Exploitation of flexible working arrangements by employers restricted Small – Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 Employee can make a flexible working application for any reason Flexible – Working Regulations 2014 Latest principles established in case law. HOW THE STANDARDS ARE IMPLEMENTED: THE ‘PROCESS’ Implementation and Regulators Resource allocation evaluation of public and expenditure policy Health and Safety Budget Work Programme (to Executive; announcements; 2016); Access to Work; Employment Agency Office for Budget Work Choice (to 2016); Standards Responsibility; Work and Health Inspectorate; Acas; PESA; Programme (from 2017); Director of Labour Cumulative impact Britain Right to request flexible Market Enforcement; assessment of welfare working; Agency Employment Agency reforms; Workers Regulations; Standards Government zero-hours employment Inspectorate; Low Pay expenditure and contracts; workplace Commission; revenue bullying and harassment Gangmasters and Scotland/Wales reports Labour Abuse Authority Fair Work Convention; Scotland Poverty and Inequality Commission Earnings (CORE INDICATOR) RATIONALE Earnings, including the extent of pay gaps and prevalence of low pay, is a good indicator to assess how people’s rights to fair wages and remuneration for work of equal value are protected in Britain. TOPICS Pay gaps in median hourly earnings Low pay Gender differences by industry, occupation, region and sector WHAT PEOPLE EXPERIENCE: THE ‘OUTCOME’ Statistical outcome measures
Exploitation of flexible working arrangements by employers restricted – Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 Employee can make a flexible working application for any reason – Flexible Working Regulations 2014 Latest principles established in case law. HOW THE STANDARDS ARE IMPLEMENTED: THE ‘PROCESS’ Implementation and evaluation of public policy Regulators Resource allocation and expenditure Britain Work Programme (to 2016); Access to Work; Work Choice (to 2016); Work and Health Programme (from 2017); Right to request flexible working; Agency Workers Regulations; zero-hours employment contracts; workplace bullying and harassment Health and Safety Executive; Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate; Acas; Director of Labour Market Enforcement; Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate; Low Pay Commission; Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority Budget announcements; Office for Budget Responsibility; PESA; Cumulative impact assessment of welfare reforms; Government expenditure and revenue Scotland/Wales reports Scotland Fair Work Convention; Poverty and Inequality Commission Earnings (CORE INDICATOR) RATIONALE Earnings, including the extent of pay gaps and prevalence of low pay, is a good indicator to assess how people’s rights to fair wages and remuneration for work of equal value are protected in Britain. TOPICS Pay gaps in median hourly earnings Low pay Gender differences by industry, occupation, region and sector WHAT PEOPLE EXPERIENCE: THE ‘OUTCOME’ Statistical outcome measures