United Kingdom > Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Agency Worker (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (L.N. No. 052 of 2019). -

Adoption: 2019-03-21 | GBR-2019-R-109374

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Employment (European Works Council) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (L.N. No. 159 of 2017). . -

Adoption: 2017-08-17 | GBR-2017-R-109378

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Special Educational Needs and Disability Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (2016 c. 8). -

Adoption: 2016-03-23 | GBR-2016-L-104766

An Act to amend the law relating to special education and disability discrimination in schools.

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 (2016 c. 7). -

Adoption: 2016-03-16 | GBR-2016-L-101869

An Act to make provision about reports on progress towards full employment and the apprenticeships target; to make provision about reports on the effect of certain support for troubled families; to make provision about life chances; to make provision about the benefit cap; to make provision about social security and tax credits; to make provision for loans for mortgage interest and other liabilities; and to make provision about social housing rents.

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Control of Employment Regulations 2015 (S.D. No. 2015/0211). -

Adoption: 2015-10-01 | GBR-2015-R-101934

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (2015 c. 26). -

Adoption: 2015-03-26 | GBR-2015-L-101875

An Act to make provision about improved access to finance for businesses and individuals; to make provision about regulatory provisions relating to business and certain voluntary and community bodies; to make provision about the exercise of procurement functions by certain public authorities; to make provision for the creation of a Pubs Code and Adjudicator for the regulation of dealings by pub-owning businesses with their tied pub tenants; to make provision about the regulation of the provision of childcare; to make provision about information relating to the evaluation of education; to make provision about the regulation of companies; to make provision about company filing requirements; to make provision about the disqualification from appointments relating to companies; to make provision about insolvency; to make provision about the law relating to employment; and for connected purposes.

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Control of Employment Act, 2014 (Act No. 11 of 2014). -

Adoption: 2014-10-21 | GBR-2014-L-101899

1. Short title.
2. Commencement
3. Interpretation

ISLE OF MAN WORKERS
4. Isle of Man workers
5. Isle of Man workers: supplemental

RESTRICTIONS ON EMPLOYMENT
6. Restrictions on employment
7. Exemptions
8. Work permits
9. Spouse or civil partner of permit holder etc.
10. Criminal records
11. Revocation of work permit
12. Criteria for grant or renewal of permit

APPEALS
13. Work Permit Appeal Tribunal
14. Appeals to Tribunal

ENFORCEMENT
15. Offences
16. Offences: supplemental
17. Fixed penalties
18. Evidence
19. Powers of inspectors

SUPPLEMENTAL
20. Application to Government
21. Application to territorial waters
22. Registers
23. Sharing of information
24. Regulations etc
25. Amendments, transitional provisions and repeals

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Incentives for Job Makers Act 2013 (2013:38). -

Adoption: 2013-10-15 | GBR-2013-L-96625

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

The Jobseeker's Allowance (Schemes for Assisting Persons to Obtain Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (2013 No. 2584). -

Adoption: 2013-10-07 | Date of entry into force: 2013-11-05 | GBR-2013-R-95032

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Jobseekers (Back to Work Schemes) Act 2013 (2013 c. 17). -

Adoption: 2013-03-26 | GBR-2013-L-95029

An Act to make provision about the effect of certain provisions relating to participation in a scheme designed to assist persons to obtain employment and about notices relating to participation in such a scheme.

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Employment Agencies (Enabling Provisions) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2012. -

Adoption: 2012-11-28 | GBR-2012-L-93045

1. General power to make Ordinances regulating employment agencies
2. Specific matters for which Ordinances may make provision
3. General provisions as to Ordinances
4. Interpretation
5. Citation
6. Commencement

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

The Jobseeker¿s Allowance (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (2012 No. 2568). -

Adoption: 2012-10-10 | Date of entry into force: 2012-10-22 | GBR-2012-R-95031

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Miscellaneous (circular, directive, legal notice, instruction, etc.)

National Forum on Disability Report, 2012. -

Adoption: 2012-10 | GBR-2012-M-92518

The National Forum on Disability was anticipated:
1. To raise awareness among stakeholders and the general public about disability issues and the importance of their roles as stakeholders;
2. To build interest in the development of a national policy on disability;
3. To lay the ground work for the formation of a working group charged with the development of a national policy on disability;
4. To enable persons with disabilities to have a voice;
5. To identify the factors of vulnerability for persons living with disability (e.g. health security, economic security, family security, social safety nets);
6. To identify gaps and define actions under a holistic approach in order to promote the inclusion and participation of persons with disability.

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Agency Workers Regulations 2012 (LN. 2012/062). -

Adoption: 2012-04-26 | GBR-2012-R-92605

Regulates the working conditions of workers in temporary agency work.

