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Is drug testing the answer?
Drug testing is not a substitute for a good drugs and alcohol policy. Nor does it tell employers what they need to know.
Hugh Roberston - 21 February 2019
Multi-drug test kit with blank results slots
Collective bargaining: how trade unions can ensure better jobs for workers
We're campaigning against zero-hours contracts. But collective bargaining is also essential to getting a better deal for workers.
Kate Bell - 12 February 2019
TUC March and Rally, London, 2018 - A New Deal for Working People
Zero-hours contracts: time to stamp them out
Those on zero-hour contracts aren’t guaranteed any hours each week. Despite this, they actually work plenty, often at anti-social times.
Alex Collinson - 11 February 2019
Young cafe workers
HeartUnions Week: celebrating what unions have achieved for workers and why we need them now more than ever
Today marks the beginning of HeartUnions week, our celebration of trade unions and the work they do to make our workplaces and communities fairer.
Scott Gilfillan - 11 February 2019
TUC march and rally 2018
Zero-Hours Contracts and Health and Safety
Health and safety law is very clear. Those on zero-hours contracts are entitled to exactly the same legal protection as those on fixed hour contracts. So why is the reality so different?
Hugh Roberston - 11 February 2019
Two workers loading truck
Empty promises aren't enough – we need a Brexit deal that protects jobs and has binding guarantees on employment rights
Warm words about improving rights post-Brexit won't cut it – to guarantee their rights working people need substantial changes to Mrs May's entire deal
Matt Creagh - 30 January 2019
British Prime Minister Theresa May walking out of 10 Downing Street holding a folder
Bad weather is snow joke for staff trying to get to work
Employers should use common sense during this week’s cold snap and not force staff to make dangerous journeys into work
Elly Gibson - 29 January 2019
A train travelling through the snow on a winter's day
Stuck on a zero-hours contract? The government thinks you can ask your boss for a better deal
The reforms on employment rights introduced by the government today won’t change the balance of power in the workplace.
Kate Bell - 17 December 2018
Bar worker at night. Photo: AntGor
Brexit is making everyone poorer – except the rich
While Tory Brexiteers scramble to protect their millions before the UK leaves the EU, workers are already counting the cost from years of economic uncertainty
Elena Crasta - 09 December 2018
A worried worker on the left and Jacob-Rees Mogg on the right
Why Mrs May's Brexit deal threatens your rights at work
We can't support a deal that puts paid holidays, time off for working mums and dads, and equal pay for women at risk
Frances O'Grady - 21 November 2018
Prime Minister Theresa May on the left; workers on the right
"I'm a person, not a number" - why microchipping staff is a sinister step too far
We’d like to hear what security concerns could possibly justify implanting staff with microchips
Scott Gilfillan - 12 November 2018
A finger with a microchip and a man watching a screen_Credit: Getty
Five reasons why young workers are getting a raw deal
In the first week of Young Workers Month, we take a look at why so many young people are having a tough time at work
Kathryn Mackridge and Alex Collinson Kathryn Mackridge and Alex Collinson - 07 November 2018
Young workers

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