The Employment Practices Bill 2014-15 has been published in draft. The bill has been little publicised and has been introduced in an attempt to tackle the potential exploitation of migrant workers but applies to all employers and workers. The main provision of the Bill relates to employers who offer an employee residential accommodation as part of […]
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Recovering benefit overpayments from earnings
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has a new means of recovering money owed to it by those formerly in receipt of benefits. The DWP can now issue a Direct Earnings Attachment (DEA) notice instructing an employer to make deductions from an employee’s earnings without the need for DWP to obtain a Court Order […]