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The TUC's It's About Time campaign aims to put long hours and work/life
balance at the top of the workplace agenda.
Long hours, greater pressure of work, flexibility that only suits the employer
and stress are the biggest problems in today’s workplace.
We don’t just need to change the law. Attitudes and culture have to change
as well. But the law sends a powerful signal. Ending the opt-out would mean a
48-hour limit would apply in almost every workplace.
Managers and employees would have to look at the way they organise work. The
law would become easier to understand for both employers and staff, and simpler
to enforce.
We believe the more that ministers and Europe hear about real abuse the easier
it will be to win that change. That’s why we want to hear your long-hours
experiences, particularly of the opt-out.
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us your long hours horror stories
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out how to manage your long hours
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Prospect – Corporate Social Responsibility, Negotiator's Guide
The TUC and Prospect agree that employees and union representatives should be enagaged in developing and implementing CSR policies that benefit workers in the developing world. This handy Negotiator's Guide published by Prospect Union, enables union reps to assess their workplace CSR policy, build a business case for doing more, and take action.
Family-friendly rights ‘threat' to women is a myth peddled by backward-looking employers, says TUC
Responding to comments made today (Monday) by the Chief Executive of the Equality and Human Rights Commission Nicola Brewer on new rights to transferrable maternity leave and extending the right to request flexible working to the parents of older children, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
EU agreement - good news for agency workers and progress on working time
Commenting on the outcome of the EU's Social Affairs Council, which reached agreement on an Agency Working Directive and changes to the Working Time Directive, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
“This adds up to good news for people at work in the UK. The agreement on agency work is a major step forward in delivering a fair deal at work for UK agency workers and a real breakthrough on an issue that has been stalled at EU level for many years.
People working over 48 hours a week increases to 3.3 million
An extra 180,000 people across the UK are working more than 48 hours a week in 2008, according to a TUC analysis of official statistics released today (Friday).
People working over 48 hours a week increases to 3.3 million
An extra 180,000 people across the UK are working more than 48 hours a week in 2008, according to a TUC analysis of official statistics released today (Friday).
TUC on EU working time rules decision
Commenting on the failure of the Social Affairs Council of the EU to agree today on plans to tighten up on the use of opt-outs from the 48-hour week, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
“This was a missed opportunity to ensure that UK workers are properly protected against the dangers of overwork.
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