Research Briefing
Working time directive:opt out from 48 hour limit on working week
Working time directive:opt out from 48 hour limit on working week. By Vincent Keter. SN/BT/2073.
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Research Briefing
Working Time Opt Out: Retained Firefighters
This note looks at the recent developments at EU level which may see the abolition of the opt-out provisions in the Working Time rules in respect of the 48 hour working week.
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Research Briefing
Saving Gateway Accounts Bill : Committee Stage report (Bill 3 of 2008-09)
This short Bill establishes a government subsidised savings scheme for people of working age on low incomes. The Saving Gateway has been trialled in several regions; the Bill establishes a scheme for the whole of the country.
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Research Briefing
Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill: apprenticeship and training provisions (Bill 55 2008-09)
This paper is one of two which examine the main proposals of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill 2008-09. It deals with the provisions relating to apprenticeship and training, such as the introduction of a statutory framework for apprenticeships and a right for employees to request time to undertake training. See also Research Paper 09/15.
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Research Briefing
Unemployment by Constituency, January 2009
This paper shows the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance recorded as resident in each constituency in the United Kingdom in January 2009, together with comparisons with the levels in January 2008 and January 1997. This paper also presents residence-based unemployment rates for all 646 constituencies in the United Kingdom.
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Research Briefing
EU bibliographies: posting of workers
This Note brings together documents relevant to the so-called 'Posted workers Directive', Council Directive 96/71/EC. It is not an attempt to define policy in this area. For information on policy developments contact Jacqueline Parker on extn 4317. See also SN/BT/301 Posted Workers and SN/BT/4501 Government policy on "British jobs for British workers".
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Research Briefing
Income shifting
This note looks at the Government's recent legislative proposals to prevent 'income shifting' - arrangements used by the main earner in a family businesses to divert part of his income through the business to another person in a lower tax bracket, often their spouse, to mitigate their overall tax bill. These proposals proved controversial, and in the Pre Budget Report in November 2008 the Government confirmed that it was deferring any legislation, but would keep the issue under review.
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Research Briefing
Welfare Reform Bill: social security provisions
This paper is one of two which examine the main proposals of the Welfare Reform Bill 2008-09. It deals with Part 1 of the Bill, which includes provisions to establish a 'work for your benefit' scheme for the long-term unemployed, to allow piloting of the 'personalised conditionality' regime, and to enable the future abolition of income support. See also Research Paper 09/09.
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Research Briefing
Unemployment by constituency, December 2008
This paper shows the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance recorded as resident in each constituency in the United Kingdom in December 2008, together with comparisons with the levels in December 2007 and December 1997. This paper also presents residence-based unemployment rates for all 646 constituencies in the United Kingdom.
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Research Briefing
Tax credits and childcare costs
This is an archived Commons Library briefing on tax credits and childcare costs, from 2009.
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Research Briefing
Saving Gateway Accounts Bill (Bill 3 of 2008-09)
This short Bill establishes a government subsidised savings scheme for people of working age on low incomes. The Saving Gateway has been trialled in several regions; the Bill establishes a scheme for the whole of the country.
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Research Briefing
Unemployment by constituency, November 2008
Unemployment by constituency, November 2008. House of Commons Library Research Paper 08/92. This paper shows the number of people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance recorded as resident in each constituency in the United Kingdom in November 2008, together with comparisons with the levels in November 2007 and November 1997. This paper also presents residence-based unemployment rates for all 646 constituencies in the United Kingdom.
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Research Briefing
Tax Law Rewrite: the Corporation Tax Bill 2008-09
The Corporation Tax Bill is the fifth to be produced by the Tax Law Rewrite Project - established in December 1996 with the aim of rewriting the UK's existing primary direct tax legislation to make it clearer and easier to use. This note gives an update of the project, and a short introduction to the Bill.
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