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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
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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.

Alex Collinson - 01 Dec 2017
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General Council Report 2021

This report contains details of the work undertaken by the General Council during the past year, 2020-2021.

- 06 Sep 2021
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Beyond furlough: why the UK needs a permanent short-time work scheme

This report makes the case that the UK should build on the success of the Job Retention Scheme (JRS) and Self Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) by putting in place a permanent furlough scheme to deal with future periods of economic turbulence.

- 10 Aug 2021
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Umbrella companies: Why agencies and employers should be banned from using them

The use of umbrella companies appears to have nothing to do with supporting workers, and more to do with parts of the labour supply chain taking an additional cut out of payroll funds. Employment agencies should be required to pay and employ the staff they place with end clients. For these reasons the TUC believe that a complete ban on the use of umbrella companies is the only way to prevent the exploitation that workers face.

- 29 Jul 2021
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