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The Chancellor used his Budget speech to confirm that increased National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage (NLW) rates are due to come into effect on 1 April 2019.
The NLW first came into effect on 1 April 2016, and is the minimum hourly
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Unlock, a charity that assists people with criminal convictions, has published new guidance to help employers ensure that their policies and practices on collecting criminal records data during recruitment are compliant with the GDPR and the Data
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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has launched a self-assessment checklist to help small business owners and sole traders to assess their compliance with the GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018.
The ICO’s interactive online checklist
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ACAS has published new guidance on employment references aimed at both employers and employees, based around the typical questions it receives on the ACAS helpline. The guidance makes clear that there is usually no legal obligation on employers to
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