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

The Jobseeker's Allowance (Employment, Skills and Enterprise Scheme) Regulations 2011 (2011 No. 917). -

Adoption: 2011-03-28 | Date of entry into force: 2011-05-28 | GBR-2011-R-95030

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 13). -

Adoption: 2011-03-22 | GBR-2011-L-98063

An Act to make provision about the procedures for the resolution of employment disputes and the procedures of industrial tribunals and the Fair Employment Tribunal; to make provision in relation to time off for study or training; and for connected purpose.

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (c. 12). -

Adoption: 2010-08-02 | GBR-2010-L-98058

An Act to make provision about the enforcement of legislation relating to employment agencies and the minimum wage; to make provision about the membership of, and representation before, the Industrial Court; to provide for compensation for financial loss in cases of unlawful underpayment or non-payment; and for connected purposes.

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

National Policy for Older Persons, 2009. -

Adoption: 2009 | GBR-2009-L-92524

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

The Employment Zones (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007 No. 924). -

Adoption: 2007-03-23 | Date of entry into force: 2007-04-23 | GBR-2007-R-75714

These Regulations amend regulation 2 of the Employment Zones Regulations 2003. The 2003 Regulations make provision for jobseeker's allowance claimants to participate in an employment zone programme, established by the Secretary of State in areas of Great Britain known as "employment zones", to assist jobseekers to obtain sustainable employment.

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Amendment) (Further and Higher Education) Regulations 2006 -

Adoption: 2006-06-29 | Date of entry into force: 2006-09-01 | GBR-2006-R-74253

These Regulations implement (in Great Britain) the provisions of Council Directive 2000/78/EC (OJ No. L 303, 2.12.2000, p.16), establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation, so far as it relates to disability discrimination but only insofar as the Directive's obligations impact upon Chapter 2 of Part 4 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1673), which came into force on 1st October 2004, implemented the Directive's obligations with respect to Parts 2 and 3 of the Act.

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

The Employment Zones (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 1000). -

Adoption: 2006-04-03 | Date of entry into force: 2006-04-24 | GBR-2006-R-73854

Amends the Employment Zones Regulations 2003. Regulation 2 provides for references to "Employment Zones Regulations" to include the Employment Zones (Allocation to Contractors) Pilot Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/962), amends the definition of "New Deal for Young People programme" to include the Gateway to Work provision, amends regulation 2 and substitutes regulation 3. The amendments to regulation 2 provide for a jobseeker who does not have a fixed address to participate in the employment zone programme where the address for payment of his jobseeker's allowance is within an employment zone and makes provision for time previously spent on an employment zone programme to be taken into account. The substituted regulation 3 requires a jobseeker aged under 25 to have taken part in a New Deal for Young People programme before applying for early entry to an employment zone programme.

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Disability Discrimination Act, 2005 (Cap. 13). -

Adoption: 2005 | GBR-2005-L-70588

Sections 1-4 deals with discrimination by public authorities and their duties towards disabled persons. Sections 5-9 regulates accessibility to transport. Sections 10-18 regulates other matters such as housing, advertising, insurance. It also amends the Disability Discrimination Act, 1995.

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Disability Discrimination (Questions and Replies) Order 2004 (No. 1168 of 2004). -

Adoption: 2004-04-20 | Date of entry into force: 2004-10-01 | GBR-2004-R-67189

Revokes and replaces Disability Discrimination (Questions and Replies) Order 1996. Prescribes form of a questionnaire which could be used by a person ("the complainant") who considered that he may have been discriminated against by another ("the respondent") contrary to any provision of Part 2 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Jobseeker's Allowance (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S. I. No. 1008 of 2004). -

Adoption: 2004-03-31 | GBR-2004-R-67190

Amends Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations 1996. Increases minimum number of steps that a jobseeker must take to be actively seeking employment from at least two to at least three in a week. Also makes provision for good cause for refusing or failing to carry out a jobseeker's direction, or to apply for or accept employment to which jobseeker has been referred by an employment officer.

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Social Security (Working Neighbourhoods) Regulations 2004 (S. I. No. 959 of 2004). -

Adoption: 2004-03-29 | Date of entry into force: 2004-04-26 | GBR-2004-R-67192

Imposes requirements to take part in work-focused interviews on certain persons who reside in specified areas. Requirements apply to those who make a claim for income support or incapacity benefit. Also makes provision for claimants of jobseeker's allowance to participate in an employment zone programme established by the Secretary of State under section 60 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 to assist them to obtain sustainable employment where those jobseekers reside in areas designated as "employment zones".

