Employment
This page highlights some of the current parliamentary material available on employment. This includes select committee reports, briefing papers on current legislation and other subjects produced by the parliamentary research services, and the latest Early Day Motions put down by MPs.
Standard Notes
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 31.07.2013 | Youth Contract |
| The Youth Contract was launched in April 2012 and combines existing schemes with new ones, all of which seek to support young people into sustainable employment. | |
| 17.07.2013 | Employment: Economic Indicators page |
| There were 29.71 million people aged 16 and over in employment in the UK in March to May 2013, up by 16,000 compared to the previous quarter and by 336,000 compared to the same period last year. | |
| 08.07.2013 | Employment law reform |
| The Coalition Agreement outlined a policy commitment to review employment law. . A number of significant changes to employment law have been or are due to be implemented by the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 and Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013. This note provides an outline of the changes. | |
| 27.06.2013 | Work Programme |
| Overview of the Government's main welfare-to-work scheme designed to tackle long-term unemployment. | |
| 25.06.2013 | The Living Wage |
| The living wage is an hourly rate of pay set annually by reference to the basic cost of living in the UK and London. Unlike the National Minimum Wage, employers may choose to pay the living wage on a voluntary basis. This note explains the living wage and how it is calculated, provides an overview of the arguments for and against its adoption and discusses the position in North America, where the living wage has been implemented, in several states, through local state law. A list of further reading is provided at the end. |
Research Papers
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 17.07.2013 | Unemployment by Constituency, July 2013 |
| This paper contains labour market figures for parliamentary constituencies, as well as a summary of the latest national and regional statistics. | |
| 12.06.2013 | Unemployment by Constituency June 2013 |
| This paper contains labour market figures for parliamentary constituencies, as well as a summary of the latest national and regional statistics | |
| 31.05.2013 | Children and Families Bill Committee Stage Report |
| The Children and Families Bill introduces a wide range of legislation concerning adoption and children in care, aspects of family justice law, special educational needs, the Office of the Children's Commissioner for England, child care, statutory rights to leave and pay for parents and adopters, time off work for ante-natal care, and the right to request flexible working. This paper complements Research Paper 13/11 prepared for the Commons Second Reading. | |
| 15.05.2013 | Unemployment by Constituency May 2013 |
| This paper contains labour market figures for parliamentary constituencies, as well as a summary of the latest national and regional statistics. | |
| 17.04.2013 | Unemployment by Constituency, April 2013 |
| This paper contains labour market figures for parliamentary constituencies, as well as a summary of the latest national and regional statistics. |
Select Committee Reports
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 25.01.2011 | The future of the Newport passport office. |
| Welsh Affairs Select Committee report [Commons] | |
| 09.03.2010 | Green Jobs and Skills. |
| Government response. Environmental Audit Select Committee; Department for Business, Innovation and Skills report [Commons] | |
| 03.03.2010 | Management and Administration of Contracted Employment Programmes. |
| Work and Pensions Select Committee report [Commons] |
Early Day Motions
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 08.02.2012 | LOWER PAID AND PART-TIME EMPLOYEES |
| That this House acknowledges the Coalition Government's commitment to raising the threshold at which people begin paying income tax to 10,000 per annum; expresses the strong belief ... | |
| 25.01.2012 | WOOLWORTHS TRIBUNAL DECISION |
| That this House congratulates the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers, Usdaw, in supporting union members who are former employees of Woolworths by pursuing a protective ... | |
| 24.01.2012 | RETENTION OF SKILLS AND CONDITIONS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY |
| That this House recognises the need to retain skilled workers in the construction industry; notes with concern that several major employers in the construction industry are considering ... | |
| 11.01.2012 | WOMEN AND JOB SHARING |
| That this House welcomes the Capability Jane/Working Families report published in December 2011 entitled Job Sharing at a Senior Level: Making it Work; notes that the expectation of ... | |
| 10.01.2012 | HM REVENUE AND CUSTOMS CONTACT CENTRE TRIAL OF PRIVATE CONTRACTORS |
| That this House congratulates staff working in HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) contact centres on increasing the positive answering rate to 71 per cent. of calls to date in 2011-12; notes ... |
Lords Library Notes
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 12.07.2013 | Debate on 18 July: Role of Government in Generating Economic Prosperity and Employment |
| This Note outlines recent data on the performance of the UK economy, announcements by the Government for capital spending, spending on research and development and action to help businesses gain access to funding. It also looks at proposals for the Government to take more of a role in managing growth, in particular whether the UK needs a more coherent and long-term industrial strategy. | |
| 28.06.2013 | Children and Families Bill (HL Bill 32 of 2013-14) |
| This Library Note provides information on the Children and Families Bill, which is due for second reading in the House of Lords on 2 July 2013. The Bill covers several areas, including: adoption and children in care; the family justice system; children and young people with special educational needs; the Office of the Children's Commissioner for England; rights to leave and pay for parents; the right to request flexible working; and early years education and child care. | |
| 24.12.2012 | Growth and Infrastructure Bill (HL Bill 72 of 2012-13) |
| The purpose of the Growth and Infrastructure Bill is to promote investment in infrastructure projects, reduce delays in the planning system and introduce a new employment status of employee shareholder. This Library Note provides background information for the second reading of the Bill in the House of Lords on 8 January 2013. | |
| 09.11.2012 | Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill (HL Bill 45 of 2012-13) |
| The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill includes measures for changes to competition policy, to employment law, and for reducing regulation, as well as provisions on the Green Investment Bank, directors' remuneration, copyright and planning. This Library Note provides background reading in advance of the Bill's second reading in the House of Lords. | |
| 21.12.2007 | Employment Bill [HL] (HL Bill 13, 2007-08). LLN 2007/010 |
| Employment Bill. House of Lords Library Note 2007/010 |
POST Papers
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 25.10.2012 | Mental Health and the Workplace |
| This note summarises how the workplace affects mental health and vice versa. | |
| 03.10.2011 | An Ageing Workforce |
| This POSTnote examines the main challenges to the participation and productivity of older people in the workforce. | |
| 01.06.1995 | UK Teleworking, June 1995 |
| Information and communications technologies are making the site of work less important, radically changing many working practices. |
