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Tories warn of ‘existential crisis’ as Employment Bill to cost firms billions

Shadow business secretary Kevin Hollinrake called for small businesses to be spared from some of the changes in the Employment Rights Bill.

Evening Standard

Smaller businesses ‘could face higher costs under new employment laws’

The Employment Rights Bill includes plans to improve areas such as parental and bereavement leave and protection from unfair dismissal.

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer pledges to get NHS 'off life support' on service's 75th anniversary

In an exclusive Mirror article, the Labour leader explains why his mission to build an NHS "fit for the future” is closest to his heart of the five he has unveiled

Daily Mirror

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Steelworkers march on Parliament in last-ditch bid to save 'crumbling' industry

Staff from Britain's six steelmaking firms will converge on Westminster for a rally minutes before Prime Minister's Questions

Daily Mirror

Day of disruption in UK as up to half a million join walkout

Up to half a million workers are expected to go on strike across the U.K. in what’s shaping up to be the biggest day of industrial action Britain has seen in more than a decade

The Independent UK

New 'fire and rehire' rules 'not going to stop' another P&O-type scandal, union warns

Labour's Angela Rayner and the Trades Union Congress have slammed the Government's "shameful" new rules to tackle fire and rehire practices, saying it is just a "reheated" and "repeated" regulation

Daily Mirror

Former Trade Union Congress boss joins Labour benches in House of Lords

FORMER Trades Union Congress boss Frances O’Grady has taken her seat on the red benches in the House of Lords.

The National (Scotland)

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Unions discuss coordinating strike action alongside public show of support for workers

Day of protest announced at start of next month

The Independent UK

Top bosses ‘earn more by Thursday afternoon than average worker will make in year’

High Pay Centre data suggested that FTSE 100 company chiefs would have earned an average of £33,000 by 2pm.

The Independent UK

Monday briefing: The government blames the unions for strikes – but what’s the truth?

In today’s newsletter: Factchecking claims striking workers are irresponsible, selfish and unrealistic

The Guardian - UK

Unions tell ministers to stop ‘hiding behind’ pay review bodies in strike talks

TUC and Unison say government is not negotiating in good faith, while PM accuses union leaders of being ‘unreasonable’

The Guardian - UK

Headteachers to vote on national industrial action over pay in 125-year first

Paul Whiteman, of the National Association of Head Teachers, announced the move at the Trades Union Congress conference.

The Independent UK

EU proposes joint gas buying and curbs on energy price spikes – business live

European Commission proposes mechanism to cap “excessive and volatile” gas price moves, and to let member countries start jointly buying gas

The Guardian - UK

TUC's new chief says 'my life has been to grow unions, we fight every day for workers'

Former call centre operator Paul Nowak is set to be confirmed as the next General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress where he will represent 5.5million working people

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Wales Online

Give UK workers four more bank holidays a year as reward, says union

The Trades Union Congress says the extra days off would be a reward for a 'nation of grafters'

Liverpool Echo

Unions call for four more UK Bank Holidays after £27bn of free labour last year

The Trades Union Congress wants the UK brought in line with other European countries which enjoy an average 12.3 public holidays a year

The Guardian - UK

We’ve reached boiling point – nobody should have to work in temperatures above 30C

Spain, Germany and China all have maximum working temperatures. It’s time the UK followed suit, says Mika Minio-Paluello of the Trades Union Congress

The Independent UK

Tory minister rejects call for maximum workplace temperature, citing blast-furnaces

Cabinet Office minister Kit Malthouse says some workplaces would not be able to meet the requirements

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The Independent UK

Pay gap grew last year for workers with disabilities

People with disabilities were paid nearly 14% less than their colleagues, new data shows

The Conversation

Disabled people are being left out of COVID recovery. Here are five ways to change that

After two years of the pandemic, there is an understandable desire to “go back to normal”. Disabled people, having been particularly impacted by the pandemic, have described the removal of all COVID rules as a “kick in the teeth”.

Liverpool Echo

Government urged to 'come clean' on workers' rights after P&O jobs scandal

A union boss said the events at P&O "have exposed gaping holes in UK employment law"

Daily Mirror

Government urged to 'come clean' over its plans for workers' rights amid P&O scandal

Trades Union Congress general secretary France O’Grady has written to Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng demanding action.

The Guardian - UK

Government plans let ‘dodgy umbrella companies off the hook’, warns TUC

Trades Union Congress renews calls for ban on umbrella firms to address labour market abuses

Daily Mirror

One in four cleaners have stopped work due to sickness than retirement, union finds

The Trades Union Congress has urged the Government to tackle structural inequalities that leave Brits in working class jobs more exposed to ill health.

The Independent UK

Unions say millions of frontline workers face ‘another year of wages gloom’

The Trades Union Congress is calling on the Government to raise the wages of key workers as inflation rises.

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