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‘Fragile’ economy

Nov 13, 2018By UNITElive

Any hopes of an economic boost were dashed today (November 13) as new figures revealed an unexpected rise in unemployment, while earnings barely rose against a backdrop of languishing productivity….Read more…

Nov 13, 2018UNITElive

Immigration – confusion and inaction from government

Jul 28, 2017By Touchstone blog

The Home Secretary’s announcement yesterday on post-Brexit immigration plans was barely out the door before the government’s all-encompassing confusion over Brexit enveloped it. Amber Rudd’s junior minister, Brandon Lewis, contradicted her spin if not her substance, almost…Read more…

Jul 28, 2017Touchstone blog

Is there really a public sector pay premium?

Jul 20, 2017By Touchstone blog

Over the weekend Chancellor Philip Hammond was reported as saying that public sector workers are overpaid. On the Andrew Marr show on Sunday he was given multiple opportunities to deny the accusation. But while he did not repeat the tone-deaf claim, ne…Read more…

Jul 20, 2017Touchstone blog

What the Taylor Review says about learning and skills

Jul 14, 2017By Touchstone blog

Apart from the specialist press, such as the TES, coverage of the proposals in the Taylor Review on learning and skills has been limited. This is not too surprising considering the focus of the review on tackling contentious employment rights issues in…Read more…

Jul 14, 2017Touchstone blog

Report on pay outlook published as wages squeeze continues to bite

Jun 22, 2017By Touchstone blog

Britain’s getting a pay cut There is a real and present danger that inflation will continue to increase faster than earnings this year. The latest figures show average weekly earnings growing at a modest 2.1%, whilst CPI inflation has increased to 2.9% and RPI to 3.7%. In short, Britain is getting…Read more…

Jun 22, 2017Touchstone blog

Growth of insecure work has added to labour market disadvantage for Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups

Jun 2, 2017By Touchstone blog

The growth of insecure work has exacerbated the inequalities that Black, Asian and minority (BAME) ethnic workers already face. The experience of insecure work differs between different ethnic groups, but the overall pattern is one in which BAME worker…Read more…

Jun 2, 2017Touchstone blog

A quarter of a million more in insecure work by end of next Parliament?

Apr 26, 2017By Touchstone blog

New analysis by the TUC shows that if current trends continue, 290,000 more people could be trapped in insecure work by 2022. The figures show that by the start of 2022, 3.5 million people could be in insecure work such as zero-hours contracts, tempora…Read more…

Apr 26, 2017Touchstone blog

North East is England’s insecure work hot spot

Mar 15, 2017By Touchstone blog

The North East is becoming England’s hot spot for insecure work with two out of three new jobs in the last five years falling into this category. One in nine workers in the region are now in insecure jobs: seasonal, casual, temporary or agency work, including zero-hours contracts and low-paid…Read more…

Mar 15, 2017Touchstone blog

London calling: the capital dominates jobs growth

Mar 14, 2017By Touchstone blog

Employment is at record levels but despite much talk of economic rebalancing and regional powerhouses, TUC analysis has found that employment growth in London has rocketed ahead of the rest of England since the recession. We also conclude that London has had: the highest growth in employee jobs the…Read more…

Mar 14, 2017Touchstone blog

Precarious work – the union experience

Mar 10, 2017By Touchstone blog

What is insecure work and has it increased? This blog examines precarious or insecure work, how it manifests itself in the workplace and whether insecure work practices have increased. Insecure work includes: agency work or seasonal, casual, temporary …Read more…

Mar 10, 2017Touchstone blog

New institutions needed to address concerns about migration

Mar 8, 2017By Touchstone blog

The Government has decided that ‘taking back control’ of the UK’s borders is more important than anything else, more important in particular than working people’s jobs and living standards. Even if immigration numbers don’t actually come down as a result, the…Read more…

Mar 8, 2017Touchstone blog

Digitisation and the future of work: what it means for unions

Feb 21, 2017By Touchstone blog

Will robots take all the jobs? This dystopian question, prompted by the so-called ‘fourth industrial revolution’ – an umbrella term encompassing Artificial Intelligence, Big Data and the ‘Internet of Things’ – has prompted a lively debate in recent years. Digitisation is seen by some as simply the…Read more…

Feb 21, 2017Touchstone blog

Workers’ rights beyond Brexit

Feb 13, 2017By Touchstone blog

When the government published a white paper on Brexit priorities, we hoped it would give more certainty to working people on what the future holds. But it poses more questions than it answers. And it fails to give the reassurances workers need for thei…Read more…

Feb 13, 2017Touchstone blog

Labour market update; why ‘more of the same’ is cause for concern

Feb 10, 2017By Touchstone blog

The next set of labour market data is out next Wednesday. This blog looks at recent trends in the figures to give some pointers as to what we should be looking out for. In summary, our view of the labour market hasn’t changed much; the headline employment figures are strong, but we’re seeing a…Read more…

Feb 10, 2017Touchstone blog

Insecure work is up by a quarter since 2011. Which sectors are driving this?

Feb 7, 2017By Touchstone blog

The number of people in insecure work, those working without guaranteed hours or baseline employment rights, has rapidly increased by more than 660,000 (27%) over the past five years. The TUC estimates that over 3 million people now work in insecure jo…Read more…

Feb 7, 2017Touchstone blog

Why unions are key to fighting inequality between generations

Jan 4, 2017By Touchstone blog

Young people are on the sharp end of many worrying labour market trends. Workers in their 20s have taken the biggest hit to wages since the financial crisis. They are most likely to be working on zero-hours contract or in agency or casual work. And they are much less likely to own a home compared…Read more…

Jan 4, 2017Touchstone blog

#AutumnStatement minimum wage rises leave 21 to 24 year olds £450 a year out of pocket

Nov 23, 2016By Touchstone blog

The government has accepted the Low Pay Commission’s recommendations and will increase all national minimum wage rates from 1st April 2017. The government’s national living wage (introduced in April of this year) will go up by 4.2%, a 30p increase, to £7.50 an hour. That’s good, but there’s a fly…Read more…

Nov 23, 2016Touchstone blog

#AutumnStatement minimum wage rises leave 21 to 24 year olds £450 a year out of pocket

Nov 23, 2016By Touchstone blog

The government has accepted the Low Pay Commission’s recommendations and will increase all national minimum wage rates from 1st April 2017. The government’s national living wage (introduced in April of this year) will go up by 4.2%, a 30p increase, to £7.50 an hour. That’s good, but there’s a fly…Read more…

Nov 23, 2016Touchstone blog

Women are being held back by unrewarding, low-paid, part-time work

Nov 22, 2016By Touchstone blog

Despite some progress, women still take the lion’s share of domestic and family responsibilities. Over 40% of women, compared to just 12% of men, work part-time. This is part of the reason that progress on closing the gender pay gap has been so painfully slow. There are far too few opportunities to…Read more…

Nov 22, 2016Touchstone blog

Public sector cuts are stalling progress on closing the gender pay gap

Nov 21, 2016By Touchstone blog

Now at 9.4%, the gender pay gap has barely budged in recent years. Since 2011 the full-time gap has fallen by just 0.2 percentage points a year. At this rate it will take over 40 years to achieve pay parity between men and women. This means a young wom…Read more…

Nov 21, 2016Touchstone blog
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