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New TUA guidance released

20 January 2017

The government has this week released new guidance on how the Trade Union Act 2016 will be applied to public service workers.

Westminster has "ideological determination to attack the rights of organised labour", says Welsh Minister

20 January 2017

Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Govermment in Wales, Mark Drakeford, yesterday told the Welsh Assembly that Westminster has an "ideological determination to attack the rights of organised labour".

Variable hours workers given short notice on shifts they can't turn down, research shows

19 January 2017

New research from the Citizen's Advice Bureau (CAB) has shown a fifth of employers with staff on variable-hours contracts are given less than 48 hours notice of their shifts, and 22% said workers were not permitted to turn down shifts they were offered.

Variable hours workers given short notice on shifts they can't turn down, research shows

19 January 2017

New research from the Citizen's Advice Bureau (CAB) has shown a fifth of employers with staff on variable-hours contracts are given less than 48 hours notice of their shifts, and 22% said workers were not permitted to turn down shifts they were offered.

Public sector workers to see real wages fall by over £3,000, new research warns

18 January 2016

New research by the TUC has revealed that if policies do not change, midwives, teachers and social workers will see a drop in their real wages of more than £3,000 by 2020.

Internships/apprenticeships: 'Minorities, women and people from low-pay backgrounds left behind'

17 January 2017

Women, people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethic (BAME) backgrounds, and those from less wealthy families are being left behind by today's apprenticeship and internship systems.

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