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The Local Government Association (LGA) has published a guide which aims to provide councillors, whether in cabinet, scrutiny or their own wards, with some key information about homelessness.

Outlining its ambitions to make working life better for everyone in the years ahead, the mediation service Acas has set out a new strategy.

In a recent survey of nearly 600 members of the Institute of Directors (IoD) that have had to adopt new practices during the pandemic, many are looking to make longer-term changes to how they operate.

Workers cannot be subjected to a detriment by their employer for leaving or refusing to return to their workplace or for taking steps to protect themselves in circumstances of danger which the workers reasonably believe to be serious and imminent.

Following the shocks of Brexit and Covid-19, and in the run up to COP26 in Glasgow. The CBI has issued what it describes as a landmark economic plan seeking to establish a competitive, dynamic and future-focused UK.

General Medical Council (GMC) Chair Dame Clare Marx has announced new targets to tackle inequality and discrimination, as GMC data show disproportionate fitness to practise referrals of ethnic minority doctors from employers, and unequal outcomes in education and training.

The Covid-19 pandemic has left low-paid workers more vulnerable and businesses under greater pressure than ever before which increases the risk of minimum wage underpayment and demands a proactive and strategic response from the Government.

According to analysis by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), the use of flexible working hours — including part-time, flexi-time and compressed hours —- has fallen over the course of the pandemic, in contrast to the growth in working from home.

Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has provided an update on the current situation on Covid restrictions in that country.

Working alongside JobsAware, Disclosure Scotland and AccessNI, the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is running a campaign to raise awareness of job scams and employment fraud among job seekers.