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In a win for UNISON, yesterday the government confirmed plans to double the time limit by which tribunal claims must be brought to six months
The article Government plans to increase tribunal time limit to six months first appeared on the UNISON National site.
In a win for UNISON, yesterday the government confirmed plans to double the time limit by which tribunal claims must be brought to six months
The article Government plans to increase tribunal time limit to six months 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.
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.
Home secretary’s decisions found to be unlawful in UNISON legal case
The article High Court rules government’s Windrush failings are unlawful first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Tribunal fees deny the poorest and most vulnerable access to justice
The article Unfair tribunal fees plan shows government is out of ideas, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Tribunal fees deny the poorest and most vulnerable access to justice
The article Unfair tribunal fees plan shows government is out of ideas, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.
High Court will hear how former home secretary Suella Braverman reneged on key recommendations from the Windrush scandal inquiry
The article UNISON given go-ahead to join judicial review of government inaction over Windrush first appeared on the UNISON National site.
High Court will hear how former home secretary Suella Braverman reneged on key recommendations from the Windrush scandal inquiry
The article UNISON given go-ahead to join judicial review of government inaction over Windrush first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Unite has warned that St Mungo’s can no longer rely on agency labour to run a skeleton service while paying dedicated homelessness workers a pittance. Workers at the charity have been on indefinite strike action since June 27. A recent High Court ruling now threatens to plunge the charity into crisis without swift action. From […]
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Judge agrees with UNISON that the then business secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, acted unlawfully, unfairly and irrationally
The article High Court rules ‘strike-breaking’ agency worker regulations unlawful first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Judge agrees with UNISON that the then business secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, acted unlawfully, unfairly and irrationally
The article High Court rules ‘strike-breaking’ agency worker regulations unlawful first appeared on the UNISON National site.
News that the High Court has quashed the Government’s decision to allow agencies to supply agency workers to employers to undermine legal strike action was today (July 13) hailed by Unite as a “total vindication”. Following the Government’s decision to reverse the ban on employers hiring agency workers during strike action in July 2022, a […]
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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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The union is challenging government regulations that undermine the right to strike
The article Court permits UNISON challenge on law allowing strike-breaking first appeared on the UNISON National site.
The vast majority of these cases were work-related personal injury claims
The article UNISON secures £29m in personal injury settlements for members first appeared on the UNISON National site.
The bill now moves to committee stage, where UNISON will submit expert evidence on why a bonfire of workers’ rights is a bad idea
The article Workers’ protections at risk as EU Law bill moves through Parliament first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Unite has condemned moves by the government to change a law which will now allow employers to bring in temporary agency workers to break strikes, branding it a “political stunt”. The government…Read more…
In a major victory for Unite the union and workers employed at the Ineos Grangemouth site, a tribunal has ruled that an employer cannot impose a pay offer – and that Ineos must now compensate workers…Read more…
“As a member of UNISON Greater London, you and your family have access to specialist legal advice and representation from the UK’s leading trade union law firm, Thompsons Solicitors.Over the past year, Thompsons has secured just under £5 million…Read more…