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Sports Direct founder refuses to appear before MPs
4 March 2015
Mike Ashley has ducked out of appearing before the Scottish Affairs committee.
In the Commons: ZHCs in Wales
4 March 2015
The hollow victory of falling unemployment was brought up in a debate on the labour market statistics in Wales
The pay gap between London and the rest of the UK has narrowed…
4 March 2015
…but only because Londoner’s wages are getting worse
5 million earn below the living wage
26 February 2015
A shocking 5 million UK workers out of a 30.6 million strong workforce earn below the living wage, TUC research has revealed.
Migration targets: what is the Government missing?
27 February 2015
Immigration has hit the headlines this week with the news that the government has completely failed to reach its target of reducing net annual immigration to 100,000, “no ifs, no buts” – a target that should never have been set in the first place.
Modern Slavery Bill debated in Lords
27 February 2015
This Wednesday (February 25) the Modern Slavery Bill went through report stage in the House of Lords.
Zero-hours contracts on the rise
26 February 2015
UK companies used 1.8 million zero-hours contracts last summer, Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show. This has increased from last January’s 1.4 million.
Council and NHS employers are not doing enough to limit zero-hours contracts
26 February 2015
Wednesday’s (26 February) ONS statistics showed the number of workers trapped on zero-hours contracts has now reached 1.8 million. Given the exploitative nature of the contracts, public sector employers are not doing enough to curb their use.
Public procurement regulations rushed through
26 February 2015
New public procurement regulations have come into force today (27 February).
International Women’s Day 2015
People’s History Museum, Manchester
8 March 2015, 2pm-5pm
In the five years that the Coalition Government has been in power, women and families have born the brunt of their so-called ‘austerity’ cuts. To celebrate International Women’s Day, Thomson’s Solicitors are holding an event in Manchester. The programme of events includes a discussion on ending apartheid in Palestine, a short play – Soledad – one woman’s experience of the Spanish Civil War and a panel of women MPs discussing why we need to vote. For more information contact teerenasmith@thompsons.law.co.uk
The right to strike re-affirmed at ILO
25 February 2015
According to a press release from ITUC today (25 February 2015), a breakthrough has been made at the International Labour Organisation(ILO) following two years during which employers at the ILO brought the UN body’s global supervisory system to a standstill in an attempt to wipe out decades of ILO jurisprudence supporting the right to strike.
ONS Employment figures
19 February 2015
Another quarter, another ONS employment figures release. Comparing the October to December quarter to July to September, employment rose slightly and unemployment fell slightly.
