Employment

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.

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has opened a consultation seeking ethnicity pay reporting by employers.

It sets out options and asks questions on:

• What ethnicity pay information should be reported by employers to allow for meaningful action
• Who should be expected to report
• Next steps

The objective of the consultation is to enable government and employers to move forward in a consistent and transparent way. Consultation responses will inform future government policy on ethnicity pay reporting.

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has launched a consultation on the Government's Loneliness Strategy. The Government’s Loneliness Strategy will be its first step in tackling the long-term challenge of loneliness.

HM Treasury has launched a consultation seeking views on whether the options proposed in the Taylor Review of Modern Work Practices could achieve more certainty and clarity for businesses when determining employment status, particularly in relation to the realities of the modern labour market

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has launched a consultation seeking views on the recommendations in the Taylor review of modern working practices that focus on increasing transparency between employers and individuals in the UK labour market

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has opened a consultation seeking views on the recommendations in the Review of Modern Working Practices on the enforcement of employment rights

The Low Pay Commission have launched their consultation on the future of National Minimum Wage and the National Living Wage rates.

The Financial Reporting Council has opened a consultation on proposals for a revised UK Corporate Governance Code to reflect the changing business environment and help UK companies achieve the highest levels of governance