7+ hour, 24+ min ago   (1052+ words) British businesses may be grappling with a fresh "onerous responsibility" concerning holiday entitlement and pay compliance, it has emerged this week. The challenge stems from the Government's April 6 launch of the Fair Work Agency alongside updated regulations, according to business…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1173+ words) It's related to holiday pay(Image: Oscar Wong via Getty Images) Businesses in Britain could well be struggling with a new “onerous responsibility” over holiday entitlement and pay compliance, it emerged this week. The issue follows the government’s April 6 introduction…...

4+ hour, 51+ min ago   (639+ words) Wiltshire Council is forecasting a £6.7 million budget overspend by the end of the financial year, members will be told next week. The council's Cabinet will hear on Wednesday, September 16, that the spiralling cost of looking after vulnerable adults and children…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (738+ words) You could hear them long before you could see them. Scores of striking low paid NHS workers were shouting their defiance on megaphones outside Guy’s hospital in central London on Thursday. “Band two, no way… we want decent pay,” they…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (349+ words) Thousands of council staff will be balloted on possible strike action in a dispute over equal pay. The GMB union said it was triggered by a lack of action from Leeds City Council on fair wages for female workers. The…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1016+ words) This explainer maps out the complex web of policies across education, skills, and employment support. It looks at the challenges and provides suggestions where devolution could untangle the system. Britain’s skills and employment support system is complicated. Parts of it…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (533+ words) ScotRail now has 110 apprentices developing their careers across the business, as the train operator continues to expand its investment in the future workforce of Scotland’s railway. The milestone comes as 45 new apprentices joined ScotRail in 2026 – the train operator’s largest ever…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (173+ words) Around 700 Tesco distribution workers in Didcot have secured a 4.5 per cent pay rise, ending a threat of strike action. The increase is part of a deal covering more than 3,000 warehouse workers and HGV drivers in Belfast, Didcot, Doncaster and Thurrock....

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (485+ words) The company behind a well-known York restaurant has entered liquidation owing £90,000 in fines to the Home Office. Sky Blue York Ltd, which previously ran the Sky Blue Chinese Restaurant at 16 Barbican Road, owes more than £100,000 to creditors, according to a…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (510+ words) Three Oxfordshire employers have defended minimum wage breaches after being named and shamed by the Government for underpaying workers. The firms, based in Burford and formerly in Wantage and Oxford, were found to have underpaid four employees by more than…...