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Wales moves to repeal TUA
17 January 2017
The Welsh Assembly, which warned during the passing of the Trade Union Act, that it would act to overturn sections of the new law pertaining to public sector workers, has now published a Bill to repeal Westminster’s decisions.
Internships/apprenticeships: ‘Minorities, women and people from low-pay backgrounds left behind’
17 January 2017
Women, people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethic (BAME) backgrounds, and those from less wealthy families are being left behind by today's apprenticeship and internship systems.
Proposed small claims limit ‘will bar access to justice for broken bones and serious injury’
At the end of last year, the government released a consultation – now closed – on a proposal to raise the small claims limit from £1,000 to £5,000.
Top ten most bizarre excuses for underpayment of NMW released
13 January 2017
The top ten most bizarre excuses employers had for refusing to pay National Minimum Wage have been released by the HMRC.
Four-fold rise in men working low-paid part-time jobs over past two decades, research finds
13 January 2017
There has been a four-fold increase in the proportion of men working in low-paid, part-time jobs over the last two decades, according to new research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
Tube and rail strikes may face further barriers when TUA comes into effect
13 January 2017
The government has released draft statutory instruments defining "important public services" as part of the Trade Union Act 2016.
Law Society backs simplification of employment status to remedy gig economy woes
13 January 2017
The Law Society has backed the idea of simplifying the definition of employment status to reduce exploitation in the gig economy.
Another victory for the bogus self-employed, as courier ruled worker by tribunal
10 January 2017
Following GMB’s landmark case against Uber in October 2016, another worker misclassified as self-employed has won the right to holiday pay, sick pay and the living wage.
Zero-hour contracts ‘trapping young homeless people on the streets’
09 January 2017
Homelessness charity Centrepoint has warned that today's increasingly casualised labour market is forcing young people to live on the streets.
Highest rise in household debt in 20 years seen as wages stagnate
09 January 2017
New research by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has found that household debt is increasing due to a lengthy stagnation in wages and increasing inflation.
Deposit Order should not be used to “impair access to justice”, EAT finds
Deposit Orders must not be used in such a way that they "impair access to justice", an Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) has found.
