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Give workers more holiday to stimulate economic growth, report urges

Date:: 12 August 2019

Increasing minimum holiday entitlement and wages would help solve the UK's productivity crisis and stimulate economic growth, a think tank has suggested.

More women miss out on paid leave than men

Date:: 22 July 2019

One in 14 UK workers are not receiving their full legal holiday entitlement, with more women than men missing out and one million people not getting any paid holiday at all.

Three quarters of whistleblowers 'retaliated against' by their employer

Date:: 17 July 2019

Three quarters of whistleblowers experience retaliation from their employer including bullying, attempts to destroy evidence and dismissal, according to a group of MPs seeking to strengthen protections for those who highlight corporate wrongdoing.

Social attitudes: One in three say parental leave should be shared

Date:: 11 July 2019

A third of people believe parental leave should be shared equally, according to a major survey, while only 12% think the mother should take the entire leave period.

More than half of employers will be worse off under proposed immigration rules

Date:: 10 July 2019

More than half of UK employers with staff from outside the UK will be negatively impacted by the proposed post-Brexit immigration system, research has revealed.

One in four dads misses out on paid paternity leave

Date:: 17 June 2019

Almost a quarter (23%) of new fathers did not qualify for statutory paid paternity leave last year, either because they had not been in their job long enough, were in insecure work or they were self-employed, the TUC has claimed.

Met Police to recruit part-time constables for the first time

Date:: 13 June 2019

The Metropolitan Police has announced it will recruit part-time constables for the first time in a bid to attract more women into the force.

IR35: HMRC's defence of status tool is like 'climate change denial'

Date:: 23 May 2019

Campaigners have accused HM Revenue & Customs of acting in a manner "akin to climate change denial" in its defence of its Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool.

MP seeks to rescue new mums' redundancy protection plans

Date:: 23 May 2019

The government has been accused of dragging its feet over new legal protections for pregnant women and new mothers at work, as a private member's bill is introduced in the House of Commons today.

Whistleblowing culture 'firmly entrenched' in the UK

Date:: 17 May 2019

Although 35% of UK businesses have no system in place for whistleblowing, a comparison with other economically similar nations in Europe shows that the UK is ahead of the curve.

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