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Recruitment sector and Labour market consultations
28 October 2015
Two new consultations from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills are now open.
#killthebill – TUC lobby of Parliament
26 October 2015
TUC LOBBY OF PARLIAMENT - Monday, November 2nd. Rally in Central Hall, Westminster, London
Start: 1:00pm, Lobby your M.P. from 2.30pm
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Trade Union Bill Committee: Selected Evidence
24 October 2015
Below is a selection of evidence given by experts and interest groups in the Committee Stage of the Trade Union Bill. Video footage of the committee is available here.
New national minimum wage offenders
23 October 2015
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has published its latest list of minimum wage offenders.
Research shows employment focus should be on quality not just quantity
22 October 2015
Research by Peter Taylor-Gooby finds that “getting people into employment will not on its own ensure decent living standards and reduce poverty”.
Pensions pay better than work in 2015
22 October 2015
For the first time, the average retiree has a higher weekly income than those of working age, according to the Institute of Fiscal Studies.
1,200 job cuts announced by Tata Steel
22 October 2015
Tata Steel has announced nearly 1,200 job losses at plants in England and Scotland.
In the Commons: Cameron defends tax credit cuts
22 October 2015
Cameron has warned the House of Lords not to oppose the cuts to tax credits that are set to leave thousands of working families much worse off.
Trade Union Bill: Police “dread and fear” contents
16 October 2015
Police chiefs giving evidence on the proposed Trade Union Bill have told MPs that they ‘dread and fear’ the plan to make the police monitor the online activity of striking workers.
Rise in number of jobs paying less than the living wage.
15 October 2015
Office for National Statistics (ONS) data has revealed that 23 percent of jobs outside London paid less than the living wage (£7.55) in 2014. This is a 2 percent increase from 2012.
Employment up and wage gains, but what’s the bigger picture?
15 October 2015
The latest labour market statistics show the unemployment rate is its lowest for seven years, reversing the recent.
Blacklisted workers move closer to securing damages
15 October 2015
The lawyers for eight major building firms complicit in the blacklisting scandal have release an “unprecedented apology” for the “anxiety and stress” they caused the blacklisted workers.
