FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 31 - The Untold Story

11 P&O Ferries questions Boris Johnson must answer as firm 'illegally' sacks 800 workers

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing furious demands to act as employment lawyers and unions suggested P&O Ferries may have broken the law by sacking 800 staff in a video call

Daily Mirror · Mar 18, 2022

DWP state pension suspension could cost people almost £500 a year

Unions say the triple lock formula could cost someone on a full new state pension £487 a year

Liverpool Echo · Mar 18, 2022

State Pension: Government urged to reverse suspension of triple lock

Since the decision was taken, inflation has soared and is now expected to exceed 8% this year

Nottingham Post · Mar 18, 2022

Energy bills set to increase 14 times faster than wages, TUC claims

Workers on low incomes will be hit hardest by sky-rocketing bills, unions have warned

Wales Online · Mar 12, 2022

Black and Asian women ‘twice as likely to be on zero-hours contracts as white men’

Insecure work is ‘tightening the grip’ of structural racism in the workplace, the TUC has warned

The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2022

Workers can fight and beat the wage squeezes, says Frances O’Grady

TUC general secretary hails B&Q strike victory, saying more workers can organise and win pay rises

The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2022

When Statutory Sick Pay will change and how it will impact 7 million workers

Changes to statutory sick pay to help people through the coronavirus pandemic will end on March 24

Liverpool Echo · Feb 27, 2022

Call for unpaid overtime to be tackled as employers enjoy £27 billion of free labour

The TUC said its study indicated that 3.8 million people did unpaid overtime in 2021, putting in an average of 7.6 unpaid hours a week, equivalent to £7,100 a year

Wales Online · Feb 25, 2022

Do new Covid rules mean I need to self-isolate or go to work if I test positive?

The Government and NHS says you 'should' self-isolate if you test positive, but self-isolation payments for those who can't work from home have ended

Chronicle Live · Feb 24, 2022

TUC claims almost seven million people will be hit by sick pay changes

Receiving £38 instead of £96 for a first week of self-isolation is set to create additional hardship

Wales Online · Feb 24, 2022