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Delegates back calls for improved pay and sick pay

Jun 16, 2022By Dave Prentis blog

Speakers highlight how national minimum wage and national living wage rates are not keeping up with inflation, and say that poor sick pay means sick workers going to work

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Jun 16, 2022Dave Prentis blog

Absence of sick pay for care workers shows system needs reform

Jun 16, 2022By Dave Prentis blog

Survey shows extent of inadequate sick pay

The article Absence of sick pay for care workers shows system needs reform first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…

Jun 16, 2022Dave Prentis blog

Sick pay survey launched as staff say they can’t afford to be sick

Apr 13, 2022By Dave Prentis blog

All those who complete the survey will automatically be entered into a £250 prize draw. The survey deadline is 15 April 2022

The article Sick pay survey launched as staff say they can’t afford…Read more…

Apr 13, 2022Dave Prentis blog

Ending isolation without clear guidance creates big public risk, says UNISON

Feb 11, 2022By Dave Prentis blog

Christina McAnea says ditching rules is reckless and will cause confusion

The article Ending isolation without clear guidance creates big public risk, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…

Feb 11, 2022Dave Prentis blog

Complete overhaul of sick pay needed, says UNISON

Feb 4, 2022By Dave Prentis blog

Proper pay rate for those sick or isolating.

The article Complete overhaul of sick pay needed, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…

Feb 4, 2022Dave Prentis blog

Labour leader, Keir Starmer’s speech to TUC Congress 2021 – extend sick pay to all and raise it, ban zero-hours contracts & deliver day one rights for workers.

Sep 14, 2021By John's Labour blog

A great speech by Keir. We can now get on real politics and promoting real policies for workers and their families. Agree “We need a Labour Government” (desperately). “The TUC has today (Tuesday) welcomed Labour pledges to extend sick pay to …Read more…

Sep 14, 2021John's Labour blog

A new deal for employment would make a huge difference

Sep 14, 2021By Dave Prentis blog

Low pay, precarious contracts and minimal sick pay have no place in the modern world of work

The article A new deal for employment would make a huge difference first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…

Sep 14, 2021Dave Prentis blog

Reduced isolation creates more confusion and sick pay needs fixing

Jul 6, 2021By Dave Prentis blog

More detail needed about impact on health and care

The article Reduced isolation creates more confusion and sick pay needs fixing first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…

Jul 6, 2021Dave Prentis blog

Unite slams gov’t ‘live with Covid’ plans

Jul 5, 2021By UNITElive

Unite has denounced the government’s insistence that the country must `live with Covid’, while refusing to provide the furlough and sick pay support needed to protect workers’ jobs…Read more…

Jul 5, 2021UNITElive

Furlough scheme ‘must be extended for as long as it takes’

Jun 18, 2021By UNITElive

Michael Gove is just wrong when he claims that Rishi Sunak has created enough of a cushion to prevent further need for financial assistance beyond September. It is simply irresponsible to announce a…Read more…

Jun 18, 2021UNITElive

Win for Sheffield University Students’ Union workers

Apr 23, 2021By UNITElive

Members of Unite employed by the Students Union at Sheffield University have won a significant victory on zero hours and sick pay following a year long campaign. Hundreds of student workers, on…Read more…

Apr 23, 2021UNITElive

‘Dereliction of duty’

Nov 26, 2020By UNITElive

Responding to the latest Covid-19 tier restrictions, Unite general secretary Len McCluskey said, “There’s not just a health and economic crisis engulfing this country.  Job insecurity and low…Read more…

Nov 26, 2020UNITElive

Poultry factory ‘disregarded Covid-19 concerns’

Oct 23, 2020By UNITElive

Bernard Matthews bosses ‘disregarded coronavirus concerns’ at its Great Witchingham factory in Norfolk, where 75 staff have tested positive, Unite, the UK and Ireland’s largest union, said today…Read more…

Oct 23, 2020UNITElive

Some more susceptible to Long-Covid than others

Oct 21, 2020By UNITElive

Women, people over 50 and those with multiple initial symptoms are more likely to suffer from Long-Covid, new research has found. A study by King’s College London – the most comprehensive of its kind…Read more…

Oct 21, 2020UNITElive

‘Afraid to take sick leave’

Sep 11, 2020By UNITElive

Unite warns Norfolk’s Banham Poultry refusal to provide company sick pay increases risk of another outbreak

The post ‘Afraid to take sick leave’ appeared first on UNITElive.org.Read more…

Sep 11, 2020UNITElive

Track and trace doomed to fail unless sick pay raised

Sep 10, 2020By UNITElive

Any attempts to control the coronavirus pandemic through test and trace efforts are doomed to fail unless statutory sick pay (SSP) is increased as a matter of urgency, the TUC has warned. A new poll…Read more…

Sep 10, 2020UNITElive

Govt’s ‘scrimping’ could cost lives

Aug 28, 2020By UNITElive

Thirteen quid a day. Not a lot really when you take your bills, outgoings, kids’ school uniforms, gas – not to mention food – into account. It all adds up to earning around £4,700 a year.

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Aug 28, 2020UNITElive

‘Safety first and foremost’

Aug 27, 2020By UNITElive

Workers who need to self-isolate at a Banham Poultry factory in Attleborough, Norfolk, where 75 staff have tested positive for coronavirus, must receive ‘adequate sick pay’, Unite, the UK and…Read more…

Aug 27, 2020UNITElive

‘Safety first and foremost’

Aug 27, 2020By UNITElive

Workers who need to self-isolate at a Banham Poultry factory in Attleborough, Norfolk, where 75 staff have tested positive for coronavirus, must receive ‘adequate sick pay’, Unite, the UK and…Read more…

Aug 27, 2020UNITElive

‘Adequate sick pay’ call

Aug 11, 2020By UNITElive

Workers who need to self-isolate at a Bakkavor dessert factory in Newark, Nottinghamshire, where there has been a coronavirus outbreak must be provided with ‘adequate sick pay’, Unite said on Tuesday…Read more…

Aug 11, 2020UNITElive
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