Hays, the leading...

In one of the first recorded cases in the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 (AWR) we now have an initial view of the Employment Tribunal’s approach to ‘flipping’ agency workers onto a Regulation 10 compliant contract. To recap: Regulation 10 AWR Under the AWR, agency workers are entitled to equal...

The government has confirmed that its use of the Managed Service Companies (MSC) legislation to recover tax and National Insurance has escalated significantly in the past year. Lawspeed submitted two Freedom of Information requests to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and discovered that the number of enquiries alive at...

Recent research by total jobs has revealed that the vast majority of public sector workers (90%) would recommend a career in public service to graduates and school leavers, indicating that the future of public sector recruitment looks positive despite budget cuts. The survey of 2,500 public sector workers cited...