Category: Employment law

UK retailers accused of recruiting young shop workers without rights over Christmas

Lush and Gymshark among chains using apps promoted by TikTok influencers to take on gig economy assistants lacking basic protections, say unionsUnions have accused high-street retailers of drafting in young gig economy store...

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‘Business cash cow has been milked,’ CBI chair tells ministers

Rupert Soames urged government to water down workers’ rights plans after a budget ‘tough on business’The chair of the Confederation of British Industry, Rupert Soames, accused the government of treating...

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Gig economy firm under fire for telling restaurants they can avoid UK’s new tipping laws

Temper Works has promoted its agency workers to clients, saying they fall outside the legislationA gig economy firm has been criticised for telling its hospitality clients they can avoid new fair tipping laws and a forthcoming...

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Employment rights bill will cost firms £5bn per year but benefits will justify costs, government says – UK politics live

Analysis from business and trade department says bill will significantly strengthen workers’ rightIn the past the weirdest budget tradition was the convention that the chancellor is allowed to drink alcohol while...

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Starmer steps into cabinet row over P&O to rescue global summit in London

The PM has backed transport secretary Louise Haigh after she called ferry firm a ‘rogue operator’, threatening investment summitKeir Starmer expressed his full confidence on Saturday in the transport secretary,...

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P&O owner to attend UK investment summit despite minister’s criticism

Keir Starmer rebuked transport secretary Louise Haigh for describing P&O Ferries as a ‘rogue operator’Teething problems, or something worse? The inside story of Labour’s first 100 days in powerDP World, the...

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Calls for investigation of Uber Eats and Deliveroo after raid on Bristol caravan camp

Migrant workers accuse Home Office of targeting the victims of labour exploitation rather than companies profiting from themMigrant workers living in a caravan encampment raided by immigration enforcement officers have accused...

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One Nation Tory group refuses to back Badenoch or Jenrick in party leadership race – UK politics live

TRG says both candidates have ‘used rhetoric and focused on issues which are far and away from … the values we cherish and uphold’Robert Jenrick, one of the final two Tory leadership candidates, is delivering...

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Robert Jenrick rejects claim Tory MPs put him in final two for leadership ballot by mistake – UK politics live

Jenrick says he thinks Tory MPs voted for ‘the best placed people to lead this party forward’Robert Jenrick, one of the final two Tory leadership candidates, is delivering a speech in London. There is a live feed on...

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