27 June 2019

The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) has called on the government to prioritise the social care sector, warning that successive cuts to local authority budgets mean that thousands of older and disabled people now face losing the services they rely on.

21 June 2019

At a packed reception in the House of Commons on 17 June 2019, train drivers union ASLEF launched its new report On Track with Diversity. The report, produced by IER and authored by two equality experts from Old Square Chambers, is an update on a 2012 report produced by IER for ASLEF. The 2019 edition reviews the recommendations made in the 2012 report and assesses the extent to which the train and freight operating companies and the union have implemented those recommendations.

21 June 2019

The latest Global Rights Index from the International Trade Union Congress (ITUC) has revealed that the UK is among the worst offenders in Europe when it comes to violating trade union rights.

21 June 2019

Most social workers are forced to put in unpaid hours because cuts have stopped them from being able to do their jobs effectively during their contracted working time.

21 June 2019

One in ten NHS workers has experienced sexual harrassment in the past year, according to a new survey by Unison.

21 June 2019

Care staff have reported shocking conditions during night shifts for which they are paid below the National Minimum Wage in a new Unison report: Sleeping in losing out.