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TUC report proposes radical 'predistribution' strategy to heal flailing economy

03 July 2013

Higher wages, great employment levels and collective bargaining is the first step towards a new, stronger, economy, a new Trades Union Congress (TUC) report argues.

Deregulation Bill attacks health and safety and anti-discrimination laws

03 July 2013

The draft Deregulation Bill was published on Monday (01 July 2013) and contains proposals to remove large sections of employees and employers from health and safety regulation, as well as weakening anti-discrimination laws.

"At one establishment" rule for collective redundancies dismissed at EAT

03 July 2013

A landmark Employment Appeals Tribunal case has decreed that collective redundancies involving workers across multiple "establishments" must still involve consultation with trade unions.

Shared parental leave unlikely to improve gender equality

03 July 2013

Shared parental leave proposals, which are to be introduced under the Children and Families Bill, have been met with concern in the House of Lords.

Liverpool MPs publish voluntary code of conduct for zero-hours contracts

28 June 2013

A report published by three Labour MPs from the Liverpool area includes six-point voluntary code for employers taking on staff on a zero-hour basis.

John Hendy QC: 'Union rights are human rights'

27 June 2013

By Adrian Roberts

Institute of Employment Rights chairman John Hendy QC has called collective bargaining a human right and insisted wages should be set by workers and "not the great and the good."

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