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NHS workers set to strike hits 500,000
26 September 2014
Up to nine different unions are set to participate in the strike, including Unison which represents 300,000 health care workers in the UK.
Passport Office back under Home Office control
26 September 2014
The Passport Office will be stripped of its agency status and be brought back under direct control of ministers, Home Secretary Theresa May announced today.
NHS workers vote in favour of strike action
18 September 2014
NHS workers in England, including nurses, occupational therapists, porters, paramedics, medical secretaries, cooks, and healthcare assistants, have voted yes to strike action.
ONS: Unemployment falls while pay squeeze continues
18 September 2014
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) have published their latest Labour Market Statistics, for May to July 2014. The statistics revealed that unemployment is continuing to fall, and employment is continuing to rise. However, wage growth remains at a record low.
UNISON launch new judicial review
18 September 2014
Unison have applied to submit new evidence in their appeal against the dismissal of their judicial review application against Employment Tribunal (ET) fees. The Lord Chancellor agreed that a new hearing should take place, taking into consideration new evidence.
Business leaders call for a higher minimum wage
18 September 2014
A letter calling for a faster rise in the minimum wage has been signed by several prominent business leaders and CEOs.
TUC in ‘outright opposition’ to TTIP, as public outrage mounts
11 September 2014
The proposed US-EU trade agreement, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) will include the NHS, trade minister Lord Livingston confirmed earlier this month, despite having promised the contrary.
Carney’s speech to TUC Congress
12 September 2014
The bank of England’s governor told TUC Congress that interests rates were likely to rise before wages do, in his address on Tuesday (9/9).
71% drop in Employment Tribunal claims
11 September 2014
The Ministry of Justice has this morning released quarterly tribunal statistics (Apr - Jun 2014) revealing a 71% drop in Employment Tribunal claims, compared to the same period in 2013.
One in five workers now low paid
4 September 2014
Center for Cities, an independent think tank, has published a report, “unequal opportunities”. Commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree foundation, the report draws attention to the polarisation of the employment market: soaring executive pay and bonuses at one end, a proliferation of low paid, part-time work at the other.
Underemployment hits 3.4 million
5 September 2014
Underemployment – those in work but wanting more hours – has risen by 432,000 under the coalition government, with an increase of 100,000 over the last two years. The number of self-employed citing underemployment has risen most sharply.
