The Department for Work and Pensions is being urged to launch a recruitment drive for additional staff to help deal with a backlog of payments to people who are newly eligible for their state pension. Pension payments to thousands of people are understood to have been delayed and the civil se...
The new scheme is intended to support “viable” roles in the economic recovery from the coronavirus, and will be available for employees working a minimum of one-third of their hours and requires employers to pay for the hours worked, with the wages then topped up by payment...