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Mandating salary disclosure in job ads empowers candidates to make informed applications and promotes greater pay transparency in the UK labor market.
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Burnham to force employers to publish salaries on job ads in latest government ‘small fix’ – UK politics live
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Prime minister said his government would bring in legal requirement for companies to say what they pay when listing new jobsHello and welcome to the UK politics live blog.Employers will be forced to publish salaries on job adverts, Andy Burnham has announced, in the government’s latest “small fix” to help improve people’s lives.Whether you’re a young person starting out or a parent trying to support your family, you should know what a job pays before spending your time and effort applying for it.That’s why we will make it a legal requirement for all employers to say what you pay.Andy Burnham has said he wants to “recast” the UK’s deal to cede control of the Chagos Islands after resistance from Washington, which said the agreement could instead be modelled on America’s Greenland deal with Denmark.Shabana Mahmood’s changes to the migration system could harm women and children, a Labour MP has warned, as members of her own party continue to raise concerns with the home secretary’s proposals.The EU is seeking a firmer pledge from the British government to guarantee European students discounted rates on university tuition fees before a much-anticipated summit this month. Continue reading...
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