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Unions warn of the AI ‘tidal wave’ coming towards workers
"We can't stop the tide, but we can build a boat.”
TUC launches AI taskforce to safeguard workers’ rights
Tories’ “light-touch approach” to AI regulation at work risks Britain’s labour market becoming a “wild west.”
IER annual employment rights events programme
Every year the IER produces a series of prestigious events where delegates hear from experts on changes to employment law. Registrations are now live.
Minimum Service Levels: Code of Practice on reasonable steps published
Government opens consultation on draft Code of Practice
Labour faces criticism for backtracking on workers’ rights commitments
A series of articles takes the Labour Party to task over the dropping of the pledge to create a single status for all workers
More than 2.5 million are economically inactive due to long-term sickness, ONS finds
An increase of more than 400,000 since the Covid-19 pandemic started, according to the latest data analysis from the Office for National Statistics
USDAW and GMB welcome ‘progress’ at Labour’s NPF
Labour's National Policy Forum has delivered significant advances for working people, GMB & USDAW have said
Government is ‘asleep at the wheel’ TUC warns as absences from long-term sickness surge
Ill-health at work, stress and depression have reached “epidemic levels
“A day one right to flexible working would make a big difference to working parents”
Mark Gatto talked to the TUC about his experience of asking for flexible work as a new dad.
Bakers Union Demand Labour NPF Commits to Helping Workers
“The Labour National NPF has an opportunity this weekend to put clear red water between the Tories and the Labour Party." - Sarah Woolley
Station staff threatened with disciplinary action for ticket office campaign
Railway staff are being told to stop wearing "save our ticket offices" stickers or face disciplinary action, RMT understands
