07 December 2016

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has called for the government to take urgent action to improve real wages after new research by the charity revealed one in eight UK workers now live in poverty.

06 December 2016

Agency workers are typically expected to be short-term or temporary staff, but new research has revealed that most are in full-time work but still receiving significantly less pay than their colleagues.

01 December 2016

When Theresa May announced the Taylor Review into employment practices in the gig economy, she said it would consider the impact of casual work on workers' rights, yet no trade union or workers' representatives have been given a role within the investigation.

29 November 2016

The government has today launched a consultation into corporate governance and executive pay, but the green paper published on the matter shows the government has watered down some of its pro-worker rhetoric.

28 November 2016

Executive pay has continued to surge upwards despite the nation's economic struggles, with CEOs now earning nearly 74 times more than the average workers' salary.

28 November 2016

The State Pension Age looks set to increase again, former Pensions Minister Steve Webb has warned, after the government requested new figures that suggest it intends to expand the expected working age.