Author: IER
Farage: UKIP would abolish discrimination legislation
12 March 2015
Farage indicated that UKIP would scrap much of the legislation designed to prevent racial discrimination at work. He was speaking in a Channel 4 documentary which will air next week.
Frances Maude makes ‘pointless’ union-bashing statement in Commons
13 March 2015
In parliament this week Union-basher Frances Maude repeated his moves to cut trade union facility time and abolish check-off ‘for no reason’.
TUC: Women need collective bargaining
13 March 2015
This week is TUC women’s conference 2015. Follow the debate on twitter #TUCwomen2015.
Legal aids cuts hurt those who need help the most
12 March 2015
Justice committee finds that legal aid cuts are all round disaster.
Barclays Boss earns 465 times that of a minimum wage earner
4 March 2015
Barclays chief executive Antony Jenkins has accepted the committee’s offer of a £1.1m bonus, taking his yearly earnings to £5.5m.
Sports Direct founder refuses to appear before MPs
4 March 2015
Mike Ashley has ducked out of appearing before the Scottish Affairs committee.
In the Commons: ZHCs in Wales
4 March 2015
The hollow victory of falling unemployment was brought up in a debate on the labour market statistics in Wales
The pay gap between London and the rest of the UK has narrowed…
4 March 2015
…but only because Londoner’s wages are getting worse
5 million earn below the living wage
26 February 2015
A shocking 5 million UK workers out of a 30.6 million strong workforce earn below the living wage, TUC research has revealed.
Migration targets: what is the Government missing?
27 February 2015
Immigration has hit the headlines this week with the news that the government has completely failed to reach its target of reducing net annual immigration to 100,000, “no ifs, no buts” – a target that should never have been set in the first place.
Modern Slavery Bill debated in Lords
27 February 2015
This Wednesday (February 25) the Modern Slavery Bill went through report stage in the House of Lords.
Council and NHS employers are not doing enough to limit zero-hours contracts
26 February 2015
Wednesday’s (26 February) ONS statistics showed the number of workers trapped on zero-hours contracts has now reached 1.8 million. Given the exploitative nature of the contracts, public sector employers are not doing enough to curb their use.
