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Govt replaces workers’ rep with employer on Health and Safety Executive
05 September 2016
The government has announced the appointment of Susan Johnson, former Chief Executive of Northern Business Forum, to a seat on the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reserved for workers’ representatives. She was also previously a Director of Greggs.
Funding cuts will lead to “apprenticeship desert” in most deprived areas
05 September 2016
Cuts of up to 50% to apprenticeship funding could lead the most deprived areas of the UK to become an "apprentice desert", the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) has said.
Tories ‘trying to shift focus’ from poverty to worklessness
02 September 2016
The government has been accused of trying to shift the focus away from the near seven million families living in poverty in the UK by talking about worklessness instead of income.
Childcare ‘locking mothers out of work’
02 September 2016
New mothers are significantly more likely to be unemployed than new fathers, new research from the TUC has found.
Under TISA “general elections will become increasingly pointless”
01 September 2016
Global Justice Now has released a briefing on the Trade In Services Agreement (TiSA), warning that it represents a substantial threat to the NHS and workers’ rights, and could make irrelevant our political parties and democracy itself.
Tories lash out at doctors striking over ‘dangerous’ contract
01 September 2016
The Health Secretary and Prime Minister have both lashed out at the legions of junior doctors who plan to go out on strike this September in protest over a contract they believe will harm patient safety.
Govt rejects risk assessment for pregnant women despite “shocking” rise in discrimination
31 August 2016
The government has rejected calls for an individual risk assessment for new and expectant mothers despite evidence of dire conditions pushing women out of work.
Government apprenticeships a “car crash”
30 August 2016
New government plans for apprenticeships have been dubbed a “car crash” by an employer’s organisation.
REVIEW: Manifesto sets out stall on new workers’ rights
30 August 2016
By the Labour Research Department
Britain’s largest unions are backing comprehensive policy proposals for a framework of collective bargaining, underpinned by strong trade union rights, drawn up by 15 of the UK’s leading labour lawyers.
Tories confirm plans to scrap Human Rights Act despite warnings from Justice Committee
25 August 2016
It seems the Tories have ignored warnings from the House of Lords’ EU Justice Committee that plans to scrap the Human Rights Act (HRA) are “unnecessary” and potentially dangerous.
Frances O’Grady: IER policies point way to “brighter future”
23 August 2016
General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) Frances O’Grady has welcomed the 25 policy recommendations made by the Institute of Employment Rights (IER) in its new Manifesto for Labour Law.
Number of people seeking information on pregnancy discrimination doubles
23 August 2016
The number of people seeking information on pregnancy discrimination from the Citizen’s Advice Bureau website has doubled in the last year, new figures have revealed.