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations, 2003 (Statutory Instrument No. 3319). -

Adoption: 2003-12-17 | GBR-2003-R-66880

Deal with various aspects of activities of employment agencies. Divided into 7 parts. Part 1 (s. 1-4) contains general provisions. Part 2 (s. 5-12) sets forth general obligations of employment agencies. Provides for restrictions on requiring work-seekers to use additional services, restrictions on detrimental action relating to work-seekers working elsewhere, restrictions on providing work-seekers in industrial disputes, restrictions on paying work-seekers' remuneration as well as some additional restrictions. Part 3 (s. 13-17) sets forth requirement to be satisfied before services are provided. Part 4 (s. 18-22) provides for requirements to be satisfied in relation to introduction or supply of work-seeker to a hirer. Part 5 (s. 23-24) deals with special situations. Part 6 (s. 25-26) regulates client accounts and charges to work-seekers. Part 7 (s. 27-29) contains miscellaneous provisions.

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

The Employment Zones Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2438). -

Adoption: 2003-09-26 | Date of entry into force: 2003-10-27 | GBR-2003-R-73856

Makes provision for jobseeker's allowance claimants to participate in an employment zone programme established by the Secretary of State in areas of Great Britain known as "employment zones" to assist jobseekers to obtain sustainable employment.

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Employment Regulations 1994 (Amendment) Regulations 2001 (No. 66 of 2001).

Adoption: 2001-06-07 | GBR-2001-R-59525

Amends Employment Regulations 1994. Makes provision for confidentiality of information obtained in the exercise of the powers contained in these regulations.

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Education (Modification of Enactments Relating to Employment) Order 1999 (No. 2256).

Adoption: 1999-08-09 | Date of entry into force: 1999-09-01 | GBR-1999-R-54870

Modifies various statutory provisions relating to employment to take account of the requirement contained in the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 for local education authorities to delegate financial management of schools to their governing bodies. While a school has a delegated budget, the governing body has powers as to the appointment, suspension, discipline and dismissal of staff at the school, although the local education authority remains the employer of staff at community, voluntary controlled and community special schools. The local authority may also be the employer of non-teaching staff at foundation, voluntary aided and foundation special schools.

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Disability Rights Commission Act, 1999 (c. 17).

Adoption: 1999-07-27 | GBR-1999-L-57379

Provides for the establishment of the Disability Rights Commission, and defines its functions, powers, and procedures. Regulates formal investigations, non-discrimination notices, agreement in lieu of enforcement action, persistent discrimination, assistance in relation to proceedings, recovery of expenses of providing assistance, codes of practice, conciliation of disputes, and some related matters.

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Disability Discrimination (Services and Premises) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (No. 557 of 1996).

Adoption: 1996-11-29 | Date of entry into force: 1996-12-02 | GBR-1996-R-48495

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Disability Discrimination (Questions and Replies) Order 1996 (S.I. No. 2793 of 1996).

Adoption: 1996-11-05 | Date of entry into force: 1996-12-02 | GBR-1996-R-51938

Prescribes the form which may be used by persons who believe that they have been discriminated against by employers or others. Also prescribes the form to be used by a respondent to reply.

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Disability Discrimination (Services and Premises) Regulations (S.I. No. 1836 of 1996).

Adoption: 1996-07-15 | GBR-1996-R-51934

Provides for certain exemptions to provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 which prohibit discrimination in the provision of goods and services on the grounds of disability.

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Disability Discrimination (Employment) (Regulations) (S.I. No. 1456 of 1996).

Adoption: 1996-07-06 | GBR-1996-R-51935

Provides for certain exceptions to provisions regarding the treatment of disabled employees under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Disability Discrimination (Meaning of Disability) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1455 No. of 1996).

Adoption: 1996-06-04 | Date of entry into force: 1996-07-30 | GBR-1996-R-51939

Excludes addictions, certain personality disorders (e.g. pyromania, voyeurism, exhibitionism), conditions related to body piercing and tattoos, and hayfever from the definition of disability. S. 6 provides that children under six shall be treated as if they were over six for the purposes of determining the effect of their disability.

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

National Disability Council (No. 2) Regulations (S.I. No. 1410 of 1996).

Adoption: 1996-05-31 | Date of entry into force: 1996-06-25 | GBR-1996-R-51936

Provides that the Secretary of State may commission research at the request of the National Disability Council and prescribes the circumstances under which the Council may appoint advisors.

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Disability Discrimination (Sub-leases and Sub-tenancies) Regulations 1996 (S.I. No. 1333 of 1996).

Adoption: 1996-05-17 | Date of entry into force: 1996-06-07 | GBR-1996-R-51937

Amendments with regard to sub-leases and sub-tenancies and the definition of the term "landlord".

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

National Disability Council Regulations 1996 (S.I. No. 11 of 1996).

Adoption: 1996-01-04 | Date of entry into force: 1996-01-29 | GBR-1996-R-42888

Prescribes circumstances in which a member of the National Disability Council may be removed from office by the Secretary of State, and makes provision for expenses incurred by the Council to be paid by the Secretary of State. Made under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

National Disability Council Regulations 1996 (S.I. No. 11 of 1996).

