employees

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.
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.