Working Time / Holidays

The most recent documents available on this subject are:

Poll finds one in two employees work through their lunch breaks

Commenting on a poll published today (Thursday) by BBC Breakfast, which shows that more than half (54 per cent) of office employees regularly work through their lunch breaks, TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady said:

7 February 2013
Total unpaid overtime worked is equivalent to a million extra jobs

The two billion hours of unpaid overtime worked last year would be enough to create over a million extra full-time jobs, the TUC says today (Thursday) as it announces the date for Work Your Proper Hours Day 2012.

5 January 2012
Commute times add up to five extra weeks work a year

Employees spend nearly 200 hours a year travelling to and from work - adding up to around five weeks extra work - according to a TUC analysis of official statistics published today (Monday) to mark the start of Work Wise UK's Commute Smart week (14-1...

14 November 2011
Don't mess with May Day, says TUC

Commenting on government proposals published today (Thursday) to move May Day from May to October, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:

12 May 2011
Still time for employers to offer paid leave or overtime on royal wedding day

The TUC has today (Wednesday) called on employers to ensure that workers do not lose out on the royal wedding bank holiday, and on the government to change the law so that everyone can enjoy the Queens diamond jubilee bank holiday next year.

20 April 2011
TUC response to bank holiday proposal

Commenting on government proposals to cancel the May Day bank holiday and replace it with a UK Day in October, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said: 'There is strong support for an extra public holiday as the UK has the stingiest allocation in E...

5 February 2011



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