Application Registration Cards (ARC) which are now issued as biometric documents containing an expiry date advice in respect of those who claim to have a right to work as a non European Economic Area (EEA) family member of an EEA national advice in respect of voluntary work and being a volunteer illegal working measures introduced by the Immigration Act 2016: closure notices and compliance orders, and immigration checks in the licensing regimes for taxis and private hire vehicles and alcohol and late night refreshment the employment of international students.
The guide applies to checks required on or after 16 May 2014 to establish or retain an excuse from having to pay a civil penalty for employing a person who is not permitted to work for you.
Where the employment commenced on or after 29 February 2008 and a statutory excuse was established for the duration of that person’s employment before 16 May 2014, the document checks set out in the full guide for employers on preventing illegal working in the UK (published in October 2013), continue to apply.
The guide applies to employers who employ staff under a contract of employment, service or apprenticeship. The guidance should be read in full at gov.uk.
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Employment rate at highest since records began 14 September 2017
The employment rate is at a record high of 75.3% with a record 32.14 million people in work.
Official employment figures released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) show that there are now a record number of people in work, the highest level since records began in 1971.
The figures also show that unemployment is at 4.3%, the lowest since 1975.
According to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) the increase is due to people of all ages finding work, with employment levels of those over 50 in work reaching a record high, youth unemployment falling by over 40% since 2010 and the proportion of young people who are unemployed and not in full time education dropping below 5% for the first time. These record figures have been driven by increases in full-time and permanent work. In the last year there has been a shift from part-time to full-time employment, 20,000 fewer people relying on zero hour contracts and full- time and permanent employment are both at a record high.
Figures from September 2017 Labour Market Statistics also show:
the employment rate shows an increase of 379,000 on the year there are a near record 774,000 vacancies in the economy at any one time the number of people in employment has increased by over 3 million since 2010 the female employment rate is at a record high of 70.8%, with over 15.1 million women in work the UK has the third highest employment rate in the G7.
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Insolvency Service Holiday Pay to include contractual-based commission 27 September 2017
The Insolvency Service pays holiday pay (along with notice pay and redundancy pay, all subject to various caps) to employees whose employers are insolvent.
With thanks to Daniel Barnett’s employment law bulletin for providing this update.
The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals
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