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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
Unions respond to Government consultation on mandatory rights for seafarers
Views are being sought on the new powers under the Seafarers' (Wages and Working Conditions) Act 2023 as amended by the ERA 2025
ITUC Global Rights Index 2026 shows international deterioration of workers’ rights
UK workers' rights show improvement despite Europe and the Americas recording their worst average ratings since the Index began in 2014
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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.
New research suggests a 4-day work week would result in a significant improvement to disabled peoples’ inclusion at work
Switching to a 32-hour working week with no loss of pay would improve health, wellbeing and long-term employment sustainability for disabled workers.
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
RMT launches campaign to end outsourcing on Southeastern Rail
The union says cleaners across the publicly owned Southeastern network continue to face lower pay, fewer rights and less job security
