POLITICAL & MEDIA UPDATES

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Parliament News

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House of Commons Issues Briefing Paper on Workers Underpaid Minimum Wage

HMRC concluded investigations into 2,674 employers in 2016/17, and found 98,150 underpaid workers. That was the largest annual total on record, with 69% more workers found to be underpaid than the year before.

House of Lords Issues Briefing on Gig Economy

This briefing will focus on the gig economy in six sectors. Alongside this growth in size, it has increasingly been the focus of considerable research and commentary, both positive and negative.

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Media News

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HMRC Uses the Advertising Standards Agency to Address Claims of Compliance by Non-Compliant Firms

(FT Adviser)

Pressure on Pay at National Living Wage for Time Spent Training

(The Caterer)

APSCo Offers Advice to Recruiters Hit by Carillion Collapse

(ResponseSource)

Focus on Gig Economy Workers Continues with Appeal at The Supreme Court

(Reuters)

Better Jobs Deal is Needed to Fix the Modern Labour Market

(Hereford Times)

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PRISM News

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PRISM To Launch Resource Centre

PRISM has developed a series of best practice guides to support Providers compliance.

This will be available to all Members of PRISM.

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