The Government is to clamp down on abuses of zero-hours contracts by allowing people to work for more than one employer. Business Secretary Vince Cable said “unscrupulous” employers had been
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Measures should be taken to cut the number of low-paid workers by a million to end the “national scandal” of poverty, according to a new report. A year-long study by
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Unison’s local government and school support workers have voted yes to strike action in a dispute over pay. The low paid, mainly women, workers have faced a 3 year pay
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Health service staff angry that their pay is still being capped – despite the economic recovery – are to remind the government today of the millions of hours of unpaid
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Unison has today announced a ballot of its 600,000 local government and school members for strike action after 70% of members rejected this year’s pay offer in a consultative ballot.
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Most workers on zero hours contracts earn less than the living wage, fuelling fears of poor pay and exploitation of employees, according to a new report. A study by the
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Northern Ireland’s Health Minister, Edwin Poots, has come under fire for failing to tackle the severe problem with the payment of staff salaries. Unison says frontline staff have been pushed
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Care workers do demanding work for low pay, and social care services are being delivered in an increasingly challenging environment, yet service users, their carers and families have increasing expectations
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The threat of industrial action by health workers in a bitter dispute with the Government over pay is set to come a step closer today. Unison’s annual health conference will
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Workers on controversial zero-hours contracts should get a legal right to a fixed-hours arrangement after 12 months, a think-tank has concluded. The Resolution Foundation’s suggestion came as part of a
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