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Variable hours workers given short notice on shifts they can’t turn down, research shows
19 January 2017
New research from the Citizen's Advice Bureau (CAB) has shown a fifth of employers with staff on variable-hours contracts are given less than 48 hours notice of their shifts, and 22% said workers were not permitted to turn down shifts they were offered.
Public sector workers to see real wages fall by over £3,000, new research warns
18 January 2016
New research by the TUC has revealed that if policies do not change, midwives, teachers and social workers will see a drop in their real wages of more than £3,000 by 2020.
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.
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.
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.
