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UK drags behind developed world on income equality for women
03 November 2017
The UK has been ranked 53rd in the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report of 144 countries when it comes to economic participation and opportunity.
Brexit Minister spoke in favour of scrapping EU-derived workers’ rights
01 November 2017
Brexit Minister Lord Martin Callanan has been exposed by Political Scrapbook saying EU-derived workers' rights should be scrapped.
NHS Chiefs beg for end to pay restraint; but Hunt demands increase in productivity
01 November 2017
The heads of health and social are bodies across the UK have written to the Chancellor outlining the urgent need for funding to the NHS and an end to pay restraint, but Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said wage rises will likely be focused on sectors that show "improved productivity".
Seven years of austerity later, public spending has not decreased, says IFS report
01 November 2017
A new report from the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) has revealed that seven years of austerity has not accomplished its aim of reducing public spending.
Lords seek govt backing to ban unpaid internships
27 October 2017
There was cross-party support in the House of Lords today for a ban on unpaid internships lasting over four weeks.
Employers ‘using confusion over EU workers rights to exploit migrants’
27 October 2017
Employers are using EU workers' confusion over whether or not they will have a right to stay in a post-Brexit UK to exploit them, according to reports.
Most Brits back ban on unpaid internships, poll reveals
23 October 2017
The vast majority of the UK public would back a ban on unpaid internships lasting four weeks or more, a new poll has revealed.
Public sector wages fall below private sector wages, shows GMB expose
23 October 2017
Figures requested by the GMB union have revealed that public sector workers' wages have fallen below those of their private sector counterparts.
Parliament debates statutory Parental Bereavement Leave
23 October 2017
In its 2017 Manifesto, the Conservative Party vowed to provide additional rights for paid leave for parents who have lost a child.
Employment tribunal fee refund scheme opens
20 October 2017
The government's compensation scheme for claimants who paid employment tribunal fees that have since been found unlawful opened today.
Five out of six workers never escape low pay, study finds
20 October 2017
The latest report from the Social Mobility Commission has found that only one in six low-paid workers escaped onto a higher wage over the last decade.
Hermes tells MPs it would leave workers’ rights enforcement up to workers if it lost at tribunal
13 October 2017
In a hearing by the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee as part of the Taylor Review of modern working practices, Hermes has said it would leave enforcement of employment law up to workers if it were to lose a cast at tribunal.
