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Lanyard Safety for Drivers

Police are warning drivers about the dangers of wearing lanyards around their necks when driving. This follows vehicle accidents when the force of airbag deployment has pushed the lanyard and ID badge/pass into the driver’s…

Employers must record working time: Judgment from the Court of Justice of the European Union

Rachael Brenchley Boyes Turner LLP With unerring timing the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) has linked metal health, working time and Brexit all into one judgment during mental health awareness month. The…

National living wage to increase nearly 5% from April 2019

The national living wage, the statutory national minimum wage for those aged 25 and over, will increase 4.9% from 1 April 2019, from £7.83 to £8.21. The Low Pay Commission (LPC), which recommended the increase, estimated that…

Employment Law News, Latest News 22/02/2019

Most businesses’ job adverts contain ‘male bias’

Article by HR Magazine’s Rachel Muller-Heyndyk, FEBRUARY 22, 2019 More than half (60%) of businesses exhibit male bias in job adverts as a result of gendered language, according to research by Adzuna The jobsite used an…

Government announced plans to give greater protections to gig economy workers.

By HR Magazines – Rachel Muller-Heyndyk, December 17, 2018 The government announced plans to give greater protections to gig economy workers today Under the new legislation employers will have to tell staff details of their…

Wages rises accelerate to fastest pace since 2008

Dear Members We urge you to read the article posted by the BBC today. Although it shows different views, the simple fact that cannot be ignored is that wages are increasing. The figures below vindicate the…

Latest News, Professional Drivers, W.E.U. News 19/11/2018

EAT upholds decision that Addison Lee drivers are workers.

Addison Lee has lost its claim at the Employment Appeal Tribunal that its drivers were self-employed. The EAT ruling today upheld a previous decision that the taxi and courier company’s drivers are workers and should…

Anti-bullying week is 12-16 November

Workplace bullying and harassment Bullying and harassment is behaviour that makes someone feel intimidated or offended. Harassment is unlawful under the Equality Act 2010. Examples of bullying or harassing behaviour include: spreading malicious rumours unfair…

Legal lowdown: Covert recording and monitoring

We get asked many questions about covert records in the workplace, below is an article by Danielle Crawford, an associate solicitor at Winckworth Sherwood, who wrote the following article for HR Magazine. Danielle Crawford, October…

WEU’s campaign has been vindicated by Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour Party leader.

Dear Members Since the Workers of England Union’s conception, it has been campaigning for ‘cheap labour from abroad’ to be stopped so that local people can benefit by working for companies that sell their products…

PRESS RELEASE – Virgin Care pulls plug on Brook Advisory Service after investigation.

PRESS RELEASE Virgin Care pulls plug on Brook Advisory Service after investigation. Virgin Care held the contract from Bury, Rochdale and Oldham authorities to provide a range of sexual health education and wellbeing support for…

Identity Suppression – Is stopping an employee from flying their own national Flag a forcible suppression of national identity?

It has been reported that some employers like Royal Mail and Weatherspoon’s have told their employees that they are not to fly their own national flags or show any other visible support for their own…

WEU succeeds in the Court of Appeal in Morris v Metrolink – data leaks, misconduct and s.152 TULRCA 1992

The Workers of England Union, with directions from our legal team at Tilbrooks Solicitors, engaged the services of Changez Khan, a Barrister from Farrars Chambers, who succeeded in the Court of Appeal in Morris v Metrolink…

Why did union leaders abandon the workers?

The Workers of England Union recognised that the British Trade Unions, and the British Trade Union Congress (TUC) had lost touch with working people in England, this is why we were set up. British Trade…