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Agency work used to undermine workers' rights, UNITE AGS tells MPs
31 March 2017
Assistant General Secretary for UNITE Steve Turner has told the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Commons Select Committee that employers are employing agency workers to avoid workers' rights.
Great Repeal Bill 'could affect workers' rights'
30 March 2017
The government today published The Great Repeal Bill, giving itself sweeping powers to amend EU law without a parliamentary vote, and experts warn this could affect employment protections.
Supreme Court to make decision on legality of tribunal fees within six months
29 March 2017
The Supreme Court yesterday concluded a two-day hearing of Unison’s judicial review against the government’s introduction of employment tribunal fees in 2013.
200 riders take Deliveroo to task
29 March 2017
Following a string of successful cases in which gig economy workers have been found to be misclassified as "self employed" and therefore entitled to workers' rights, 200 Deliveroo riders are set to take the delivery company to task about their employment status.
MPs call for fathers' rights around parental leave
27 March 2017
A letter signed by a cross-party group of 44 MPs has called on the government to provide better workers' rights to fathers, according to the Independent.
Unison judicial review against tribunal fees heard by Supreme Court
27 March 2017
Unison's judicial review against the government's introduction of employment tribunal fees in 2013 was today heard in the Supreme Court.
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