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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
Consultation response

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
Policy proposal

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.

Alex Collinson - 01 Dec 2017
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Data: A New Direction

Whilst we support the “pro-growth” approach outlined in this consultation as this results in more and better jobs, we do not believe that this should be to the detriment of the fundamental rights of individuals in the workplace. Indeed, growth and productivity is dependent on there being a strong framework in place to protect the rights of workers and ensure good quality and rewarding work.

- 22 Nov 2021
Consultation response

Seven ways platform workers are fighting back

Globally the number of platforms has grown five-fold in a decade. It can seem that practices like casualisation, management by algorithm rather than human and a complete absence of trade unions are baked into the way that platform economy is run. There are fears that it is therefore only a matter of time before these spread to other jobs.

- 05 Nov 2021
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Time for a new plan

This spending review is a chance for government to learn the lessons of the pandemic and to plan for the future. Our submission sets out what the government needs to do.

- 24 Oct 2021
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