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Category: zero hours

UNISON welcomes better health and safety protection for zero-hours workers

High Court rules that zero-hours workers should have the same protection as others The article UNISON welcomes better health and safety protection for zero-hours workers first appeared on the UNISON...
Posted on 16/11/2020Author Unison news releasesCategories Article, health and safety, news releases, zero hoursTags Unison

Sodexo threatens sweeping redundancies at City University  

UNISON will strongly resist Sodexo’s attempt to put workers out of a job The article Sodexo threatens sweeping redundancies at City University   first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Posted on 21/09/2020Author Unison news releasesCategories Article, catering staff, london, News, news releases, universities, zero hoursTags Unison

University agrees pay for zero-hours staff

Union welcomes move by City, University of London, to protect incomes of outsourced catering staff The article University agrees pay for zero-hours staff first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Posted on 01/04/2020Author Unison news releasesCategories Article, coronavirus, Covid-19, higher ed, higher education, News, news releases, universities, zero hoursTags Unison

Sick pay move welcome, but government must do more, says UNISON

Many low paid workers won't benefit from rule change The article Sick pay move welcome, but government must do more, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Posted on 04/03/2020Author Unison news releasesCategories coronavirus, News, news releases, Press Release, sick pay, zero hoursTags Unison

Zero-hours contracts give the upper hand to unscrupulous employers, says UNISON

Responding to Office of National Statistics figures published today (Wednesday) that show that the number of workers on zero-hours contracts has increased to 905,000, UNISON general secretary Dave...
Posted on 15/03/2017Author Unison news releasesCategories dave prentis, local government, minimum wage, News, news releases, Press Release, zero hours, zero-hours contractsTags Unison

‘What kind of world have we created?’

Director Ken Loach talks about his acclaimed new film, which deals with the 'conscious cruelty' of the benefits system, leading people towards food banks and homelessness The article ‘What kind of...
Posted on 17/10/2016Author Unison news releasesCategories Article, food banks, housing, housing crisis, Magazine, news releases, poverty, welfare reform, zero hoursTags Unison

‘UNISON means? Confidence, learning and not getting a pay cut’

Careworker Mitsy tells her story The article ‘UNISON means? Confidence, learning and not getting a pay cut’ first appeared on the UNISON site.
Posted on 18/01/2016Author Unison news releasesCategories Article, careworker, community and voluntary, heart unions, living wage, news releases, save care now, success, UNISON voices, zero hours, zero-hours contractsTags Unison
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