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"Working in hospitality can be really insecure. You can be especially vulnerable if you don’t know your rights. That’s why I joined a union - they’ve got your back."
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TUC's response to Taylor Review consultations
Our responses to the Taylor Review consultations on agency workers, the enforcement of employment rights, employment status and measures to improve transparency in the UK labour market.
27 Jun 2018
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Ending the Undercutters' Charter
Too often agency workers get paid much less than directly employed staff for doing the exact same work.
05 Mar 2018
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Great Jobs with Guaranteed Hours
Our major poll found many zero-hours contract workers don’t benefit from important workplace rights, and they put up with insecure hours and pay.
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01 Dec 2017
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15 January 2017
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Taylor Review: Measures to improve transparency in the UK labour market
The government’s response to insecure work is to increase transparency in the workplace. But providing workers with more information will not, by itself, change the imbalance of power in the workplace.
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27 June 2018
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Taylor Review: Enforcement of employment rights
The Taylor Review missed the opportunity to put forward recommendations that would counter the systemic problems in the UK labour market that cause large-scale non-compliance with employment rights. Wider action is needed to make sure working people have access to an effective system for enforcing employment rights.
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27 June 2018
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Is your boss watching your every move?
From trawling social media to tracking toilet breaks, our research shows more and more bosses are snooping on their staff
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08 August 2018
780,000 workers are stuck on zero-hours contracts - time to ban them outright
Hundreds of thousands are still trapped in jobs that are so insecure they can't plan childcare or budget for their weekly shop
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13 August 2018
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