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Four-fold rise in men working low-paid part-time jobs over past two decades, research finds
13 January 2017
There has been a four-fold increase in the proportion of men working in low-paid, part-time jobs over the last two decades, according to new research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
Top ten most bizarre excuses for underpayment of NMW released
13 January 2017
The top ten most bizarre excuses employers had for refusing to pay National Minimum Wage have been released by the HMRC.
Proposed small claims limit 'will bar access to justice for broken bones and serious injury'
13 January 2016
At the end of last year, the government released a consultation – now closed – on a proposal to raise the small claims limit from £1,000 to £5,000. Now, a parliamentary debate has revealed this may bar people with broken bones and serious injuries from accessing justice.
Another victory for the bogus self-employed, as courier ruled worker by tribunal
10 January 2017
Following GMB’s landmark case against Uber in October 2016, another worker misclassified as self-employed has won the right to holiday pay, sick pay and the living wage.
Highest rise in household debt in 20 years seen as wages stagnate
09 January 2017
New research by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has found that household debt is increasing due to a lengthy stagnation in wages and increasing inflation.
Zero-hour contracts 'trapping young homeless people on the streets'
09 January 2017
Homelessness charity Centrepoint has warned that today's increasingly casualised labour market is forcing young people to live on the streets.
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