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Pay deals in brief (1684 words)

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Pay & prices (136 words)

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Latest developments in discrimination law (2448 words)

The law protecting workers from unlawful discrimination continues to evolve as new interpretations from the tribunals and the courts affect how the law operates ...

Employer liable (130 words)

The House of Lords has ruled that a boarding school was liable for sexual abuse against children carried out by a warden employed by ...

Unions still await overhaul of equal pay claim system (4332 words)

For every £1.00 that a male worker earns, a woman gets just 82p. Despite a quarter of a century of equal pay law, the ...

Finance union highlights dangers of voice loss (293 words)

Banking and finance union UNIFI has published guidance for its negotiators on voice loss - an increasing complaint in the telephone banking sector. ...

Muscle and joint disorders stress emerge as main workplace illnesses (465 words)

Bone, joint or muscle problems (musculo skeletal disorders) followed by stress, depression or anxiety are the most commonly reported work-related illnesses according to the ...

Study says body mapping can help tackle health problems at work (153 words)

A Health and Safety Commission-backed study has found that 'body mapping' of workplace health problems is a fast and effective way of identifying problems ...

European guidelines on teleworking agreed (74 words)

Guidelines on teleworking have been agreed between the EuroCommerce employers' organisation and the UNI-Europa white-collar workers' federation. The new Europe-wide agreement covers the right ...

Communications union plans stress policies (92 words)

The top two causes of stress at work for members the Communication Workers Union (CWU) are bad management and excessive workloads according to the ...

Employers and workers warned on dangers of too much sun (245 words)

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published two new leaflets on the dangers of too much exposure to the sun. ...

Safety law guide in community languages (68 words)

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has reissued its leaflet, Health and safety law: what you should know, in six community languages - Bengali, ...

Consolidation of flexibility pay at Scottish Courage Northern Brewing (149 words)

Separate two year deals effective from early March increased basic pay rates by up to 5% or more for craft and brewery workers, with ...

Five days paternity leave for cotton workers (72 words)

This year's agreement between the Lancashire Textile Manufacturers' Association and unions representing cotton spinning workers increased entitlement to paid paternity leave from two to ...

New incentive scheme at David Brown (116 words)

A new operational performance incentive scheme was introduced as part of a two year pay deal effective from 1 February at David Brown Defence ...

4% and holiday changes at Air Products (174 words)

The manufacturing bargaining group at Air Products' Acrefair plant (near Wrexham) received a 4% rise with effect from 1 February, accompanied by a change ...

Saturday working at TJ Hughes (203 words)

A 3% pay rise from 1 April for staff at retailer TJ Hughes was accompanied by a change to Saturday premium payments. ...

Employers still failing to deliver on childcare (254 words)

Increasing numbers of working parents think that their employer is family friendly, although only one in 10 says that their employer provides help with ...

Pregnant cabin crew get compensation (157 words)

British Airways (BA) has agreed to pay compensation worth £2.3 million to female cabin staff who lost out on pay when they were pregnant. ...

Campaigners want action on sexuality law (467 words)

The TUC and gay rights groups have called on the government to introduce legislation to outlaw discrimination on the grounds of sexuality at the ...

Teachers get stakeholder option (209 words)

Fifteen teaching associations have set up the Teachers' National Stakeholder Pension Scheme (TNSPS) under the TUC Stakeholder Pension Scheme. ...

Holidays move up bargaining agenda (801 words)

At a time of the year when many workers are looking ahead to their summer holidays, issues like holiday entitlement, holiday pay and arrangements ...

Social security gives way to work and pensions (158 words)

The new Labour government's reorganisation of Whitehall means that pensions now come under the new Department for Work and Pensions which brings together parts ...

Strikes lead to deals in Dutch healthcare (479 words)

Unions and employers have reached agreement on three key settlements in the Dutch healthcare and welfare system after earlier industrial action. ...

German pilots get 28% and finance staff 2.8% (456 words)

Recent settlements for finance staff and pilots in Germany produced very different results. While banking and insurance workers got 2.8% plus lump sum payments, ...