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Parliamentary Business and Trade Committee launches inquiry into Employment Rights Bill

BTC is launching its first call for evidence in a major new inquiry into the Government’s flagship Employment Rights Bill

National Living Wage to increase to £12.21 in April 2025

Low Pay Commission recommendations accepted in full

Met Police staff ballot for strike action over return-to- office order

The new edict disproportionately affects women, part-time workers and those with disabilities.

The health and safety impacts of night working

New report reveals strong evidence of the link between shift and night work and negative health outcomes.

Unipart attacks RMT members right to strike

The dispute follows Unipart’s aggressive decision to derecognise the RMT union at its Crewe site.

The Institute of Employment Rights launches a new podcast series

The new series promises to provide an accessible and authoritative analysis of the government’s employment law reforms

Union blasts HelloFresh’s mass dismissal of workers who opposed poor conditions at Midlands warehouse

Community Union has blasted HelloFresh's disgraceful decision to immediately dismiss 79 workers at their Nuneaton warehouse.

Actor’s experience of AI gone wrong 

Equity union is calling for protections in law for performers

Employment Rights Bill: A step forward for workers but stops short of making work pay

Sharon Graham, General Secretary of Unite the union, comments on the publication of the Employment Rights Bill

Government unveils significant reforms to employment rights

Press release from the Department for Business and Trade, Justin Madders MP, The Rt Hon Jonathan Reynolds MP and The Rt Hon Angela Rayner MP

The Institute of Employment Rights on Labour’s employment rights reforms

Read the analysis of our experts

Classify gig workers as workers rather than self-employed and abolish exploitative zero-hour contracts, says new report

ReWAGE, the independent expert advisory group hosted by Warwick and Leeds Universities, published the report on Monday 30th September
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