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Frontline workers should have Covid vaccine priority, unions say
Unions have called for non-healthcare key workers to be added to the list of people prioritised for vaccination against Covid-19.
IWGB wins health and safety protections for precarious workers
In a judicial review brought by the IWGB, the High Court has ruled that insecure workers have a right to health and safety protections, including PPE.
Bill launched to ban exploitative fire and rehire practices
The Employment (Dismissal and Re-employment) Bill has been read in the Commons, but it is unlikely to get government support.
Most employers want stronger workers’ rights, study finds
Nearly two-thirds of businesses say that employment law should be stronger, including in raising wages.
Most young workers suffered pay cut during pandemic, study finds
Almost two-thirds saw their earnings reduced, while more than one in ten lost their job entirely.
BAME women ‘at twice the risk’ of both Covid-19 and low pay, research shows
BAME women are being put at risk by the circumstances of their employment, research has found.
Labour MPs call on govt to pay furloughed workers no less than NMW
Without urgent action, workers may find themselves earning just £5.81 per hour from this weekend.
Covid-19 has exacerbated wealth gap, research finds
New figures show the rich got richer and the poor got poorer throughout the pandemic so far.
Unemployed women ‘almost three times more likely’ to experience stillbirth
Campaigners warn that stillbirth rates are higher than they need to be as a result of social as well as health factors.
Pardons expected for trade unionists convicted under Thatcher
The pardons are expected to apply to most Scottish trade unionists who were convicted of offences during the miners' strike.
Unions & employers urge govt to rethink plan to axe in-work training fund
The government has said it will scrap the Union Learning Fund, which is currently used to educate 200,000 workers a year.
Socioeconomic inequalities to blame for higher Covid risk among BAME groups, says govt review
The latest research shows that poverty and deprivation are the underlying factors behind the increased vulnerability of BAME groups to Covid-19.
