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Over the last decade, the balance of power at work has been tipped firmly away from workers. Christina McAnea explains how the forthcoming employment rights bill will change that – and the role UNISON will play on its journey into law
The article Opinion: The Employment Rights Bill will balance the scales first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Over the last decade, the balance of power at work has been tipped firmly away from workers. Christina McAnea explains how the forthcoming employment rights bill will change that – and the role UNISON will play on its journey into law
The article Opinion: The Employment Rights Bill will balance the scales first appeared on the UNISON National site.
UNISON’s head of legal services, Shantha David, explains what the union’s recent Supreme Court victory means for workers
The article Q&A: Who could be entitled to thousands in unpaid wages? first appeared on the UNISON National site.
UNISON’s head of legal services, Shantha David, explains what the union’s recent Supreme Court victory means for workers
The article Q&A: Who could be entitled to thousands in unpaid wages? first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Unite has secured a protective award worth in excess of £2.5 million at Employment Tribunal for over 700 former employees of the Yorkshire-based printing firm YM Group. The workers, who were employed at Pinder in Scarborough, YM Chantry in Wakefield and York Mailing in York, lost their jobs in March 2022 after the sites were […]
The post ‘Unite doesn’t rest’ in pursuit of justice appeared first on Unite Live.
The government is being accused today of `setting fire’ to workers’ rights’ in its forever war against UK workers which will see them become ever poorer amid a chronic cost of living crisis. Unite has hit out as the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill returns to Parliament for its report stage today (January […]
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Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said the union would fight back against any attacks on the right to strike after the government indicated it may look to introduce new restrictions on transport…Read more…
We need to act now and make sure the government kills off fire and rehire for good while the public is still outraged at what has happened at P&O Ferries
The article Blog: P&O is just a…Read more…
I have just finished a year long TUC (virtual) employment law diploma taught by The College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London (hopefully I have passed) which I thoroughly enjoyed and learnt such a lot. If you are interested in union learn…Read more…
Check out this article on how in King v Tesco our largest supermarket in the UK messed up a request by one of its employees for flexible working. It is an important but tricky subject so make sure you join a union (UNISON of course if you work in publi…Read more…
Unite is supporting a new parliamentary bill to be debated in the House of Lords on Friday (September 10) that would give “all rights to all workers from day one”. Lord John Hendy QC’s Status of…Read more…
If you ever wondered about the history of trade unions then I recommend this 5 minute 46 second introduction on YouTube.
Part of my TUC Employment law course work.
Update: Check out a very good analysis of the more recent history and possib…Read more…
Unite has filed an urgent judicial review seeking to protect the right to picket, following the introduction of the new coronavirus lockdown regulations in England. The case is brought against the…Read more…
A legal case launched by Unite could prove to be a wake up call for rogue employers the union has claimed today (September 29). An employment tribunal will be asked to consider the case of a member…Read more…
Hear expert legal advice on protecting jobs as the country enters a period of uncertainty after the pandemic
The article Join our webinar on redundancy and the right to informed first appeared on…Read more…
Interesting…. (no known relation)
Philosophical Belief Discrimination
Can an employer discriminate on grounds of philosophical belief where the employee is the only person to hold such a belief?
No, held the EAT in Gray v Mulberry.
Ms Gray worked…Read more…
The Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that the government’s sky-high tribunal fees are unlawful, accepting UNISON’s argument that the fees are restricting working people’s access to justice. What’s more, the government will have to refund any fees paid since 2013 — at a…Read more…
Anyone who has been treated illegally or unfairly at work will no longer have to pay to take their employers to court – as a direct result of UNISON’s legal challenge
The article UNISON legal…Read more…
Checkout this report by employment law expert Daniel Barnett. Workers should not fool themselves that the law protects them at work.
Despite our faults, trade unions are the only real defenders of your rights at work. To get any chance of …Read more…
Be warned!!!! I have made a number of urgent messages to union members over the years asking them to remove a post on social media about their employer or work colleagues.
“Is the right to respect for private life and correspondence breached if emplo…Read more…