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Employment rights

What is fire and rehire? How can you fight against it?
fire and rehire British Gas strike
Employment

What is fire and rehire? How can you fight against it?

The government knew of P&O Ferries' mass sackings in advance but 'didn’t tell anyone'
Unions

The government knew of P&O Ferries' mass sackings in advance but 'didn’t tell anyone'

Fresh calls to ban zero hour contracts as a third of workers are given just days’ notice of shifts
A higher proportion of UK employees work at night now than has ever been recorded
Zero hour contracts

Fresh calls to ban zero hour contracts as a third of workers are given just days’ notice of shifts

'Employment watchdog' needed to crackdown on bad bosses, says charity
An angry boss
Employment rights

'Employment watchdog' needed to crackdown on bad bosses, says charity

Institutional racism to blame for South Asian workers missing out on sick pay, report finds
Employment

Institutional racism to blame for South Asian workers missing out on sick pay, report finds

Tesco workers win legal case against 'fire and rehire' tactics
Unions

Tesco workers win legal case against 'fire and rehire' tactics

Changemakers 2022: Workers' rights
Weetabix workers on strike at Corby factory.
Changemakers 2022

Changemakers 2022: Workers' rights

Food delivery riders to TfL drivers: The strikes you should know about this winter
Strike action

Food delivery riders to TfL drivers: The strikes you should know about this winter

These are the big high street shops named and shamed for paying below the minimum wage
Minimum wage

These are the big high street shops named and shamed for paying below the minimum wage

Ocado Zoom workers face ‘botched’ fire and rehire tactics as MP highlights their ‘appalling treatment’
Ocado Zoom workers protest outside the company's depot in Acton. Image: IWGB
Gig economy

Ocado Zoom workers face ‘botched’ fire and rehire tactics as MP highlights their ‘appalling treatment’

Naming, shaming and failing: Punishments for firms paying below minimum wage have little impact
Shame poster held at London Fashion Week
Employment

Naming, shaming and failing: Punishments for firms paying below minimum wage have little impact