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Companies are forcing workers into bogus self-employment to avoid employment law, says Chair of govt review
21 March 2017
Matthew Taylor, chair of the government's review into employment law in the gig economy, will include evidence in his final report that companies are forcing workers to take on roles as "self employed" people in order to avoid providing them with workers' rights.
'Low morale, poor pay' sees workers leave the NHS
17 March 2017
Problems with staff recruitment and retention in the NHS have been put down to low morale among the workforce and poor pay and rewards by most NHS staff in a recent survey.
63% of gig workers want stronger workers' rights
17 March 2017
The much-relied upon justification for a "flexible" workforce and the encroaching gig economy is that it provides flexibility not only for the employer by for the worker – in essence, that workers want the gig economy – but new research has revealed that almost two-thirds want stronger workers' rights.
UK firms 'making increasing use of exploitative haulage companies'
16 March 2017
UK firms are making increasing use of foreign haulage companies that exploit their workers and do not follow road safety regulations.
Pay slows, and public sector pay set to crawl
16 March 2017
The latest figures from the Office for National statistics show that pay growth has slowed compared with last year.
Govt u-turns on tax increase for self-employed people
15 March 2017
The government has u-turned on its Budget proposal to increase National Insurance Contributions for self-employed people.
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