Business management

The maternity and paternity leave system needs a major overhaul, according to a report from a leading business group.

The government is proposing to scrap the default retirement age of 65 by October 2011.

New rules which will allow fathers to take longer periods of paternity leave could be changed by the coalition government.

The government has laid out plans to change the way that payments are calculated for final salary pension schemes.

Too many smaller firms are failing to safeguard themselves against the problems posed by late payments.

Following the announcement that the government is to go ahead with the introduction of the Equality Act, a leading employers’ group has claimed that one aspect of the legislation could have an adverse effect on the number of women in higher paid jobs.

A new Cabinet committee, tasked with the job of reducing the heavy burden of red tape on business, has convened its first meeting.

The quality and scope of regulation impact assessments need to improve, a report has recommended.

Business organisations have reacted with disappointment to news that the government is proposing to remove the default retirement age.

The CBI has put forward a series of proposals aimed at changing labour market and employment rules.