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Employment rights

Disabled people losing jobs and 'falling out of work' due to months-long waits for DWP support
disabled person working
Disability rights

Disabled people losing jobs and 'falling out of work' due to months-long waits for DWP support

The government is on a mission to ensure that more disabled people are in work, but the Access to Work scheme which is meant to make employment more accessible is already 'overstretched'
Pushing mentally ill people from their hospital beds and into offices will only make things worse
Dr Claire Ashley

Pushing mentally ill people from their hospital beds and into offices will only make things worse

Pay rise for thousands of workers as Real Living Wage rises to £12.60 an hour – but is it enough?
real living wage

Pay rise for thousands of workers as Real Living Wage rises to £12.60 an hour – but is it enough?

Will Labour's employment and renting reform bills finally end millennials' insecurity?
Alice Martin

Will Labour's employment and renting reform bills finally end millennials' insecurity?

Employees working through sickness is costing UK businesses billions, think tank says
Sick leave

Employees working through sickness is costing UK businesses billions, think tank says

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I'm a union organiser in Coventry. Here's how Amazon's 'union busting' works
Stuart Richards

I'm a union organiser in Coventry. Here's how Amazon's 'union busting' works

Workers blame Amazon's 'union-busting' after losing historic union vote: 'This is not the end'
Workers' rights

Workers blame Amazon's 'union-busting' after losing historic union vote: 'This is not the end'

'Huge mandate': Brits of all political stripes want stronger rights for workers, poll finds
workers' rights

'Huge mandate': Brits of all political stripes want stronger rights for workers, poll finds

I'm a cancer patient. I have to work from hospital during treatment or risk falling into poverty
Statutory Sick Pay

I'm a cancer patient. I have to work from hospital during treatment or risk falling into poverty

I know how to make the DWP better and get more people into work – but they're just not listening
dwp/ mel stride
John McDonough

I know how to make the DWP better and get more people into work – but they're just not listening

Millions of Brits think their jobs are 'meaningless.' Could a four-day working work week fix that?
Four-day working week

Millions of Brits think their jobs are 'meaningless.' Could a four-day working work week fix that?

I was abused, bullied and left in limbo as a migrant domestic worker. I'm proud of myself for surviving
Migrant domestic workers
Marigold Balquen

I was abused, bullied and left in limbo as a migrant domestic worker. I'm proud of myself for surviving

'Job apocalypse': Up to 8 million Brits risk losing their jobs to AI, government warned
Employment

'Job apocalypse': Up to 8 million Brits risk losing their jobs to AI, government warned

Over 500 employers named for 'cheating workers' out of minimum wage – but it's worse than you think
Minimum wage

Over 500 employers named for 'cheating workers' out of minimum wage – but it's worse than you think

The Great Amazon Heist: New doc exposes inconvenient truths about world’s biggest online retailer
Documentary maker Oobah Butler in Channel 4's The Great Amazon Heist.
Documentary

The Great Amazon Heist: New doc exposes inconvenient truths about world’s biggest online retailer

How to join a union
Signs that read
Trade unions

How to join a union

Reports of forced labour, sex trafficking and domestic servitude at record high in Britain
Modern day slavery

Reports of forced labour, sex trafficking and domestic servitude at record high in Britain

What is my right to strike?
Right to strike

What is my right to strike?

Is your boss a Dominic Raab? What to do if you’re a victim of bullying at work
Dominic Raab, International Human Rights Day
Work advice

Is your boss a Dominic Raab? What to do if you’re a victim of bullying at work

How does sick pay in the UK compare to the rest of the world?
Sick pay

How does sick pay in the UK compare to the rest of the world?

Menopause policies would keep women in work. Why won't the government listen?
Elizabeth Carr-Ellis

Menopause policies would keep women in work. Why won't the government listen?

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Will there be a general strike in 2023?
Industrial action

Will there be a general strike in 2023?

Do we have to go to the work Christmas party?
Christmas

Do we have to go to the work Christmas party?

Keir Starmer says Labour would tear up anti-trade union laws and defend the right to strike
Strike action

Keir Starmer says Labour would tear up anti-trade union laws and defend the right to strike

Government urged to tackle violence faced by community pharmacists
Employment

Government urged to tackle violence faced by community pharmacists