Author: IER
Companies are forcing workers into bogus self-employment to avoid employment law, says Chair of govt review
Matthew Taylor, chair of the government's review into employment law in the gig economy, will include evidence in his final report that companies are forcing workers to take on roles as "self employed" people in order to avoid providing them with workers' rights.
‘Low morale, poor pay’ sees workers leave the NHS
17 March 2017
Problems with staff recruitment and retention in the NHS have been put down to low morale among the workforce and poor pay and rewards by most NHS staff in a recent survey.
63% of gig workers want stronger workers’ rights
17 March 2017
The much-relied upon justification for a "flexible" workforce and the encroaching gig economy is that it provides flexibility not only for the employer by for the worker – in essence, that workers want the gig economy – but new research has revealed that almost two-thirds want stronger workers' rights.
UK firms ‘making increasing use of exploitative haulage companies’
16 March 2017
UK firms are making increasing use of foreign haulage companies that exploit their workers and do not follow road safety regulations.
Pay slows, and public sector pay set to crawl
16 March 2017
The latest figures from the Office for National statistics show that pay growth has slowed compared with last year.
Govt u-turns on tax increase for self-employed people
15 March 2017
The government has u-turned on its Budget proposal to increase National Insurance Contributions for self-employed people.
67 academics back BA strikers
15 March 2017
As many as 67 academics from across the UK have signed their name to an open letter backing British Airways' (BA) workers taking industrial action.
UN Rights Expert: Right to strike is essential to democracy
10 March 2017
The United Nations' Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Maina Kiai, has reminded member states of the International Labour Organization (ILO) - including the UK - that they have a positive obligation to uphold the right to strike.
Chancellor delivers tax hit to vulnerable “self employed”
10 March 2017
In his budget this week, Chancellor Phillip Hammond increased National Insurance Contributions on self-employed workers, but with a significant proportion of workers misclassified as “self employed”, this could hit the most vulnerable.
CETA will lead to 230,000 lost jobs and unequal societies, study shows
10 March 2017
The EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) will end in around 230,000 job losses by 2023.
Sacked for being pregnant: More nightmare accounts of insecure work
10 March 2017
Hannah Reed, Senior Employment Rights Officer at the TUC, has told the Select Committee for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy that workers are being "sacked on the spot for being pregnant" in the modern workplace.
UK faces worst decade of pay growth for 210 years, study shows
10 March 2017
An analysis of the government Budget has predicted that the UK will face the worst decade of pay growth seen in 210 years.
