The latest APSCo legal updates for November 2025.
W/C 3rd November
Thank you to everyone who joined the Crown Commercial Services July 2025 webinars and shared feedback. As a result, the NHS Workforce Alliance will merge the RM6281 Clinical and RM6277 Non-Clinical staffing frameworks into a single new framework, RM6397 Clinical and Non-Clinical Temporary and Permanent Staff, which will replace the current agreements by mid-2027. https://www.workforcealliance.nhs.uk/news/rm6397-clinical-and-non-clinical-temporary-and-permanent-staff/
The unified framework will allow the NHS and public sector to recruit all staff types, including via managed service provision, simplifying procurement for customers and bidding for suppliers. https://www.workforcealliance.nhs.uk/news/rm6397-clinical-and-non-clinical-temporary-and-permanent-staff/
APSCo will share the CCS webinar dates in our newsletter as soon as they are confirmed for this month.
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has named 491 employers for failing to pay national minimum wage to around 42,000 workers in its 22nd naming round. Defaulting employers have received fines totalling £10.2m.
From April 2026, the Employment Rights Bill will establish a new Fair Work Agency with more powers to tackle employers underpaying workers and failing to pay holiday and sick pay.
You can access the GOV names and shames list here, and access APSCo Fair Work Agency factsheet here.