Employment Rights
BASC has accused Gloucestershire Constabulary of failing to fulfil a statutory duty by suspending firearm certificate grants. Within the last few days, the force has taken the unilateral decision to suspend grant applications for firearm and shotgun certificates on the grounds of “unexpected resourcing issues”. It has also said that applications already in the pipeline… Read more »
The Dental Defence Union (DDU) has welcomed the introduction of a change to GDC processes aimed at speeding up the initial inquiries made to assess fitness to practise cases. After a successful pilot, which saw the time taken to assess cases in the scheme average 13 weeks, the GDC has announced it is rolling out the… Read more »
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The prime minister has pledged to create 200,000 apprenticeships by 2011 in the draft Queen’s Speech. In a preview of the government’s legislative programme to MPs, Gordon Brown said he would give every qualified young person the statutory right to an apprenticeship. In 1997 about 65,000 young people were learning a trade through an apprenticeship,… Read more »
Details of pay levels in Britain’s local authorities reveal 14 town hall employees are earning more than the prime minister. In all 818 local authority workers are earning more than £100,000 and 132 earn more than the £137,579 earned by a Cabinet minister, according to the Taxpayers Alliance’s Town Hall Rich List. Fourteen are earning… Read more »
