The TUC’s proposals for less time at week are laudable and could lead to a historic victory for workers’ rights
On the 150th anniversary of its establishment, it seems the TUC has refound its…Read more…
A four-day working week? Bring it on | Gregor Gall
The TUC’s proposals for less time at work are laudable and could lead to a historic victory for workers’ rights
On the 150th anniversary of its establishment, it seems the TUC has refound its…Read more…
If you don’t have time to read our new book on teacher workload, here’s a summary
By Nansi Ellis, Assistant general secretary (policy). It’s just how it goes: a new book comes out about teacher workload, and you’d love to read it but you haven’t got the time. So let me summarise…Read more…
Workload on the front line
By Ralph Surman, ATL policy officer. Workload and work life balance is a prominent issue of discussion among educational professionals. The government seems to have taken very little notice of their…Read more…
Top tips for introducing night shifts
Last week I wrote a blog about the health effects of working shifts, in particular nights. Well today the TUC has followed up on that with a report on night working and “work-life balance”….Read more…
Is remote working right for you?
The rise and rise of fast and ubiquitous internet connectivity already helps over seven million British ‘teleworkers’ do their job away from the office for some or all of the time. But is working…Read more…
Too much unpaid overtime is bad medicine
Today mark’s the TUC’s 11th Work Your Proper Hours Day, which is a campaign against excessive unpaid overtime. This is the first day of the year when the average person who does unpaid overtime would start getting paid if they were to work all their free hours at the start of the year….Read more…
Why revisit the working time directive? | Gregor Gall
The coalition has carefully chosen to reassess this bugbear of the Tory right in exchange for changes to the Lisbon treaty
Every crisis also provides an opportunity. In exchange for agreeing to the…Read more…