A manufacturer of steel pipework has been fined for failing to purchase compulsory insurance to protect its employees. Essex firm Ductwork Environmental Services Ltd was fined £1,000 at Harlow Magistrates’ Court today and ordered to pay £750 in costs.
Following the release of an independent review into the implementation of pension auto enrolment, the government has agreed that all employers must provide pension schemes or enrol staff in to the new National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) from 2012.
The recession has resulted in both a fall in total employment (down by a net 580,000 in the two years to spring 2010) and a shift from full-time employment (which has fallen by 910,000) to part-time employment (which has increased by 330,000).
The headline figure for claims to Employment Tribunals in the year ending 31st March 2010 show a massive 56% increase in claims over the previous year.
