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The 2018 United Kingdom local elections are scheduled to be held on Thursday 3 May 2018. Thresa May is under a lot of pressure as the Tory Party could lose three flagship Boroughs according to the opinion polls.  Have you registered to...

An employee of a skip firm has been sentenced after causing serious injury to a pedestrian. Southwark Crown Court was shown CCTV footage of the incident which took place on 2 August 2017. The footage showed Mr Daividas Rupeika driving into another ex...

The 11th National Apprenticeship Week 2018 (5 To 9 March) comes to an end today.  During the week employers and apprentices from across England have come together to celebrate the success of apprenticeships whilst encouraging even more people to...

The number of disability benefit tests being overturned on appeal has reached a record high according to information received by the ABC. New data from the DWP shows that the majority of ESA fit for work decisions that are appealed are overturne...

Wednesday, 7th March 2018: Employment Affairs & Social Protection Minister, Regina Doherty T.D., and Minister of State with special responsibility for disabilities, Finian McGrath T.D., today launched an extensive consultation on how the Departme...

In the first study to measure the link between an employee's number of paid sick leave days and the use of vital preventive health care services like getting a flu shot, researchers found a 26 to 85 percent increase in preventive health care use amon...

ACAS the employment arbitration service are working hard to get employers to be aware of the new National Minimum Wages levels. The National Minimum Wage (NMW) is the minimum pay per hour most workers under the age of 25 are entitled to by...

Women and Equalities Committee Wednesday 7 March 2018 Meeting starts at 10.15am AGENDA Subject: Work of the Government Equalities Office Witnesses: Rt Hon Amber Rudd MP, Minister for Women and Equalities, and Hilary Spencer, Director, Government...

The Department for Communities (DfC) is reminding customers who receive help with their mortgage costs through ‘Support for Mortgage Interest’ to take action before the start of April when the benefit will end and will instead be offered...

A young girl who suffers from a twisted spine, deformed hip and only has one fully functioning lung has had her benefits stopped. Charlotte Ormrod, 11, has double curvature scoliosis, which means she struggles to walk and she relies heavily on a whee...