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Most voters want the socioeconomic duty to be enacted, poll finds
Despite promising to "level up" poorer areas, the government has refused to enact an existing law that is designed to do just that.
Nearly one in ten workers fired and rehired since March, research finds
Young, working class and BAME people are most likely to have been targeted by the exploitative practice.
DVLA head ‘misleads’ MPs over Coronavirus outbreak
The DVLA boss also appeared to blame one worker's lifestyle as the reason he has had to self-isolate numerous times.
Govt U-turns on workers’ rights review
Suspected attempts to weaken workers' rights originating in the EU have been scrapped after pressure from opposition parties and unions.
Two-thirds of lowest-income workers denied financial support for self-isolating, research finds
The likelihood of receiving support is very much a postcode lottery, the CIPD says.
Govt faces judicial review over maternity discrimination during lockdown
Rishi Sunak appeared to compare the plight of new mothers struggling on low incomes to people who had taken a sabbatical.
The EHRC is becoming a political instrument, former Chair says
The former Chair of the EHRC says Liz Truss' appointments to the body are weakening its independence.
Shopworkers win Living Wage in promising new deal for sector
By agreeing to pay workers £10 per hour, Morrison's has become the highest paying supermarket chain in the UK.
MPs to debate the future of EU-derived workers’ rights on Monday
The Labour Party has called a debate on the government's plans to review EU-derived workers' rights
Regulation ‘urgently’ needed to combat employer surveillance of those working at home, says Labour
Employers are tracking workers through their emails, messages and even through their webcams.
Business Secretary admits govt deciding which workers’ rights to “keep”
Kwasi Kwarteng has previously described British workers as "idlers" who do not work long or hard enough.
BME workers worst hit by Covid job loss, research shows
BME workers are losing their jobs at a faster rate than their white counterparts, the TUC has warned.
