Employment

This consultation aimed to gather evidence about whether the current laws on protecting people from sexual harassment in the workplace are effective.

This consultation seeks views on:

• providing a right to reasonable notice of working hours
• providing workers with compensation for shifts cancelled without reasonable notice

It also seeks views on what guidance government can provide to support employers and encourage best practice to be shared across industries.

This consultation seeks views on different ways in which government and employers can take action to reduce ill health-related job loss. The consultation proposes to provide more low-paid workers with statutory sick pay looking at whether to reduce the threshold for statutory sick pay eligibility, flexibility of phased returns to work, and the possibility of offering small businesses a rebate who help employees return to work

This consultation seeks views on whether establishing a new single enforcement body for employment rights could:

• improve enforcement for vulnerable workers
• create a level playing field for the majority of businesses who are complying with the law

This consultation aims to gather evidence about whether the current laws on protecting people from sexual harassment in the workplace are effective.

This is a public consultation on proposed changes to the Modern Slavery Act 2015, following the independent review of the Modern Slavery Act. The government is gathering views on proposed measures intended to increase transparency and compliance, improve reporting quality and extend the scope of the legislation.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has published a draft statutory instrument and draft statutory notice for technical consultation with a draft explanatory memorandum and draft tax information and impact note. This technical consultation seeks views on the draft regulations and related documents that will reform the eligibility rules for the Employment Allowance by targeting it at smaller businesses.

For the National Living Wage, the Low Pay Commission is seeking evidence in order to advise on the viability of the stated target - 60 per cent of median earnings by 2020. The consultation seeks:

This consultation seeks views on:

• proposed changes to the National Minimum Wage Regulations which relate specifically to salaried hours work and where employers feel National Minimum Wage rules unfairly penalise them without generating any benefit or protection for workers
• the practical operation of salary sacrifice schemes

In recent years government has taken steps to tackle the problem of late payment, introducing measures such as the Small Business Commissioner and the Payment Practices Reporting Regulations.