employees

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.
January 31, 2019

Don’t force staff to make dangerous journeys to work in the snow, says TUC

With snow in many parts of the UK and?more snow and ice forecast this week, the TUC has called on employers not to force their staff to make dangerous journeys to work.
December 14, 2018

Outsourcing is a smoke screen for squeezing wages, says War On Want

Private sector leveraging strategies place workers and services at risk, says War on Want.
December 4, 2018

TUC calls on government to make employers report their disability pay gaps

TheTrades Union Congress (TUC) is calling on the government to make it compulsory for employers to publish their disability pay gaps.
November 5, 2018

Real Living Wage rates rise around the country

At least 180,000 people who work for real Living Wage employers across the country are set for a pay rise as the new Living Wage rates rise to £9 around the UK, and £10.55 in London.
October 24, 2018

Conference sets standards for measuring new and invisible forms of work

The 20th International Conference of Labour Statisticians has agreed the first definition of work that goes beyond 'employment' as work performed only for pay or profit.
September 16, 2018

New research finds legislation on increasing flexible working has failed

Legislation giving employees the right to request flexible working has failed to increase take-up, new research shows.
September 11, 2018

Unite calls for criminal investigations into Carillion collapse

The union has called for an immediate criminal investigation into the key individuals involved in the collapse of Carillion.
August 27, 2018

Lloyds Banking Group latest employer to sign TUC’s Dying to Work Charter

Lloyds Banking Group is the latest employer to sign up to the Dying to Work Voluntary Charter, which is seeking greater security for employees living with a terminal illness.
July 28, 2018

One in 12 workers not getting legal holiday entitlement, warns TUC

New TUC analysis reveals that one in 12 UK workers are not getting their legal holiday entitlement.