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TUC's plan outlines a new short-time working scheme designed to prevent mass unemployment and to help firms bounce back after the crisis,

Report: A new jobs protection and upskilling plan

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This guide is for union reps - understanding coronavirus and workplace issues, employer negotiations and how best protect the workforce

Coronavirus - Guidance for unions

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Employment tribunals need resources, not a sticking plaster

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A public sector jobs drive can stop mass unemployment and power an economic recovery

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We need a new plan to build on the Job Retention Scheme

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We need decent pay and secure work for key workers

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An unemployment crisis is coming. The government must act now to prevent it

With a big drop in employment since the start of the pandemic, the government must do more to avert an unemployment crisis later this year.

Alex Collinson - 15 Sep 2020
Blog

Key workers report

The TUC estimates that 6 million key workers would stand to benefit from public sector pay increases and planned minimum wage increases. Both these levers are directly within the government’s control. But there are signs that pay increases may not materialise.

14 Sep 2020
Report

Fixing social care

This report sets out why the UK does not have a high-quality social care system, and how to improve it for those who use it, and those who work in it. That means long-term, sustainable funding of services that provides value for money to the public purse while meeting the needs of individuals and communities.

07 Sep 2020
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