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Spanish Government restores sectoral collective bargaining
Labour reforms overturn cuts to redundancy pay and controversial limits on the rights of trade unions made in 2012
The Statutory Sick Pay system is broken and needs urgent reform, CIPD warns
Nearly two thirds (62%) of employers agree that the Statutory Sick Pay rate is too low and should be increased
High Court finds against Uber
The app-based private hire giant's business model is thrown into doubt by the judgement
Justin Madders MP takes Employment Rights brief
Justin Madders has been appointed Shadow Minister for Employment Rights and Protections
New Director of Labour Market Enforcement appointed
Margaret Beels OBE appointed as new Director of Labour Market Enforcement.
Social care plan ‘ignores’ staffing crisis
Social care is haemorraging workers due to poor pay and conditions but the government's new plan to save the sector offers no answers.
Court of Appeal rules govt’s pandemic support discriminated against women
The Court of Appeal says the government indirectly discriminated against women but that discrimination was justified.
Govt isn’t monitoring success of its youth unemployment policy, watchdog says
National Audit Office warned that the data collected by the government is severely lacking because it conducts "relatively little monitoring"
NASUWT calls on HSE to intervene in “unsafe” school working conditions
The NASUWT has asked the HSE to intervene after government advice to teachers appeared to contradict safety regulations.
GPs vote for industrial action in response to growing pressure from govt
GPs vote for industrial action in response to growing pressure from Government
High Court asked to rule on Boris Johnson’s interpretation of workplace bullying
The FDA believes the Prime Minister misinterpreted the ministerial code when he declared that Priti Patel was not guilty of bullying.
Govt urged to pay social care workers winter bonus
There are concerns that without financial incentives, care workers will leave in their droves to take better-paying jobs.
