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Levelling up at work - fixing work to level up across the UK

This report argues that poor quality work is a key cause of broader inequality across the country. Unless we reduce the numbers of people in jobs that are in low-paid, insecure and offer no route to better quality work, little will change in the lived experience of a significant number and proportion of people across every part of the UK. We cannot level up the country without levelling up at work.

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Time to change the law on flexible working: New TUC and Mother Pukka survey reveals half of mums don't have their requests accepted in full

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A new further education funding and accountability system

The TUC welcomes the opportunity to comment on the government’s proposals to develop a new further education funding and accountability system. However, the country is already facing a skills crisis and there is a need for urgent action on a much greater scale than the policy framework set out in this consultation and the preceding consultation on the National Skills Fund. The TUC has set out detailed critiques of the skills white paper in our regular skills policy bulletins and our response to the National Skills Fund consultation

National Skills Fund

The country is already facing a national skills crisis and there is a need for urgent action on a much greater scale than the policy framework set out in the skills white paper and this consultation. Government should bring employer bodies and trade unions together to agree strategies to tackle labour and skills shortages, including getting industries and sectors to prioritise delivering decent terms and conditions, direct employment and a proper pay rise.

Reforming the Framework for Better Regulation

The government's proposal to take a deregulatory approach to future legislation is extremely concerning. Instead of deregulating labour market regulation and threatening EU-derived employment protections, the government should focus on improving workers’ rights. This should include an employment bill that ends exploitative employment practices such as the use of zero-hours contracts and fire-and-rehire.

Fixing Leicester's garment trade - one year on

When the latest scandal surrounding Leicester’s garment industry hit the headlines again in 2020 the TUC in the Midlands knew it was time for us to step up to the plate. Scandal has dogged the industry for too long. And it’s working people who suffer as a result. But we don’t want anger. We don’t want grand standing. We want solutions.

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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

The TUC and Indian unions call on our governments to meaningfully involve trade unions, as well as relevant civil society groups, in the negotiation of any trade agreement to ensure trade talks between the UK and India support respect for workers' rights and address these concerns.

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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