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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 ...
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 ...
Executive summary Government data shows one in four (23%) of the working-age population are classed as disabled, meaning there are 5.5 million people in work who are disabled. 1 Putting in place ...
“New training opportunities and career starts for young people who are not earning or learning also need to be an urgent priority, particularly to protect those at risk of long-term worklessness.” ...
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) exists to make the working world a better place for everyone. We bring together around 5.5 million working people who make up our 48 member unions. We support unions to ...
Over eight in ten (82%) disabled workers wait between 4 months and over a year to have agreed reasonable adjustments put in place – when requests are met at all. Over half (55%) of disabled workers ...
1. We celebrate what we have already won, and how we won it The early years of the industrial revolution were brutal and very many employers today are equally ruthless in tooth and claw. Shorter ...
The Asbestos Support and Campaign Group (ASCG) is a partnership between TUC Northern, trade unions, West View Advice and Resource Centre, Macmillan Cancer Support, Thompsons Solicitors and Beecham ...