Pat McFadden

Victory for Independent in fair tips campaign

By Martin Hickman, Consumer Affairs Correspondent Wednesday, 19 November 2008 Proposals to stop restaurants creaming off tips to pay basic wages are being announced today. In a victory for The Independent's "fair tips"...

Ministers look to widen role of post offices

Ministers are to hold a series of meetings with Labour and Tory backbenchers to discuss what extra services the Post Office network could provide, including helping credit unions, dealing with payment of energy bills and the...

Labour government blocks workers’ rights

Any belief that Gordon Brown’s government is going to back workers rights took another blow as the government voted down a series of amendments to the Employment Bill that would have given limited rights to workers in...

Fair Employment Enforcement Board meets for first time (news)

Business groups, unions and the Government joined forces for the first meeting of the Fair Employment Enforcement Board today (5 November). The Board says it will lead the fight to protect vulnerab...

Dodgy ac director fails to dodge jail

A CHEATING company director who operated air-conditioning companies while bankrupt and forged documents to escape the law, has been jailed for four years and nine months. Roy Goss, 67, from Cambridge, was convicted in Croydon...

Tories: Government 'too slow' over Europe cash for businesses

The Tories today accused the Government of not moving quickly enough to ensure that fresh funds from the European Investment Bank reached hard-pressed British businesses. Shadow small business minister Mark Prisk welcomed the...

Financial crisis will send one million immigrant workers home, race chief says

Trevor Phillips says a million immigrant workers will be sent home due to the financial crisis Trevor Phillips, the chairman of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission, has said that one million migrant workers will be sent...

Businesses turn to locals as migration slows

29-Oct-2008

By Andrew Taylor and Sara-Christine Gemson Some of Britain’s biggest businesses are recruiting more home-grown workers as the flow of migrants from eastern and central Europe starts to dry up. The disclosure came as Phil...