We're not saying that we should turn into a nation of clock-watchers. Most people do not mind putting in some extra time when there's a crisis or an unexpected rush. But too many workplaces have come to depend on very long hours. They get taken for granted and staff have to do even more if there is an unexpected rush.
"Sir Brendan Paul Barber" is chair of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) Council. He is a former General Secretary of the TUC/general secretary of the United Kingdom's Trades Union Congress (TUC); a post he held from June 2003 until his retirement at the end of 2012. He was appointed Acas Chair in 2014, replacing Ed Sweeney, who had been in the post since 2007.
More Brendan Barber on Wikipedia.Instead of the further help for the better-off that new incentives would provide, the government should phase in compulsory savings for employers and employees.
The profit is what we give back to the community, and that's what we all do this for.
We can't promise it will be this good every year. But if we have the funds we will keep giving them back to the community.
The increase will see well over a million low-paid workers with more cash in their pockets, many of them women working part-time.
Agency workers deserve a better deal...Today's announcement gives a green light to those unscrupulous employers who will continue to exploit agency workers.
These figures suggest that there can be few workplaces in the UK without a resident bully.
For four years the agency workers directive has been blocked by various governments, including our own, and now it is destined to sit on a Brussels shelf for many more years to come.
We already have huge incentives to save for retirement, but they are not working.
But, as ever, with each minimum wage increase comes the predictable wave of protests from business saying that it cannot afford another rise.
Everyone knows we work the longest hours in Europe.
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