No Images? Click here ____________________________________________________________________________ POLITICAL & MEDIA UPDATES____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ Parliament News____________________________________________________________________________ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Andrew Griffiths) contributes on National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2018 ____________________________________________________________________________ Media News____________________________________________________________________________ Trade Unions and Co-operative Innovations for Precarious Workers (Co-op News)A new report identifies co-operative models as solutions to precarious work in the gig economy. BBC Seeks to Resolve Row With its Own Presenters Over Tax Bills (Hereford Times)The BBC has launched a new independent process to try to resolve a row with high-profile stars who claim they were pressured into employment arrangements which left them with huge tax demands. DPD to Offer Self-Employed Drivers Sick Pay and Annual Leave (Personnel Today)Parcel delivery company DPD is to give self-employed drivers access to benefits such as paid annual leave, sick pay and pension entitlement through a new self-employed worker contract. Payslip Changes from 2019 (Lexology) From 6 April 2019, new regulations will expand the existing rules on itemised pay statements (or payslips) Professional Passport Goes Free (Global Recruiter)Following all the recent changes in legislation that allow third party debts to be passed back to recruitment companies where non-compliance is found Professional Passport has launched a free membership offer to recruitment companies. ____________________________________________________________________________ PRISM News____________________________________________________________________________ PRISM has developed a range of templates, guides and best practice documents for Providers to help raise standards of compliance and consistency of approach. Please register for more information about Membership PRISM presses their case for structural reform and is gaining widespread support for many of their recommendations in the booklet 'The Case For Structural Reform'. ____________________________________________________________________________ 0203 198 0094 | info@prism.contractors | www.prism.contractors | Twitter PRISM Association Limited, 8 The Manor, Shinfield, Berks, RG2 9DP Disclaimer: Any documents, articles, content or comments are attributable to the stated authors. To the fullest extent permissible by law, PRISM exclude all liability for any claim, loss, demands or damages of any kind whatsoever (whether such claim, loss, demands or damages were foreseeable, known or otherwise) arising out of or in connection with the information, content and/or advice provided by any external contributor |