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Govt says workers only "discouraged" not "prevented" from accessing justice
01 February 2017
Despite a reporting a 68% fall in cases between 2013 and 2015, the government insists that workers are not "prevented" from accessing justice, they are only "discouraged".
Govt industrial strategy makes no mention of trade unions
27 January 2017
The government has this week unveiled its new industrial strategy, in which businesses were mentioned 356 times and trade unions were not mentioned at all.
TUA industrial ballot thresholds to come into force on March 01 2017
27 January 2017
The thresholds on industrial ballots agreed in the Trade Union Act 2016 (TUA) will come into force on March 01 2017.
UK textile workers paid £3 an hour, investigation reveals
23 January 2017
A new Dispatches investigation by Channel 4, which will be aired tonight, has revealed that textiles workers in the UK are illegally being paid just £3 per hour.
50 Tory backbenchers support new union busting bill
23 January 2017
Tory MP Chris Philp is set to set forth further anti-trade union measure in a private members’ bill tomorrow, which has been backed by 50 of his peers.
Proposed ET reform 'just more red tape that does nothing to help access to justice'
23 January 2017
On 05 December last year, the government released a consultation on proposed reforms to employment tribunals that it claimed would make the system more "just", "proportionate" and "accessible". But unions have highlighted that the proposed reforms will do little to help access to justice, and simply add further red tape to an already over-complicated system.
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