employees

October 5, 2019

One in 10 women don’t earn enough to qualify for sick pay, TUC analysis reveals

Analysis shows that 1.4 million women employees earn less than £118 a week – the qualifying threshold for statutory sick pay.
August 27, 2019

Apprenticeship reforms must deliver career routes for new starters

Analysis suggests that businesses are offering higher-level apprenticeships to established employees, rather than using them as a potential route in for new starters.
August 23, 2019

Research finds charity staff highly skilled but raises questions on diversity

Charities are employing highly qualified staff but this may be at the cost of excluding people who face greater barriers to education and experience, new research suggests.
June 27, 2019

New alliance calls for law to make employers prevent sexual harassment

'This Is Not Working’, an alliance of more than 20 unions, charities and women’s rights organisations, has launched a petition calling for a new law to make employers prevent sexual harassment in their workplaces
May 25, 2019

Newport City Council signs up to TUC 'Dying to Work' charter

The Leader of Newport City Council has signed a document committing the council to the TUC’s Dying to Work charter. This highlights the council’s commitment to supporting employees with a terminal illness to stay in their job for as long as they want to.
May 17, 2019

National Audit Office report on managing the BBC's pay bill

The BBC needs to ensure it has stronger oversight of its costs at the top of the organisation according to a new report by the National Audit Office.
March 20, 2019

Employment surge as 'firms hire rather than invest'

Levels of weekly pay still remain £9 lower than they were a decade ago, says the Resolution Foundation.
March 13, 2019

Equality regulator opens investigation into BBC over equal pay

The investigation will determine if there has been unlawful pay discrimination and whether grievances have been adequately resolved.
February 28, 2019

Gaps in equality legislation leave Parliament 'above the law' on sexual harassment

New research has revealed that MPs, Peers, volunteers and staff are unprotected if they are sexually harassed in Parliament. The report by the Fawcett Society and global law firm, Hogan Lovells, found glaring gaps in equality law covering these groups.
February 14, 2019

Care worker wins right to appeal over pay for sleep-in shifts

Union case argues that sleep-in shifts should count as working time and be paid at least hourly minimum wage rates.