Trades Union Congress: Equality Issues

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The most recent documents available on this subject are:

TUC response to the Public Sector Equality Duty review

The Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) plays a vital role in underpinning union work to tackle discrimination and harassment at work as evidenced by the TUC's response to a government review of the duty.

19 April 2013

Shared parental leave plans welcome but should do more for parents

The TUC welcomes the government's plan to introduce shared parental leave, but is calling for broader eligibility and better support for parents to overcome the very low levels of take-up predicted.

9 April 2013

Government must continue progress on closing the gender pay gap

Commenting on the annual pay figures published today (Wednesday) by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:

8 December 2010

Extending fully paid maternity leave will benefit millions of hard-up families

Commenting on government plans to oppose the extension of fully paid maternity leave to 20 weeks at a meeting of the EU Employment Council (EPSCO) in Brussels today (Monday), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:

6 December 2010

Women would be hit hardest by public spending cuts, warns TUC

Deep public spending cuts would lead to heavy job losses for women and substantially reduce their income in retirement, according to a report published today (Wednesday) by the TUC.

10 March 2010

Pay gap narrowing but still unacceptably high

Responding to the annual pay figures published today (Thursday) by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:

12 November 2009

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