Disabled workers face “living standards emergency”
The disability pay gap, the gap between median pay for disabled employees and non-disabled employees, was 13.8% in 2021 and 14.1% in 2019 prior to…
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Frances O’Grady to stand down as TUC General Secretary at end of 2022
TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady today (Tuesday) informed the TUC Executive Committee of her decision to retire from the TUC at the end of the…
Working people “will have been conned” if ministers renege on promise to bring forward the employment bill – warns union body
@the_TUC – Government must “come clean” over plans for workers’ rights TUC head demands urgent assurances from ministers in wake of P&O scandal Frances O’Grady…
Despite the introduction of gender pay gap reporting there are still big gender pay gaps in many industries
Since 6th April 2017, the regulations requiring large employers (above 250 employees) to publish data on their gender pay gaps came into effect. According to…
The P&O scandal must be a watershed for workers’ rights
Statutory code on fire and rehire a “baby step” forward, but Government fire and rehire plans “lack bite”, says union body @the_TUC Commenting on the…
UK workers miss out on £4,000 in pay growth compared to OECD average since 2007
New @the_TUC analysis published today (Saturday) shows the exceptional nature of the UK’s pay squeeze. Average wage in UK would be £76 per week higher…
Workers need rise in wages not interest rates – TUC
Commenting on today’s (17 Mar) decision by the Bank of England to raise interest rates to 0.75%, TUC’s Head of Economics Kate Bell said: “In…
BME women twice as likely to be on zero-hours contracts as white men
Insecure work is “tightening the grip” of structural racism on the labour market and deepening gender inequalities, the TUC has today (Wednesday) warned. The warning…
Trade unions call for ‘emergency support’ from Chancellor in response to Ukraine crisis
Trade unions and the TUC have written to the Chancellor, @RishiSunak, calling on him to use his spring statement to introduce ‘emergency support’ in response…
Intrusive worker surveillance tech risks “spiralling out of control” without stronger regulation, TUC warns
Intrusive worker surveillance tech and AI risks “spiralling out of control” without stronger regulation to protect workers, the TUC has today (Monday) warned. Left unchecked,…