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UK 'doesn't need long hours opt-out'
As European ministers meet to discuss the future of the UK's opt-out from the Working Time Directive's 48 hour limit on the average working week, the TUC has today (Tuesday) published a new analysis of official figures showing that the UK 'does not need an opt-out' any longer.
Government forced to tighten rules on work breaks
The TUC today welcomed the European Court of Justice (ECJ) judgement on the rest break rights established by the EU working time directive. '... Employers will now have to do their utmost to ensure their staff get the breaks they are entitled to.'
TUC welcome government ban on rolled-up' holiday pay
Commenting on today's change in rules on paid annual leave (Friday) banning rolled-up holiday pay (where holiday pay is already included in workers' hourly rates and people are not actually paid when they take any leave), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
By acting swiftly on the recent ruling from the European courts that rolled-up holiday pay breaks EU law the government will make it harder for bad employers to cheat their staff out of their holiday pay.
Managers top 2006 long hours league table
Senior managers have overtaken teachers to leap to the top of the 2006 unpaid overtime league table published by the TUC on Work Your Proper Hours Day (Friday).
Take on the long hours culture at workyourproperhoursday.com
The TUC has today launched a dedicated website to take on the long hours culture ahead of Work Your Proper Hours Day on Friday 24 February.
5 million work a day a week unpaid, says TUC
Nearly five million employees (4,759,000) worked on average an extra day a week in unpaid overtime in 2005 (7 hours 24 minutes) according to a TUC analysis of official figures published today (Thursday).
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