Adoption: 1996-01-04 | GBR-1996-R-51933

Prescribes circumstances under which a member of the National Disability Council may be removed.

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Jobseekers Act 1995 (Chapter 18). -

Adoption: 1995-06-28 | GBR-1995-L-41474

Provides for allowance for jobseekers who are capable of working and actively seeking employment. The Act regulates the amount payable, the conditions for receiving the allowance, and contains special provisions for persons under 18.

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Coal Industry (Restructuring Grants) Order 1994 (S.I. No. 1422 of 1994)

Adoption: 1994-05-25 | Date of entry into force: 1994-05-28 | GBR-1994-R-37218

Concerns the making of grants by the Secretary of State to the British Coal Corporation under section 3 of the Coal Industry Act 1987 (grants for workforce redeployment and reductions, etc).

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Employment Ordinance (Appointment of Director) Regulations 1994 (L.N. No. 25 of 1994)

Adoption: 1994-02-10 | Date of entry into force: 1994-01-01 | GBR-1994-R-35995

Appoints the Employment and Training Board as Director for the purposes of the Ordinance, and grants power to Board to delegate its functions to the Employment Unit. Made under the Employment Ordinance.

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Employment (Amendment) Ordinance 1993 (No. 7 of 1993)

Adoption: 1993-02-03 | GBR-1993-R-32875

Amends the Employment Ordinance by deleting subsection 6(5) and substituting the following: "(5) The Director shall appoint a person to be Secretary to the Board", by substituting in section 16 the words "officers of the Department of Labour and Social Security" for the word "Persons" and by substituting in section 76 the words "officers of the Department of Labour and Social Security" for the words "such address as may be prescribed from time to time for this purpose".

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Disabled Persons Act 1992 (Act. No. 1992-16) -

Adoption: 1992-12-17 | GBR-1992-R-31959

Provides that employers with a substantial number of employees must employ handicapped persons, and authorises the government to regulate at a later date the number of such persons to be employed, methods for registration of disabled persons seeking employment, and facilities to be provided to them. Buildings open to the public whether on payment or otherwise must be accessible to the disabled, and appropriate sanitary and parking facilities provided to them.

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Gibraltar Development Corporation (Employment Vacancies Registration) (Amendment) Regulations, 1992 (L.N. No. 149 of 1992)

Adoption: 1992-12-03 | GBR-1992-R-31898

Inserts, inter alia, a new regulation in respect of fees payable to the Board for the registration of vacancies. Made under the Gibraltar Development Corporation Ordinance, 1990.

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Social Security (Unemployment, Sickness and Invalidity Benefit) Amendment Regulations 1992 (S.I. No. 2913 of 1992)

Adoption: 1992-11-19 | Date of entry into force: 1992-12-17 | GBR-1992-R-31763

Amends regulation 12D(2)(c) of the Social Security (Unemployment, Sickness and Invalidity Benefit) Regulations 1983 by extending by 2 weeks the number of weeks a blind person can be deemed to be actively seeking employment in any period of 12 months.

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Gibraltar Development Corporation (Employment Vacancies Registration) Regulations, 1992 (L.N. No. 117 of 1992)

Adoption: 1992-08-20 | Date of entry into force: 1992-08-24 | GBR-1992-R-30067

These Regulations made pursuant to the Gibraltar Development Corporation Ordinance, 1990 provide that an employer who proposes to engage a worker in his business, trade or profession, shall, before seeking to engage any person as such a worker, notify the Employment and Training Board of that intention, providing the Board in such notification the information specified in the Schedule to these Regululations.

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Industrial Training (Road Transport Board) (Revocation) Order 1992 (S.I. No. 1895 of 1992)

Adoption: 1992-07-30 | Date of entry into force: 1992-09-01 | Date of partial entry into force: 1992-09-30 | GBR-1992-R-30360

Provides for the winding up of the Road Transport Industry Training Board which was established by the Industrial Training (Road Transport Board) Order 1966, as amended by the Industrial Training (Road Transport Board) Order 1982, and the revocation of the Orders mentioned above with effect from 30th September 1992.

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Protection of Employment Opportunities (Designation of Minister) (Jersey) Act 1992 (R&O.8419). -

Adoption: 1992-07-29 | GBR-1992-R-93125

United Kingdom - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Employment (Amendment) Ordinance 1992 (No. 3 of 1992)

Adoption: 1992-06-30 | GBR-1992-R-30031

This Ordinance amends the Employment Ordinance by inserting after the word "employment" on each occasion it appears, the words "and training", and by providing new paragraphs in respect of training. The Industrial Training Ordinance and transitional arrangements are repealed.