The Queen's Speech on 4 June 2014 included a number of employment proposals. The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill will include measures to address national minimum wage and zero-hour contracts abuses and "crack down on costly tribunal delays"; the detail of the measures proposed is not yet available. Other plans include reforms to apprenticeships, childcare tax relief, taxation of the self-employed and workplace pensions.
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