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Look how lucky you could be! Do you feel lucky today ? well you could if you just pick up the phone. There are over 160,000 workers in the UK who feel they are lucky to have their wage boosted to £10.55 per hour in London and £9 outside London, by the new rates for […]

If you suddenly find CCTV cameras where you are working as a housekeeper, do you have the right to know in advance and what the images are used for? The answer is yes to both questions and your right are laid out by the government. It’s not the same in every country; recently in Singapore […]

When you start looking for a new job, an employment agency or prospective employer may well make a lower than expected offer saying that wages effectively have not risen for years. And if the figures from an independent think tank are anything to go by they are right. The Resolution Foundation says their research shows […]

A massive drop of 95% in EU nationals coming to the UK for work is causing employment problems with some employers raising wages, with others holding the line, according to new research. The work by Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), the professional body for HR staff, and recruitment firm Adecco found the number […]

Maybe you have a bad cold, a virus or have hurt your back, but you still turn up for work, not wishing to let your employer down or fearing for your job as a member of domestic/household staff. But actually are you doing the right thing? New research has shown that staff in all types […]

Summer holidays are over, and back at work as a member of domestic/household staff, you are proud of the new tattoo you had as a present to yourself…but how will it affect your employment opportunities? Perhaps you think it won’t, after all they can’t fire you for having a tattoo can they? Well the answer […]

Usually, when seeking employment you are expected to provide two references, one of these usually being your existing or past employer. But is your employer obligated to provide a reference? As always nothing is quite a simple as it seems. In essence, the answer is no they do not HAVE to (unless your contract of […]

Shared Parental leave? What’s that? If that’s your reaction as an employed parent, then you are not alone, Despite a campaign launched earlier in the year to raise awareness of the shared parental leave scheme, take-up remains low. Less than 8% of eligible families have signed up for the scheme since its inception in 2015 […]

The numbers of people visiting city parks and open spaces has soared by 25% from 2010 – 2016. According to Natural England, latest figures show an estimated 879 million visits to parks in towns and cities in 2015/16. Urban green spaces are increasingly utilised with an estimated 1.46 billion visits in 2015/16 compared with  1.16 […]

Completely free movement of people will end when the UK leaves the EU, according to a new government white paper. The decision will be a blow to many EU citizens who have planned to come to the UK for work as domestic staff. Free movement of people from the EU to the Uk will end, […]