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Labour leader seeks to reassure business leaders over employment rights shake up
Starmer sends out senior colleagues to urge engagement over intended reforms, the Financial Times reports
Usdaw responds to ‘highest ever’ retail crime statistics and violence against shopworkers
Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) survey records a shocking 5.6 million incidents
Education unions respond to Government’s much delayed pay review submission
The DfE has belatedly provided evidence to the School Teachers’ Review Body
Unions and business leaders lobby Starmer over workers’ rights
Fears grow party is poised for another U-turn akin to ditching of £28bn green pledge as business groups call for pragmatism
Lord John Hendy speaks in the Fire and Rehire debate in the House of Lords
Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) Bill debated on Friday 1 March 2024
Lydia Hughes and Lord John Hendy: The History of Trade Unions (podcast)
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Outsourced facilities workers need Labour’s New Deal – PCS union
On 12 March, PCS will be supporting a joint lobby of MPs calling on Labour to honour its New Deal for Working People, if elected to government.
Budget 2024: IER reacts to the Chancellor’s statement
Working families need more money in their pockets, but not at the expense of services that so many low-paid workers rely on
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Future workers rights legislation in Northern Ireland
Conor Murphy, Economy Minister, answered questions in the NI Assembly on the intended way forward for employment law
Ministers’ decision to reintroduce tribunal fees criticised by lawyers, unions and rights groups
Nearly 50 organisations including the TUC, Citizens Advice, Joseph Rowntree Foundation & Maternity Action call on government to reconsider its plans
