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Hunt: I'll sack foreign doctors then fine British ones if they try to leave
04 October 2016
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced a new policy that could serve to lock junior doctors into a highly contested contract that has led to several widespread strikes among clinical staff.
One in ten has been disciplined or dismissed for mental ill health, research shows
04 October 2016
One in ten employees who have experienced poor mental health were subject to disciplinary action and even dismissal from the workplace as a result, new research shows.
May asks former Labour adviser to conduct worker's rights inquiry
03 October 2016
Theresa May has hired Matthew Taylor, previously an adviser to Tony Blair, to conduct an inquiry into workers' rights.
Trade Union Act should be reviewed, says human rights report
03 October 2016
A report submitted to the United Nations' Universal Periodic Review of the UK by the British Institute of Human Rights (NIHR) has recommended that the Trade Union Act be reviewed.
Only three employers prosecuted for paying less than minimum wage
29 September 2016
Only three of 700 employers identified as underpaying their workers have been prosecuted in the past two and half years, according to a Guardian report.
Manifesto for Labour Law 'inspirational to European trade unionists'
28 September 2016
The IER's Manifesto for Labour Law was partly borne out of international comparison with Europe's strongest economies, where collective bargaining has served to create more equal and more resilient economies than in the UK.
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