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This report makes the case that the UK should put in place a permanent furlough scheme to deal with future periods of economic turbulence.

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Safeguarding the UK’s manufacturing jobs with climate action: carbon leakage and job

TUC calls on the UK government and companies to work together to future-proof jobs at risk of offshoring

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TUC calls for UK trade preferences to promote workers' rights

TUC submission on UK-India trade talks

General Council Report 2021

This report contains details of the work undertaken by the General Council during the past year, 2020-2021.

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A new deal for Social Care: A new deal for the workforce

TUC’s plan for a new sectoral minimum wage and a new workforce strategy would be an important first step in the government’s promise to fix social care. By reforming how we tax the wealthy and guaranteeing care workers are paid a fair day’s wage, we can ensure high quality care for those who need it and high quality work for those who provide care.

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TUC Equality Audit 2021

The 2020 TUC Equality Audit suggests that, in the two years before the outbreak of Covid-19, there were signs that the climate for equality bargaining had improved slightly compared with the position four years earlier.

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Public Service Pensions: Consultation on the discount rate methodology

Our strong recommendation is that to avoid a continuation of these challenges, we should return to the use of a discount rate methodology based on the Social Time Preference Rate. As well as being justified on a practical basis, there are strong points of principle which underpin our recommendation including the need for consistency in assessing public spending and the need to maintain intergenerational fairness.

Public service pensions: cost control mechanism consultation

The TUC welcomes the opportunity to respond to this consultation on proposed changes to the cost control mechanism for public sector pensions

Afghanistan - TUC letter to Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary

Letter urging government to do everything they can to ensure that those fleeing persecution in Afghanistan are able to claim asylum in the UK. The government must support efforts for peace and increase the level of UK development assistance provided to independent civil society organisations and trade unions in the region.

Beyond furlough: why the UK needs a permanent short-time work scheme

This report makes the case that the UK should build on the success of the Job Retention Scheme (JRS) and Self Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) by putting in place a permanent furlough scheme to deal with future periods of economic turbulence.

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Umbrella companies: Why agencies and employers should be banned from using them

The use of umbrella companies appears to have nothing to do with supporting workers, and more to do with parts of the labour supply chain taking an additional cut out of payroll funds. Employment agencies should be required to pay and employ the staff they place with end clients. For these reasons the TUC believe that a complete ban on the use of umbrella companies is the only way to prevent the exploitation that workers face.

Equality, respect and safety for LGBT workers

Open letter signed by general secretaries representing over five million union members criticises the government for its “inaction” on tackling discrimination and harassment faced by LGBT people.

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Sexual harassment of disabled women in the workplace

The sexual harassment that disabled women experienced had a devastating impact on both their health, and careers. Over a third (34 per cent) reported that their most recent experience of sexual harassment had had a negative effect on their mental health and a shocking one in eight (12 per cent) said their most recent experience of sexual harassment had caused them to leave their job or employer. This report adds to the growing body of evidence that workplace cultures need to change.

Solidarity with the PFA

There is no more important priority for our trade union movement today than to do whatever it takes to stand up against racism and to secure racial justice at work. Wherever and whenever racism exists, wherever the conditions exist which enable racism to flourish, we must be ready to act and to call it out. But we need to do more than speak out – we must also make a difference.

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TUC response to Department of Work and Pensions consultation on in-work progression

Our consultation response focuses on embedding lifelong learning; the specific barriers to progression in the areas of the retail industry; and looking at groups of people at most risk of low pay and how to tackle these inequalities.

Summer holiday childcare: no let up for working mums

The summer holidays this year will be tougher than previous years. For many mums they are constantly trying to manage schooling, wraparound care, informal childcare support, annual leave, formal childcare and holiday provision and a careful arrangement of hours between adults in the household. The government must help working families balance paid work and childcare, by reforming the system of parental leave and flexible working rights.

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Restoring trust in audit and corporate governance - TUC response

Our submission focuses on a proposal to change the word ‘employee’ to ‘workforce’ throughout the Companies Act, so that its requirements cover the whole workforce, rather than only directly-employed employees as at present; reform of directors’ duties to remove shareholder primacy and require directors to promote the long-term success of the company as their primary aim; reform of board composition to require that worker directors comprise one third of the board at companies with over 250 workers; and sets out the TUC’s response to a number of the consultation questions.

Flexi-job apprenticeships

TUC response to the government consultation. The proposed flexi-job apprenticeship model is very likely to promote even more precarious job patterns. The government should prioritise tackling the root causes of insecure employment and incentivise employers to recruit apprentices for the long-term rather than promoting even more short-termism.

Jobs and recovery monitor - Insecure work

This research shows there are 3.6 million insecure workers in this country and insecure work is pushing risk onto workers. It is vital that the government urgently bring forward an employment bill and take steps to stamp out insecure work as the country begins its recovery.

TUC response to the government on UK-Canada trade negotiations

TUC response to the government on UK-Mexico trade negotiations

Jobs and recovery monitor - Industry

TUC analysis reveals that employment in hard-hit sectors is struggling to recover from the pandemic.

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Workers’ experiences of long Covid

Our findings show 3 in 10 with long Covid have experienced symptoms lasting longer than a year – which means they should be protected at work. Over half of respondents tell the TUC they have experienced some form of discrimination or disadvantage due to their condition.

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The future of flexible work

New polling in this report reveals an emerging class divide as some workers opt to keep working from home whereas those who can’t work from home have little access to any forms of flexible working. It reveals a significant divide in access to homeworking between higher-paid and working-class occupations. The polling finds strong demand for other forms of flexible working from all groups of workers, such as control over working hours.

BME workers on zero-hours contracts

This joint report by the TUC and ROTA shows that disproportionate numbers of Black and minority ethnic (BME) workers are on zero-hours contracts. BME women are particularly likely to be on zero-hours contracts.

As the G7 Leaders meet on 11-13 June, prospects for global recovery after the pandemic are still fragile.

Disabled workers’ experiences during the pandemic

Not only have disabled people been disproportionately affected in terms of loss of life, with six in 10 Covid-19 related deaths being disabled people, but pre-existing workplace barriers have been accentuated by the pandemic. We conducted this research to better understand how pre-existing workplace barriers have been affected by the pandemic and the impact it has had on disabled workers.

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Ranking G7 Green Recovery Plans and Jobs

This report shows how the UK is lagging behind its G7 peers, and the potential to do much more to expand green jobs and accelerate climate action. The TUC’s ranking of all G7 countries’ green recovery and jobs investments shows that the UK comes sixth.

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RIDDOR, Covid and under-reporting

This report outlines the TUC’s concerns regarding under-reporting of Covid-19 work-related incidents using RIDDOR, and what can be done to ensure official data better reflects the reality of occupational exposure and fatalities.

TUC action plan to reform labour market enforcement

This report highlights how the enforcement system can generate additional funding, so some of the costs for the labour market enforcement system are borne by the employers who breach basic workplace standards.

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