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CETA approved by EU parliament, but still no debate in Westminster
17 February 2017
The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Europe and Canada was voted in by the EU parliament this week, but it has still not been debated in Westminster.
Govt review into employment status and workers’ rights finally surfaces
13 February 2017
In October 2014, then Business Secretary Vince Cable launched a review into employment statuses, noting an increase in precarious work. The review he commissioned was completed in December 2015 but was only published last week.
Govt refuses public inquiry into blacklisting
13 February 2017
Business Minister Margot James has refused to conduct a public inquiry into blacklisting after being called to do so by Labour MPs.
Real wages face further squeeze: Bank of England
09 February 2017
Real wages, which have already fallen by 10.4% since 2007, are facing further squeezes, according to new projections from the Bank of England.
27% more people in insecure work since 2011, study shows
07 February 2017
The number of people in roles that provide no guaranteed hours of fundamental working rights has jumped by 27% in the last five years.
If govt wants older people to stay in work, it needs to improve their rights
03 February 2017
The government yesterday announced a new strategy to "encourage the over 50s to reap the benefits of work" – a phrasing that seems to place responsibility on the unemployed for their own bad luck – at a time when it is systematically undermining the very mechanisms that could help older workers fight for their rights.
Race to the bottom after Brexit is ‘very real fear’, says Fawcett Society
03 February 2017
Britain could be pressured into becoming a low-regulation economy with much weaker workers' rights if action is not taken to protect and build on current employment law.
Sport Direct-style exploitation revealed in yet another high street retailer
02 February 2017
Exploitative conditions have been found at yet another high street retailer - BooHoo - after a Channel 4 Dispatches investigation sent an undercover reporter into the retailer's warehouse.
Govt says workers only “discouraged” not “prevented” from accessing justice
01 February 2017
Despite a reporting a 68% fall in cases between 2013 and 2015, the government insists that workers are not "prevented" from accessing justice, they are only "discouraged".
TUA industrial ballot thresholds to come into force on March 01 2017
27 January 2017
The thresholds on industrial ballots agreed in the Trade Union Act 2016 (TUA) will come into force on March 01 2017.
Govt industrial strategy makes no mention of trade unions
27 January 2017
The government has this week unveiled its new industrial strategy, in which businesses were mentioned 356 times and trade unions were not mentioned at all.
