Category Archives: UK Employment Rights

TUC: “Ministers must quickly bring forward the long-awaited employment bill to enhance workers’ rights”.

Posted on December 30, 2020 by admin

The TUC has called on the government to urgently build on the UK-EU trade deal, which it says “falls far short” of the deal ministers promised.    The call comes as the deal was voted through in the House of … Continue reading →

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What Happened To The Review On E-Balloting?

Posted on December 18, 2020 by admin

By TUC Policy Officer Tim Sharp You can order your shopping, pay your bills and even vote in many political party ballots online. But when it comes to voting in union elections, the government insists only paper postal ballots will … Continue reading →

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The campaign to promote workers’ rights in trade deals must be global

Posted on November 27, 2020 by admin

By Rosa Crawford TUC 26th November 2020 Multinational business is lobbying for trade deals which will increase their profits at the expense of workers’ rights. But trade unions across the world are fighting back. Since 2016, the government has been pursuing … Continue reading →

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Unions Call On Government Not To Scrap RPI

Posted on November 18, 2020 by admin

The general secretaries of Britain’s largest unions have today (Wednesday) issued a joint statement calling on the government not to scrap the RPI measure of inflation.  A decision on the future of RPI is expected to be announced alongside the Spending Review on 25 November. The statement … Continue reading →

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