Sick pay system is “broken” says TUC – but neither it nor a select committee’s proposals are good enough
Statutory sick pay has been in the spotlight. A group of MPs has criticised the government, saying the scheme is ...
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Young people set to miss out on £2,400 a year due to “unfair” minimum wage rules
New analysis from the Trades Union Congress (TUC) shows that 18-20 year olds risk being “left hugely out of pocket” ...
UN just slammed the Tories for the SECOND time in a WEEK over human rights breaches
The International Labour Organization (ILO) – the UN workers’ rights watchdog – has sounded the alarm over the UK government's ...
Two years on from the P&O scandal, Mick Lynch slams Tories as ‘failing to punish perpetrators’
Two year ago, shipping firm P&O Ferries sacked nearly 800 of its workers without notice - and replaced them with ...
The Spring Budget can’t mask new analysis showing 20-year low for public sector pay
New analysis by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has revealed that public sector pay is lower in real terms than ...
Not that you needed telling, but UK families’ budgets have fallen more than most 37 OECD countries
UK household spending has fallen more than almost every other OECD country since the pandemic, according to new Trades Union ...
Unions, lawyers, and rights groups slam Tory ministers’ decision to reintroduce tribunal fees
Nearly 50 organisations including the Trades Union Congress (TUC), Citizens Advice, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Fawcett Society, Maternity Action, Women’s Budget ...
UK workers put in £26 BILLION of unpaid overtime in 2023. Bosses must be ecstatic – so, take your lunch NOW.
Friday 23 February is ‘Work Your Proper Hours Day’ – when workers are encouraged to take their lunch break and ...
You can thank the Tories that banks’ profits are once again out of control
Banks' profits soared in 2023 to eye-watering levels, as Lloyds and HSBC announce a bonanza of bungs for their executives ...
Bosses are leaving most workers stuck on zero-hours contracts for over a year, TUC reveals
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) says a ban on zero-hours contracts is “long overdue”, as new analysis from it reveals ...
Workers fighting for justice take TUC to employment tribunal
The following is an opinion article from Darren Lewis & Grzegorz Lepiarz. On Tuesday 27 February 2024, the Employment Tribunal ...
UK snow: does your boss have a cold-weather policy in place?
With the Met Office issuing yellow and amber warnings for UK snow in parts of north Wales and northern and ...
The Tories just ‘ducked’ the issue of AI’s impact on workers – surprise, surprise from Agent Sunak
The Tories are still "ducking the issue" of regulating to protect workers in the face of AI. that's the verdict ...
The Tories want to start introducing employment tribunal fees again to cover for budget-cuts chaos
The government announced on Monday 29 January that it has opened a consultation on re-introducing fees in the employment tribunal ...
Tories are resurrecting plans to use agency staff to break strikes – and the TUC and REC have hit back
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) and the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) have urged the government to abandon its rehashed ...
Women more than twice as likely as men to miss out on statutory sick pay
New analysis from the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has revealed 1.3 million people do not earn enough to qualify for ...
The Tories have already failed ‘to act on the lessons’ from the Post Office scandal
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) warned on Saturday 13 January that the government has failed to act on the lessons ...
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