New EU regulations on agency workers could put 28,000 young people???s employment contracts at risk

In a debate today in Parliament Angela Smith, Member of Parliament for Penistone and Stocksbridge, will identify the major issues the borough faces in the extremely difficult economic circumstances it is facing. For generations the town had depended on the coal industry to provide large scale manual labour employment and a social infrastructure. This was abruptly withdrawn leaving a vacuum that is...

Following the Hakim Berkani Employment Tribunal case where the judge stated that parking firm NSL operated a "clandestine quota system", and BBC reports suggesting that NSL, working for Kensington and Chelsea Council, set its wardens minimum ticket quotas, which is illegal, Labour Opposition Councillors have: * Called for a scrutiny of the role of the Council and NSL in this scandal. * Asked why H...

Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) calls for a new body to be set up to protect workers from abuse and exploitation by bosses.

Norman Lamb, a former lawyer and key adviser to Nick Clegg, has replaced Ed Davey as the employment relations and postal affairs minister. He will be tasked with reducing the burden of employment law on business, among other things, picking up where Mr Davey left off.

The shadow employment minister Stephen Timms says it would be wrong to overturn amendments made to the government's welfare bill in the House of Lords.

Chris Bryant MP, Labour's Shadow Immigration Minister, commenting on Sir Michael Scholar’s letter to Iain Duncan Smith, said:

Employment Minister Chris Grayling and shadow work and pensions secretary Liam Byrne reviewed PMQs where David Cameron and Ed Miliband traded blows over GDP and economic figures and planned reforms for the NHS in England.

Stephen Timms MP, Labour’s Shadow Employment Minister, responding to the NAO Introduction of the Work Programme Report, said:

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) is warning today that the world economy is slipping into a dangerous third phase of the global economic crisis, where austerity leads to further job losses and lower growth. The ILO calls for stimulus measures based mostly on tax rises, to boost employment without raising public sector debt.