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Landmark case shows strength of unions in protecting agency workers
08 February 2013
By Camilla Belich, UNISON Legal Officer
The decision of an employment tribunal to compensate over 150 workers up to 60 days' pay after a local authority failed to provide UNISON sufficient information on agency workers during a collective redundancy and transfer of undertakings exercises shows the power of unions to secure justice for employees at risk of losing their jobs or working conditions.
Economics and the Powerful: How to fight back against neoliberalism
06 February 2013
By Enrico Tortolano
The left should make use of conferences and publications to educate themselves and organise in order to provide a real alternative to the neoliberal regime.
Experts share concerns over government changes to equality law
31 January 2013
By Janet Newsham
Janet Newsham reports on the IER's Equality and Discrimination Conference in Liverpool.
The truth about employees' experience of their work
30 January 2013
Many workers are stressed-out, working long hours, and are employed by managers who do not feel responsible for providing a good work-life balance for their staff.
Agency Workers' Protection fails at the first legal hurdle
30 January 2013
By Roger Jeary
A recent employment tribunal has shown the Agency Workers' Regulations are easy for employers to escape.
Cullum McAlpine: Blacklist was used for Olympics Project
24 January 2013
Director of Sir Robert McAlpine Cullum McAlpine admitted using a blacklist to recruit for large public projects including the Olympics.
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