The Labour Party has published far-reaching proposals for the reform of workplace rights which would move away from the current system of enforcement via the tribunal system to instead having more enforcement via government agencies.

The UK’s main inflation measure in October 2019 was 1.5%.

The latest statistics from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveal that an average of 4.4 days per worker were lost to sickness absence in 2018.

The government is to consult on whether employers should be compelled to provide basic references for former employees.

Various research organisations have published pay data for the three months to September 2019 along with predictions for the following months.