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EAT ruling on sick leave and holiday pay
10 July 2015
An EAT has held that an employee does not have to show that he was unable to take holiday because of sickness for it to be carried forward.
Early Conciliation – one year on
9 July 2015
Acas has published statistics showing the impact of the first year of Early Conciliaiton.
George Osborne’s “Living Wage”
9 July 2015
Osborne has pledged to introduce a “national living wage” for over-25s, which will start at £7.20 an hour next April, and rise to about £9 an hour by 2020.
Mesothelioma Action Day
3 July 2015
Today is Mesothelioma Action Day and Unite are calling for an asbestos eradication law to cut the mesothelioma death toll.
In the Commons this week: Deregulation and the gender pay gap
2 July 2015
Conservative MPs congratulated themselves over deregulation.
Plans to reduce sickness benefit leaked
2 July 2015
A leaked Whitehall paper suggests that part of the Employment and Support Allowance may be scrapped.
Public enquiry into undercover policing should include infiltration of trade unions
1 July 2015
Public enquiry into undercover police activity must include trade unions and blacklisting
The Campaign for Trade Union Freedom Durham event
Speakers include: Prof Keith Ewing President of IER and President of CTUF
John Hendy, QC Chair of IER and Vice President of CTUF
Owen Jones Guardian columnist, author of ‘The Establishment’ and ‘Chavs’
Tony Burke AGS of Unite the Union and Chair of CTUF
Chair: Carolyn Jones Director of IER and Assistant National Secretary of CTUF
EHCR: “no option is off the table”
26 Jun 2015
On Conservative plans to leave the European Convention on Human Rights; “no option is off the table”.
“Zombie-like” ISDS lives on
26 Jun 2015
TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady attacked the continued presence of ISDS in CETA, at European Commission Trade Policy Day in Brussels this Tuesday (23 June).
Union leaders warn over EU reform negotiations
25 June 2015
The GMB has warned that trade unions will push for Britain to quit the EU if member states allow Cameron to weaken workers’ rights as part of his “reform” package, in a letter to European leaders.
Cuts to tax credits will leave families £1,690 worse off a month
25 June 2015
Cameron is planning savage cuts to tax credits which could lead working families to lose up to £1,690 a month.
