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Reading Time | < 1 min 12 Mar 2012

Employers May Face Higher Pension Costs After the Recession

Reading Time • < 1 minPlans have been mooted to raise the amounts that employers pay to protect company pension funds during periods of economic growth in order to balance a fall in the sums they pay during bad times.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 12 Mar 2012

More working parents get the right to request flexible hours

Reading Time • < 1 minParents with children aged up to 16 have the right to ask their employers for flexible working patterns as from 6 April.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 12 Mar 2012

New process for resolving workplace disputes

Reading Time • 2 minsAs from 6 April, there is a new process for solving disciplinary and grievance issues at work.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 12 Mar 2012

Businesses offered training support

Reading Time • < 1 minThe government has launched a new service that gives firms access to free advice and support on training.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 12 Mar 2012

Rate changes mark new tax year

Reading Time • < 1 minThe arrival of the new tax year sees the introduction of a number of changes to tax rates.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 12 Mar 2012

Business concerned by regulatory budgets decision

Reading Time • 2 minsPlans that would have seen government departments limited by budgetary scrutiny in the amount of regulation they could produce each year have been put on hold, disappointing business groups.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 12 Mar 2012

Minimum wage should be ‘frozen’ to save jobs

Reading Time • < 1 minWith the national minimum wage marking its tenth anniversary this week, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has called for a freeze in any increase this year.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 12 Mar 2012

Temporary savings deposits may get more protection

Reading Time • 2 minsSavers who deposit large sums into their accounts could get a short-term increase in the level of protection guaranteed their money should the bank or building society get into difficulty.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 12 Mar 2012

Fuel tax increase ups the cost of petrol

Reading Time • 2 minsThe deferred increase in fuel duty has finally reached the petrol pumps.
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