The Government has today announced plans for a substantial overhaul of the benefits system. These should address one of the major issues that the REC has campaigned on, namely complexities in the current benefits system that preclude job-seekers from using temporary assignments as a route back into work.

The REC Council has appointed Marshall Evans, Group Operations Director of Staffline Group plc, as the new chair of the Employment Policy Committee (EPC).

The pay of a small number of highly skilled interim managers within a particular NHS Trust has come under the media spotlight.

Following the announcement in this year’s Budget that the Default Retirement Age would be phased out from April 2011, Employment Relations Minister Edward Davey has today launched a consultation on how the changes will be implemented.

The REC has announced it is extending the deadline for its qualifications review consultation until August 11.

With just two years to go until the start of the Olympic Games, the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) Technology sector group invited Paul Modley from London 2012 to its annual Technology Summer Dinner to speak to the group on what challenges and opportunities lay ahead during the countdown to the opening.

The Government has today confirmed its position on how travel and subsistence schemes should interact with the National Minimum Wage (NMW). The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has for many years taken forward members' concerns on this issue and called for clarity from HMRC. Today’s announcement makes it clear that any payments made for such expenses will have to be in addition to the minimum wage.

Mark Hoban MP, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, has announced the launch of a consultation looking at the implementation of the Coalition Government’s plans for reform to financial regulations.

Jonathan Gilbert, director of Recruitment Driven Ltd, will be representing the drivers’ recruitment sector at a national level after being appointed to the REC's Drivers Executive Committee, it was announced today.

Following last week’s launch of the new Office of Tax Simplification (OTS), the REC underlined some of the key priorities for recruiters and contractors – including a comprehensive review of IR35.