Category: Maternity & paternity rights

Labour’s employment rights bill: what key changes will it bring?

Improvements to workers’ rights to include day-one universal sick pay and an end to zero-hours contracts and fire and rehireLabour’s employment rights bill is the biggest step towards enacting one of its key election...

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Labour’s workers’ rights plans can win over Tory and Reform voters, says TUC

Trade union leaders meet ministers for final talks on employment rights bill before unveiling on ThursdayLabour can use its overhaul of workers’ rights to win over disaffected Tory and Reform voters, the TUC has said, as...

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Kemi Badenoch faces backlash as Tory rivals seize on maternity pay comments

Leadership contender’s team in damage control mode after she is criticised for saying burden on business is ‘excessive’Kemi Badenoch’s campaign was in damage control mode on the first day of Conservative...

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UK unions say cutting maternity pay for striking pregnant workers is ‘immoral’

Unite and Unison join campaigners urging government to exempt strike days from maternity calculationsThe UK’s two biggest unions have backed calls for a review of the “immoral” system where pregnant workers...

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Revealed: scandal of NHS charges putting pregnant migrant women at risk

Vulnerable women face huge bills before giving birth, campaigners sayThe health of pregnant migrant women and their unborn babies is being put at risk due to fears around NHS charging, with some trusts demanding upfront fees for...

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Labour pledges to outlaw redundancy for pregnant women

Exclusive: opposition commits to a range of equal rights policies as UK emerges from pandemicCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageLabour would make it illegal to make women redundant during pregnancy...

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