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How the shareholder-first business model is contributing to inequality

The UK’s largest companies could play an important role in reducing poverty and inequality, but the current business model is designed to maximise profit for shareholders. The TUC and The High Pay Centre are calling on our political leaders to take immediate steps to fix the broken economic model that puts shareholders first.

Janet Williamson - 13 Nov 2019
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ALL ABOARD - Making worker representation on company boards a reality

This report sets out the case for worker representation on boards, how it works in other European economies, and how it could work here.

02 Oct 2016
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Beyond Shareholder Value: the reasons and choices for corporate governance reform

09 Jul 2014
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Dignity at work and the AI revolution

The TUC believes we are now at a crucial moment in the AI-driven technological workplace revolution. In this manifesto, we highlight the values we should all adopt to make sure that technology at work is for the benefit of everyone, and to reassert the importance of human agency in the face of technological control. Work is a huge part of all our lives. It matters to all of us that we get this technological revolution right.

- 25 Mar 2021
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Briefing on TUC recommendations - Domestic Advisory Group under the EU-UK TCA

The TUC recommends the establishment of a UK economic and social council. Such a body would include representatives of employers' organisations, trade unions and wider civil society in equal number, as is the case in many other countries, including EU member states. The TUC calls on the UK government to ensure the DAG established for the TCA, as well as DAGs established for other UK trade deals, are effective in monitoring commitments to workers’ rights.

- 01 Mar 2021
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Support in the workplace for victims of domestic abuse

Preventing and tackling domestic abuse is a key part of an employers’ duty of care towards their employees and their legal responsibility under the Health and Safety at Work Act to ensure a safe working environment. We welcome the government’s recognition that employers should and could do more to support workers experiencing, or at risk of, domestic abuse and welcome the opportunity to respond to this call for evidence.

- 05 Oct 2020
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