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UK faces worst decade of pay growth for 210 years, study shows
10 March 2017
An analysis of the government Budget has predicted that the UK will face the worst decade of pay growth seen in 210 years.
Women need a new deal at work
10 March 2017
Women, more likely to work in low-paid sectors, have been hit particularly hard by the worrying march towards Sports Direct-style models of business; adding to the strain of increasing pregnant and maternal discrimination against new mothers and the difficulties mothers face finding flexible work on civilised terms.
Dual discrimination protection needed for BAME workers, says Fawcett Society
07 March 2017
The Fawcett Society has called for dual discrimination laws to be put into effect after research revealed BAME women are falling behind when it comes to gender pay gap progress.
Committee urges government to work with unions
07 March 2017
The Select Committee for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has urged the government to work with trade unions in its implementation of an industrial strategy.
Zero-hours contracts hit record high
03 March 2017
A record 910,000 people are now working on zero-hours contracts (ZHCs), new research has shown.
How unions are resisting the Trade Union Act
The Trade Union Act 2016 came into force on Wednesday 01 March 2017, prompting unions up and down the country to set out their plans of resistance.
UNISON wins landmark holiday pay case for workers on commission
03 March 2017
UNISON this week won a landmark case to entitle workers on commission to holiday pay.
IER guide to TUA
01 March 2017
The main provisions of the Trade Union Act 2016 came into effect today, and the IER has created this guide to explain which rules have come into effect and what their expected impact will be on the labour movement as well as for workers.
Govt excludes BME workers from working group on BME equality
28 February 2017
The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has launched a working group to discuss improving work opportunities for BME workers but has not invited any representatives of BME workers to participate
Deliveroo agrees to drop anti-tribunal clause
24 February 2017
Deliveroo has told a government Select Committee that it will drop a clause in the contracts it offers its so-called "self-employed" delivery workers, which aims to dissuade them from enforcing their rights at tribunal.
Britons ‘worked 2.1bn hours for free last year’
24 February 2017
UK workers put in 2.1 billion hours for free in 2016, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has revealed, urging Britons to take their full lunch breaks and go home on time.
Govt shelves British Bill of Rights (again)
24 February 2017
The government has once again postponed its development of a British Bill of Rights, with Justice Secretary Liz Truss explaining the issue will be revisited after the UK leaves the EU.
