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Earlier this year the Government announced that it would be introducing an apprenticeship levy on large employers as part of its pledge to create 3 million quality apprenticeships over the next five years.

In the recent case of Science Warehouse Ltd v Mills (UKEAT/0224/15), the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that it is not necessary for a claimant to go through the Early Conciliation process ("EC process") again in respect of a new claim arising out of a related set of facts after the EC process has concluded and an ET1 presented to the Tribunal.

Earlier this month we blogged about the National Living Wage ("NLW"), which is expected to come into force in April 2016 for all workers aged 25 and above. Minimum hourly pay for those workers will increase from £6.70 to £7.20 and it's envisaged that the NLW will increase over the coming years to reach a target of £9.00 per hour by 2020.

We reported on the Government's proposal to clamp down on false self employment last year. Since that announcement, the Ministry of Defence was, earlier this year, fined £1m for failing to seek assurance from a number of workers on their tax arrangements. The Department of Health was also fined £470,740 because two of its board members were off-payroll for over a year.

As the implementation of the mandatory National Living Wage in April 2016 looms nearer, employers are starting to assess the financial costs of this. However, despite the direct increased costs of salaries within the workforce, a number of benefits for employers may also result.

Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act requiring commercial organisations, with a certain minimum turnover, to prepare a slavery and human trafficking statement for each financial year came into force yesterday, 29 October 2015.

The EAT has confirmed that an on-call night worker who lives at his place of work is only entitled to the National Minimum Wage for the time he is actually awake and carrying out his employment duties.

The Glasgow bin lorry crash has raised some serious questions about the medical information that should be provided by individuals applying for a new job.

There's been a lot of discussion in the news this week about public sector pay, with a particular focus on the NHS.

On 1 October 2015, further provisions of the Deregulation Act 2015 ("Act") were put into place. There are a number of changes made by the most recent additions...