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Useful resources for union reps. - Work/life balance - practical guide

- Family-friendly rights - guide

Workers in the UK currently work the longest hours in Europe, take the shortest lunch breaks and enjoy the fewest public holidays. Childcare is expensive and difficult to find, care for older people is of inconsistent quality and financial
support during family-related leave is lower than in some other parts of Europe. The quest for higher productivity and the long hours' culture limit the effects of improved rights and can undermine equal opportunities policies.

The TUC estimates that if all the unpaid overtime worked by the average employee were put together at the start of the year, it would be until mid-February before they started to be paid. This is marked by Work Your Proper Hours Day which takes place on that date around mid-February.

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The most recent documents available on this subject are:

Around one in five workers over 55 regularly works from home, according to a TUC analysis of official figures published today (Friday) to mark National Work From Home Day, organised by Work Wise UK.

With exactly two months to go until the Diamond Jubilee weekend (taking place from Saturday 2 June until Tuesday 5 June) the TUC is today (Monday) calling on employers to ensure that workers do not miss out on the unique four-day celebrations.

The proportion of employees in their late 50s and early 60s working unpaid overtime has increased sharply in the last decade - despite a fall in unpaid hours for the rest of the workforce - according to a new TUC analysis published today (Friday) to ...

A chapter form The TUC Workplace Manual.

This manual provides practical advice for trade union workplace reps on issues they are likely to encounter in dealing with a range of problems that can arise in the workplace.

The total amount of paid overtime has declined by a quarter since its pre-recession peak in 2007, according a TUC analysis of official figures published today (Thursday).

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