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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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Making employment rights work

The new government was elected on a platform that included making the minimum wage a living wage, basic individual rights from day one and expanded family-friendly working. This report sets out a five-point plan to ensure that the enforcement system is able to support the new government’s plans.

Tim Sharp - 08 Sep 2024
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Introducing fees in the Employment Tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal

Trade unions, their officials and union workplace representatives have extensive experience of representing members and helping them to resolve workplace disputes. The TUC believes that it is in the interests of all parties to resolve workplace disputes as swiftly as possible before they escalate. Where it is not possible to do this by using workplace procedures, unions will seek to defend their members’ interests by supporting meritorious claims to an employment tribunal. This experience means we understand just how important it is for workers to have unimpeded access to the justice system.

Matt Creagh - 26 Mar 2024
Consultation response

Making hybrid inclusive

Our research finds that access to and experiences of home/hybrid are inherently linked to other forms of discrimination at work, in this case workplace racism, and that well-designed hybrid working is essential to avoid exacerbating discrimination and also to promote equality.

Alice Arkwright - 12 Mar 2024
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