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In-work poverty rising faster than employment, research finds
06 December 2018
In-work poverty has been rising at a faster rate than employment, with four million workers now living beneath the breadline, new research from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has revealed.
High Court rejects claim that collective bargaining is a human right
06 December 2018
The High Court has rejected the claim that Deliveroo couriers have a human right to collective bargaining in accordance to Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
Unpaid carers “urgently” need better employment rights, researchers say
30 November 2018
Researchers at the University of Lancaster have called on the government to improve employment rights for workers with care responsibilities.
Austerity-driven inequality not "inevitable", it was a choice, says EHRC
28 November 2018
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has said widening inequality seen in the UK as a result of austerity policies was a political choice, not an inevitability.
Art educators take bogus self-employment case to tribunal
28 November 2018
A group of 27 art educators has taken the National Gallery to tribunal to challenge their employment status.
IPPR joins IER in support of sectoral collective bargaining in social care
28 November 2018
The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has joined the Institute of Employment Rights (IER) in recommending the reinstatement of sectoral collective bargaining in the social care sector.
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