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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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Insecure work
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
Research and reports
BEIS Carer’s leave consultation response
The TUC rejects the proposal that carers leave should be unpaid. Unpaid care is still not given the recognition it deserves from either government or employers. In this submission we look at the issues facing carers and evidence from trade unions, before responding to the specific consultation questions.
- 04 Aug 2020
Consultation response
Pregnant and precarious: new and expectant mums’ experiences of work during Covid-19
1 in 4 pregnant women have faced discrimination at work during the coronavirus outbreak, according to new TUC survey. The government must act now to ensure that women do not continue to face disproportionate impacts from the coronavirus crisis and to prevent decades of incremental progress on gender equality being lost.
- 11 Jun 2020
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With 3.6 million in insecure work, we have an opportunity for change
TUC research has revealed that millions of people are stuck in insecure work. Improving job quality will lead to better outcomes for all.
Tim Sharp - 10 Aug 2020
Local lockdowns reveal the need to protect workers’ wages
With local lockdowns now in place across much of Northern England, more is needed to protect workers who are forced to self-isolate.
Tim Sharp - 04 Aug 2020
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