3 d. ago Government to ban ‘appalling’ NDAs in cases of harassment and discrimination

Ministers have put forward an amendment to the Employment Rights Bill which would void NDAs linked to harassment or discrimination in the workplace.

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4 d. ago ‘We’re told to be polite and small and dainty. But that’s not me!’: Megan Stalter on starring in Lena Dunham’s new romcom, Too Much

Her kooky online skits brought her viral fame and a breakout role in HBO’s Hacks. Then Lena Dunham came calling with the job of a lifetime. Is the actor ready to take centre stage?When Lena Dunham messaged, Megan Stalter lost it. “Like d’uhh,” Stalter is explaining – delighting, really. “Who wouldn’t? I was at home: this really bad apartment in Laurel Canyon [in the Hollywood Hills]. The area is haunted, and it was actually a really scary building, and nothing ever got fixed because apparently in the lease I signed they didn’t have to repair anything! I don’t actually live there now ” Stalter, 34, has a tendency to wander off on tangents. So Dunham?“OK yes, so we were just about to start filming Hacks again.” The wildly popular, 48-times-Emmy-nominated HBO comedy in which Stalter plays nepo-baby Kayla, a chaotic and kind-hearted talent agent, her total-commitment-to-the-bit characterisation making her a breakout star. “And there Lena was in my DMs.” Stalter opene...

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9 d. ago Parental leave probe could tackle gender pay gap, says minister

Employment rights minister Justin Madders criticised a ‘piecemeal approach’ to designing the parental leave system over the past 134 years.

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2 w. ago Labour minister suggests UK Government could copy Scottish Child Payment

Employment minister Alison McGovern said "all levers are very much on the table" when asked if her government was considering raising the child element of universal credit to the same rate as the SCP.

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3 w. ago Bizarre Chinese national park ad for ‘wild man’ job draws thousands of applicants

A bizarre job listing in central China looking for “wild men” to roam the Shennongjia National Park has gone viral, attracting over 10,000 applications.

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3 w. ago Irish EuroMillions jackpot winner says their life was 'destroyed' after bagging prize

Margaret Loughrey was living on benefits and had just been to the job centre when she picked up the winning ticket on a whim, but she said the mega windfall destroyed her life

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3 w. ago Beating a path to the Job Centre: brawling former Shadow employment minister Mike Amesbury who sucker

MP Mike Amesbury, 56, was seen looking rather forlorn in Runcorn, Cheshire, as he attempted to find work after completing 200 hours of community service in lieu of jail time for his crime.

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