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The Employment Rights Act introduces major reforms to UK employment law, with changes being implemented in stages from December 2025 through to 2027.

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Solidarity with outsourced workers

Take digital action to support outsourced worker campaigns.

Get in touch to discuss how digital tools can support your outsourced workers campaign. Email ourworkmatters@tuc.org.uk

Megaphone petitions supporting outsourced workers:

Stop cuts to jobs and hours: support low-paid Sodexo workers at Belfast UK Government hub

Global multinational Sodexo is trying to cut the hours and jobs of low-paid PCS union members providing essential services to government buildings in Belfast city centre.

Stop the Civil Service pension crisis: Bring pension administration back in-house

Thousands of retired and partially retired civil servants are facing late or missing pension payments because of failures in the outsourced Capita administration of the Civil Service Pension Scheme.

End rail outsourcing - bring our cleaners back in-house!

The largest rail operator in the UK – Greater Thameslink Railway (GTR) – has just come into public ownership under Great British Railways. But without further action, a hidden layer of privatisation – outsourcing – will continue, undermining the government’s public ownership agenda

End outsourcing at Southeastern Trains

We welcome the fact that Southeastern Trains is publicly owned and its staff are becoming part of Great British Railways. But too many people are being left behind. The people who clean your trains and stations are still outsourced to a private company called Churchill.

Pay Barnet's cleaners on time - and bring cleaning back in-house

Barnet Council must require Norse Group to meet basic fair pay standards on the Barnet cleaning contract: pay wages promptly (at the end of the pay period or within a small number of working days) and apply the London Living Wage uplift from the October announcement date, not delayed until 1 April.

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