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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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The 2019 TUC Summer Patrol for Young Workers
We are developing a Norway style summer patrol programme to reach more young workers in Yorkshire
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01 October 2018
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A future that works for working people
This report brings together the latest evidence with a new large-scale poll on how technology could affect the future of work, conducted for the TUC in the summer of 2018.
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10 September 2018
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Working in the UK
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15 January 2017
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The workplace won’t change by workers asking for favours
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
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
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09 December 2018
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