Author: James Harrison
Unions threaten strike over plans to “drive workers back to the workhouse” in government plans to curb industrial action
Unite says anti-union proposals amount to ‘one law for the bosses and one law for the rest of us’.
New guidance on employment status for workers and businesses released by the government
New government guidance will act as a "one-stop-shop" for individuals and businesses to understand which employment rights apply to them.
MPs approve hotly contested plans to allow agency workers to cover for striking staff
Unions accuse the Government of "ramping up their attacks on workers".
TUC calls on employers to keep their staff safe as temperatures soar
As UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) releases level 3 heat-health alert for parts of UK.
Ministers have presided over a “litany of failures” on workers’ rights, say TUC
Five years on from the Taylor Review, the Government is going “backwards” on workers’ rights, TUC warns.
Westminster attacks Welsh devolution law preventing the use of agency labour to break strikes
Unions urge government to abandon plan to allow agency staff to replace striking workers.
Fifteen years of income stagnation have left families brutally exposed to the current cost-of-living crisis
Report finds that typical wages are no higher today than they were before the financial crisis.
Low paid third sector workers at risk of being “swept away by the cost-of-living crisis” warns Living Wage Foundation
A new poll finds 14% of third sector workers are paid below the real Living Wage.
1 in 5 workplaces do not have any policies to support LGBT staff
A TUC poll found that LGBT workers are effectively paid £6,703 less per year.
The TUC issues warning over post-Brexit trade deals
"A government that readily deals with countries that abuse rights abroad won't stick up for rights at home either."
IER Fringe at Unison conference: ‘Mass dismissals: Combatting P&O-style fire and replace tactics’
"A flagrant abuse of employer power, and a sign of how unbalanced workplace power."
Lifting the ban on agency workers during strikes will “endanger public safety” and “poison industrial relations”
The TUC hits out at new Government proposals to use agency workers to fill gaps left by striking workers.
