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Time off for public duties consultation
The government are seeking views on how the right to time off work for public duties operates in practice
PCS welcomes landmark insourcing win for 2,000 members
As well as improving conditions for workers, insourcing will deliver better value for money, PCS say.
Unison conference demands action on rising violence against local government workers
Delegates warn that abuse and assaults are becoming an accepted part of the job, particularly in schools and early years
Care workers rally for their rights as Unison demands fair visas
Unison is calling for a sector-wide visa scheme for social care
International Labour Organisation (ILO) adopts landmark treaty on gig work
Governments should promptly ratify the convention and implement it in domestic law, Human Rights Watch said.
Government consults on strengthening employment rights for unpaid carers and parents of seriously ill children
The proposals build on the Carer’s Leave Act of 2023
Join us at the Durham Miners’ Gala: Eve of Gala Meeting
Forward to Employment Rights Bill #2 - Restore Trade Union Rights
After Farage’s appeal to union members, unions warn that Reform are no friends of working people
Union leaders were responding to Nigel Farage’s comments in The Times urging unions to affiliate with Reform UK
Half of workers worried that Artificial Intelligence (AI) will take their job
A mass survey of thousands of workers reveals almost half (48 per cent) are worried AI will take their jobs.
More than half of care workers attacked at work including being head-butted, strangled and stabbed with a bread knife
A GMB survey has found that more than half of care workers suffered physical or verbal attacks during the past three years.
PCS pressure forces U-turn as Met agrees to retain PCSOs
The Metropolitan Police have agreed to retain and redeploy Police Community Support Officers who had faced losing their roles
