Forum Brief: Skills shortages
Policy Consultation 17 November 2003
A MORI survey for the CBI published on Monday found jobs such as technical support, back office services and human resources were most likely to be outsourced to low wage
Forum Brief: Work-life balance
Policy Consultation 3 September 2003
To mark work-life balance week, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Work Foundation have both published studies on the issue.
Forum Brief: Seasonal Workers
Policy Consultation 28 August 2003
Only 41 per cent of companies in the UK employ seasonal workers, according to new research by The Work Foundation.
Forum Brief: Pensions
Policy Consultation 11 June 2003
Solvent firms which close final salary schemes will be forced to compensate workers, the government has announced.
Forum Brief: Employment rights
Policy Consultation 30 May 2003
Employers should end abuses of the employment rights system, the government is set to warn.
Forum Brief: Work-life balance
Policy Consultation 27 May 2003
Britain's bosses have launched a fierce attack on calls to improve the "work-life balance" of employees.
Yvonne Bennion - policy specialist at The Work Foundation
Stakeholder Interview 1 May 2003
Question: What do you think about the government's approach to the state pension?
Forum Brief: Home working
Policy Consultation 28 April 2003
Working from home may be a double-edged sword, research from the Economic and Social Research Council has suggested.
Forum Brief: Flexible working hours
Policy Consultation 10 February 2003
A survey from the Equal Opportunities Commission finds that two in five people are unaware of new rights for parents to ask employers for flexible working arrangements to help with
Forum Brief: Temporary workers
Policy Consultation 16 January 2003
A TUC submission to a government consultation on the legal status of workers and employees demanded full employment rights for all types of temporary worker yesterday.
Forum Brief: pensions green paper
Policy Consultation 19 December 2002
The Department of Work and Pensions has inivited ePolitix.com Forum members to respond to yesterday's publication of the pensions green paper "Simplicity, security and choice: working and saving for retirement".
Forum Brief: Pre-Budget Report - Public sector pay
Policy Consultation 28 November 2002
The chancellor said the government had "steered a stable course" in tough economic times.
Forum Brief: Pre-Budget Report - Economy
Policy Consultation 28 November 2002
The chancellor is to increase government borrowing to plug the gap caused by a faltering world economy.
Forum Brief: Pre-Budget Report - Small businesses
Policy Consultation 28 November 2002
Gordon Brown used the pre-Budget statement to announce that around 400,000 extra small businesses will now be eligible for the small firms' loans guarantee scheme, with the turnover limit raised
Forum Brief: House of Commons reform
Policy Consultation 30 October 2002
MPs have narrowly backed Robin Cook's modernisation of the House of Commons.
