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Liverpool MPs publish voluntary code of conduct for zero-hour contracts
26 June 2013 A report published by three Labour MPs from the Liverpool area includes six-point voluntary code for employers taking on staff on a zero-hour basis . Read more ...
Zero-hour contracts used by employers to silence poorly treated workers , study shows
26 June 2013 A new study from the Resolution Foundation has revealed some employers use zero-hour contracts as a way of scaring their workers into silence in the face of abuses or unfair treatment . Read more ...
Spending review deepens attack on public sector workers
26 June 2013 Today ’ s spending review has announced further attacks on public sector workers ’ pay and job security . Read more ...
Human rights committee calls on govt to publish evidence that UK cannot afford optimum parental leave
27 June 2013 In its report on the Children and Families Bill , which is currently passing through parliament , the Joint Committee on Human Rights ( JCHR ) has called on the government to make public the evidence it has to show that the UK cannot afford the most effective shared parental leave plan . Read more ...
John Hendy : Union Rights are Human Rights
27 June 2013 Institute of Employment Rights chairman John Hendy QC has called collective bargaining a human right and insisted wages should be set by workers and " not the great and the good ." Read more ...
UN Special Rapporteur calls for increased trade union rights in the UK
27 June 2013
Trade union rights in the UK must be strengthened , the United Nations ' Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom or peaceful assembly and of association Maina Kiai has said . Read more ...
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