Audits of CVs that include disability-related information, such as blindness, deafness, cerebral palsy and autism, have shown that even with enhancing achievements, such as leadership awards and ...

In the week of 14 – 20 July, the TUC is inviting union health and safety reps to inspect their workplace temperatures. Let’s take a collective temperature check, and use it to organise for safer, ...

TUC response to the Home Office Prevention of Illegal Working July 2007 Introduction 1. The TUC's comments will be confined to the proposals set out in 'Penalties for Rule-Breakers'. The TUC's views ...

This is set to change as the Labour government has committed to introducing key employment rights from day one in employment. This includes protection from dismissal from the first day in job. This ...

Commenting on the government’s response to the public sector pay review body recommendations today (Thursday), TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak said: “Unions want to work with the government to ...

- About the TUC: The Trades Union Congress (TUC) exists to make the working world a better place for everyone. We bring together the 5.5 million working people who make up our 48 member unions. We ...

The Organising Academy Diploma in Organising This course is for union officers who would like to take up an organising role or have been undertaking an organising role within their union. Set over 16 ...

The government cannot stand by while mums are forced out of work. Without immediate action to support women to stay in work we risk losing decades of progress on women’s labour market participation.

The Covid-19 pandemic continues to impact heavily on all our lives and one of the long-lasting, but unanticipated, impacts is the emergence of Long Covid. Whilst many people infected by Covid-19 may ...

How are mums coping? Working mums told the TUC they were struggling with the strain of being expected to carry out their jobs as normal, while balancing childcare and home-schooling. 65 per cent said ...

To mark Work Your Proper Hours Day, the TUC is encouraging workers to take a proper lunch break and leave on time. Employers should adopt good practice and take steps to manage down unpaid overtime ...