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Maternity pay 'could be cut' in 2015

12 December 2013

Prime Minister David Cameron has admitted that he will not protect parental pay from overall budget cuts in 2015.

Over two-thirds of private sector firms do not conduct equal pay reviews

11 December 2013

New research has shown that over two-thirds of private sector firms do not perform equal pay reviews, putting them far behind the public sector when it comes to action on equal wages.

Unionised workplaces better protected against recession, study finds

29 November 2013

Recognising trade unions helps to protect employers against recession, a new study has found, providing yet more data to support the Institute of Employment Rights' policy proposals to improve collective bargaining levels across the UK.

UCATT takes construction giants to court over blacklisting

29 November 2013

Construction workers' union UCATT has begun legal proceedings against several major construction companies who have been involved in the blacklisting scandal.

Sir Robert McAlpine denies blacklisting employees

29 November 2013

Despite being arguably at the centre of the blacklisting scandal since the offices of blacklist compiler The Consulting Association (TCA) were raided in 2009, construction giant Sir Robert McAlpine has now denied to a high court judge that it ever blacklisted employees.

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