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NHS Chiefs beg for end to pay restraint; but Hunt demands increase in productivity
01 November 2017
The heads of health and social are bodies across the UK have written to the Chancellor outlining the urgent need for funding to the NHS and an end to pay restraint, but Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said wage rises will likely be focused on sectors that show "improved productivity".
Brexit Minister spoke in favour of scrapping EU-derived workers’ rights
01 November 2017
Brexit Minister Lord Martin Callanan has been exposed by Political Scrapbook saying EU-derived workers' rights should be scrapped.
Employers ‘using confusion over EU workers rights to exploit migrants’
27 October 2017
Employers are using EU workers' confusion over whether or not they will have a right to stay in a post-Brexit UK to exploit them, according to reports.
Lords seek govt backing to ban unpaid internships
27 October 2017
There was cross-party support in the House of Lords today for a ban on unpaid internships lasting over four weeks.
Parliament debates statutory Parental Bereavement Leave
23 October 2017
In its 2017 Manifesto, the Conservative Party vowed to provide additional rights for paid leave for parents who have lost a child.
Public sector wages fall below private sector wages, shows GMB expose
23 October 2017
Figures requested by the GMB union have revealed that public sector workers' wages have fallen below those of their private sector counterparts.
Most Brits back ban on unpaid internships, poll reveals
23 October 2017
The vast majority of the UK public would back a ban on unpaid internships lasting four weeks or more, a new poll has revealed.
Employment tribunal fee refund scheme opens
20 October 2017
The government's compensation scheme for claimants who paid employment tribunal fees that have since been found unlawful opened today.
Five out of six workers never escape low pay, study finds
20 October 2017
The latest report from the Social Mobility Commission has found that only one in six low-paid workers escaped onto a higher wage over the last decade.
Hermes tells MPs it would leave workers’ rights enforcement up to workers if it lost at tribunal
13 October 2017
In a hearing by the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee as part of the Taylor Review of modern working practices, Hermes has said it would leave enforcement of employment law up to workers if it were to lose a cast at tribunal.
Largest ever pay equality case goes back to court
11 October 2017
Last October, a tribunal ruled that the work of predominantly female shop staff for Asda is of equivalent value to the work of predominantly male warehouse staff and that they should thus receive the same pay. Today, Asda take the case to the appeal.
Law breaking ‘part of the plan’ for Uber
11 October 2017
Getting around the law is a key factor of the business model for gig economy enterprise Uber, key employees have told Bloomberg.
