Following reports yesterday that a Labour MP who has previously campaigned for the living wage for all (currently £8.30 in London) has hired an intern on a voluntary basis, InternAware have written to leader of the Labour Party, Ed Miliband, asking him to keep his pledge and end unpaid internships in the Labour Party. From […]
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Post created on: June 29th, 2011
Employment Minister Chris Grayling is in Brussels today, where he will reiterate the UK’s opposition to maternity leave proposals put forward by MEPs last October. If they were adopted, the proposals would provide employees with 20 weeks of maternity leave at full pay, at a cost estimated to be more than £2 billion per year […]
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Post created on: June 17th, 2011
With PCS, the largest civil service union, set to close its ballot for strike action tomorrow, the ATL & the NUT have both announced ballot results in favour of strike action today, raising the possibility of coordinated strike action taking place on 30 June. As well as the disruption to many schools in England & […]
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Post created on: June 14th, 2011
Business secretary Vince Cable has used a speech at the GMB Congress this morning to warn trade unions that co-ordinated strike action will lead to tougher strike laws. Mr Cable emphasised that there is currently no compelling reason to change the industrial relation laws, but warned that “should the position change, and should strikes impose […]
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Post created on: June 6th, 2011
Sharon Shoesmith, previously Director of Children’s Services for Haringey Council, has won an appeal against her dismissal. Last year a judicial review found Ms Shoesmith’s dismissal was lawful, but in a judgment handed down today, the Court of Appeal found “Haringey’s decision to dismiss Ms Shoesmith was itself “unlawful and void”. This case is reminder […]
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