Tribunal system overrun with claims since scrapping of fees

Does the CITB levy and grant system make training more expensive – and reduce the number of trainees the industry needs?

Balfour Beatty threatens to vote for CITB abolition

Bogus self-employment: Is it for real?

Unite's headline states "Huge rise in construction bogus self-employment demonstrates urgent need for radical employment reforms". We take a look at the facts

Employment Tribunal Fees are scrapped

It’s been almost four years since the government ruled that anyone taking a case to an employment tribunal had to pay a fee and now the Supreme Court have overturned this to allow free access.

Skills shortages, training opportunities & the CITB

Construction Industry Training Board Levy Proposal 2018: Taking back control

Pimlico Plumbers appeal flushed away by the Court of Appeal

London firm wrongly claimed its plumbers were self-employed

The Gig Economy: Uses… abuses… and blurred lines