Today the EHRC has formally recommended to the government that they put in place legislation to force employers to monitor and address their disability related pay gap.Read more…
Mental health first aid. Does it work?
The Health and Safety Executive have published a research report on Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training that backs TUC concerns that more evidence is needed of whether it works or not.Read more…
Ensuring migrants’ rights are respected helps to ensure a fair deal for all workers
Today the Migration Observatory released a report highlighting how the introduction of work permit schemes after Brexit could increase the risk of exploitation of migrant workers and undercutting.Read more…
Gambling with workers’ livelihoods
Gig economy baron Mike Ashley has been told by Unite to stop gambling with workers’ livelihoods after he attempted to pin blame on landlords for any future job losses at House of Fraser stores….Read more…
‘Cop-out option’
Tory-controlled Westminster Council has spent more than £1m on ‘gagging’ orders, prompting criticism from many including Unite. According to information obtained by Left Foot Forward in a…Read more…
‘Joke’ insolvency plans
Planned government action on dodgy bosses who use insolvency to avoid paying wages and pensions are a “joke”, Unite has said. Bosses who dissolve their companies to get out of paying workers…Read more…
‘Daily trauma’
Ambulance crews are not getting enough mental health support Unite has warned, as new figures reveal that one in ten staff at one of the UK’s largest ambulance services have taken time off in the…Read more…
Driven to distraction
When Tan Rashid gets home after a shift the exhausted Middlesborough bus driver sits quietly in a dark room. Unite member Rashid said, “We have a high percentage of drivers who go off with…Read more…
‘On the right track’
The British press is the least trusted in Europe – even below non-EU countries such as North Macedonia and Serbia. This may not be a surprising statistic, given the British press’ massive…Read more…
Carillion ‘Ponzi scheme’
Unite called for a public inquiry into the collapse of Carillion and for it to cover the government’s approach to the awarding of contracts, following the Dispatches programme shown yesterday (August…Read more…
Cruel regime overhaul call
The taxpayer is estimated to be spending over a £100m a year on benefit appeals by sick and disabled people – even though more than two thirds of tribunals rule in favour of the claimant. The…Read more…
‘We’re not going anywhere’
TGI Fridays workers are set to continue in their fight for fair tips as they down tools over the bank holiday weekend. Workers at two TGI Fridays branches in Covent Garden in London and Milton…Read more…
‘I say join us’
TGI Fridays workers at Covent Garden, London and Milton Keynes will be striking for the fifth time this bank holiday weekend. Their colleagues at TGI Fridays in Stratford City, London will be joining…Read more…
‘Flagrant’ discrimination
In the 1950s and 60s, many people were unable to find housing through private landlords because they were black or Irish. While those days may be long gone, another form of housing discrimination is…Read more…
The generation gap
Young people in the South West are struggling in low-paid, insecure jobs as their older peers fare better, according to new TUC research showing a growing generational pay gap. The wage gap…Read more…
Flatlining wages
Average wages are still £13 a week lower than 10 years ago, according to new analysis from an economic think tank. Research from the Resolution Foundation shows average earnings in real terms…Read more…
‘Obvious’ conflict of interest
A court case that ultimately granted Uber back its London operating licence may have been compromised, following revelations over a conflict of interest that prompted the presiding magistrate to step…Read more…
End austerity call
The government today (August 21) announced its biggest budget surplus in nearly two decades – a development Unite says is proof that needless austerity must end. Experts had estimated a July…Read more…
Party like it’s 2008?
Former employees from the defunct Lehman Brothers investment bank, which played a key role in the 2008 global financial crisis, are planning a party on the 10th anniversary of its collapse – a move…Read more…
‘Exporting superpower?’
Tory ambitions to turn the UK into a “21st Century exporting superpower” have been lambasted as “hot air” . Unite described the government’s post-Brexit ambitions, laid out by international…Read more…