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Taking time off work when your child is sick: know your rights
As Covid cases surge in schools, it is important working parents know their rights to take time off work to look after their children when they are sick.
The changes to flexible working legislation don’t go anywhere near far enough
Not all jobs can support every type of flexibility, but every job can accommodate some kind of flexible working.
A tale of two pandemics: low-paid workers hit hardest by Covid class divide
The coronavirus crisis has been a tale of two pandemics
Can your employer force you back into the office?
Over the past few weeks there’s been reports of people being forced back to their workplaces without proper consultation, even as Covid-19 cases remain high.
The summer holidays bring no let up for working mums
Women have been on the frontline of this crisis - as workers, as carers and as parents. Employers must give them more support.
Policymakers need to stop ignoring the facts and tackle insecure work
Insecure work soared after the last financial crisis as employers offered many workers only temporary, zero - or short-hours contracts. But more than a decade on since the bank-led crash, policymakers have failed to introduced measures to tackle it.
Flexi-job apprenticeships must not lead to exploitation
The government has announced a consultation on a new flexi-job apprenticeship scheme involving apprentices experiencing their employment and training with a number of different employers.
With 3.6 million in insecure work, we have an opportunity for change
TUC research has revealed that millions of people are stuck in insecure work. Improving job quality will lead to better outcomes for all.
Victory for union campaigning as agency workers get stronger rights
Today sees the abolition of the notorious legal loophole that allowed employers to avoid paying agency workers the going rate for the job.
Zero-hours contracts - ban them now
Hundreds of thousands of people are trapped in jobs so insecure they’re unable to plan childcare or budget for groceries.
Importing US working practices to the UK - the risk to workers’ rights
Senior Conservatives are determined to secure a US trade deal that would mean lower standards and fewer protections for workers.
Conservatives' pledge will leave low-income families over £500 a year worse off
TUC analysis shows the Conservatives have cushioned the blow of austerity for higher earners while those on low and middle incomes have been hit hard.
We should end winter commuting misery
Home working, flexible hours and better transport infrastructure could all help to ease our commuting woes.
