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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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Challenging Amazon Report

We urge Amazon to recognise and engage with unions as the best way to ensure workers’ rights are protected. But if Amazon will not do better for its workers, then unions and governments at all levels must work together to make sure that they do.

- 12 Oct 2020
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Sick pay and debt

Many workers are already struggling with household finances due to the pandemic. A household debt crisis has been looming for the past few years, and without significant intervention, it could hit when a range of temporary support measures end later in the year. This note sets out new findings on sick pay and debt from a largescale survey carried out by BritainThinks.

- 10 Sep 2020
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The forthcoming Employment Bill provides a vital opportunity to put in place measures to ensure that decent work becomes widespread and that practices like zero hours contracts are left in the past.

- 08 Aug 2020
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