Come and work with me at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation! www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/po...
Tim Sharp
@timsharp.bsky.social
Employment rights policy at the TUC. Runs. South East London via North East Scotland.
This is a fantastic report. Based on dairies kept by zero-hours workers, it gives a host of useful insights including the chaotic management practices that variable hours contracts facilitate.
Work Foundation@workfoundation.bsky.social · last wk.📢 A record 1.24 million people are employed on zero-hour contracts. Our new report, supported by @tuc.org.uk, shows that many workers are trapped in a cycle of unpredictable hours, financial insecurity and one-sided flexibility (1/3). Read➡️ www.lancaster.ac.uk/work-foundat... Video⬇️
The World Cup is over. The Tour de France is on a rest day. The weather is no longer unbearable. A new Prime Minister is in post. Tonight would be the perfect time to submit your application for this amazing job. The deadline is noon on Tuesday. www.tuc.org.uk/jobs/policy-...
Policy Lead, Employment Rights and Labour Markets
tuc.org.uk
A global breakthrough for platform workers: what the new @ilo.org Convention means. Good explainer from @pwielt.bsky.social Lola Brittain @tuc.org.uk www.tuc.org.uk/blogs/global...
A global breakthrough for platform workers: what the new ILO Convention means
Platform workers are for the first time the subject of a global labour standard following the adoption of the Decent Work in the Platform Economy Convention at the 114th International Labour Conferenc...
tuc.org.uk
Come and work with me! Lots to do.
Alex Collinson@alexcollinson.bsky.social · last mo.Seems like a good place to post this as bsky must have the highest density of policy officers of any social media platform: TUC looking for a policy lead for employment rights and labour markets. A nice team. Key experience needed in screenshot. www.tuc.org.uk/jobs/policy-...
@tuc.org.uk exposes cases of misuse of non-disclosure agreements in consultation on regulations to prevent the misuse of NDAs in cases of workplace harassment or discrimination www.tuc.org.uk/research-ana...
Make Work Pay: Non-disclosure agreements (NDAs)
The TUC strongly supports the measures introduced via the Employment Rights Act 2025 to tackle the misuse of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs). We know that NDAs can be used to prevent parties from dis...
tuc.org.uk
"Dad, why are you always making us eat lentils and stuff at home?"
The same family that ruined Balmedie. Fewer flamingos were affected there.
Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 2mo agoAlbania’s flamingos meet the Trump family bulldozers ft.trib.al/uhx5jfD
As long as Tuchel is there for the 3am tears from overtired kids.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2mo ago‘Let the children watch’: Tuchel on England’s 1am BST kick-off after Kane rescue act
Equal pay is about assessing jobs properly and ensuring staff are fairly paid. It's not about the views of one out of touch ex-minister. Teaching assistants do vital work and it's a shame Claire Coutinho doesn't recognise this.
As I tuck into leftovers for lunch again, I feel that one of them being a presumably highly-paid actuary is more relevant than the packed lunch habit. BBC News - The people living hyper frugally so they can retire early - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The people living hyper frugally so they can retire early
The Fire (Financially Independent, Retire Early) movement sees followers save as much as possible.
bbc.co.uk
The launch event for the Work Rights Centre’s report on Employment Tribunals, with the TBIJ, Stephen Daws (Free Representation Unit), Matthew Taylor and IER Chair Lord John Hendy KC takes place tomorrow (Tuesday May 19th) at 3pm. You can reserve a spot here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/report-lau...
Dynamic pay turns work into a gamble. Different workers are offered different rates for the same job with just seconds to decide whether to accept it. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Dynamic pay on platforms such as Uber should be banned, says TUC
Exclusive: Union body finds workers describing themselves as ‘gambling’ because wages felt like the outcome of chance rather than work
theguardian.com
"Quite often those who shout loudest about patriotism are people who are anything but patriots. Nigel Farage will say he's a patriot but then cheerleads on Donald Trump as he slaps tariffs on UK manufacturing"
If you read our investigation on the restaurant that ignored more than 20 tribunal judgments & thought "how bad can it get?" then read this amazing piece by @pollysmythe.bsky.social @londoncentric.media about the systematic non-payment of wages in hospitality www.londoncentric.media/p/is-your-co...
Is your coffee being made by an unpaid trial shifter?
Plus: Kanye vs Haringey Council, curious commenters, and the new Lime bike arrives on the streets of London.
londoncentric.media
Emiliano Mellino@mellino.bsky.social · 4mo agoI’ve spent the last year investigating how the UK's broken employment tribunal system lets rogue bosses evade justice. But this is the craziest case,by far. A restaurant chain that lost 21 tribunal claims over several years, yet never paid a single one🧵 www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
I’ve spent the last year investigating how the UK's broken employment tribunal system lets rogue bosses evade justice. But this is the craziest case,by far. A restaurant chain that lost 21 tribunal claims over several years, yet never paid a single one🧵 www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
Meet the restaurant boss who flouted judges’ orders for years
Jason Wells’ restaurant chain has cheated workers, lost 21 tribunal claims – and not paid a single one
thebureauinvestigates.com
It seems that the boy wants to watch football with me not for my soccer opinions but simply to translate Ally McCoist.
Cover of 1981 TUC discussion book on "New Technology" in the workplace, and sections from the TUC's flyer for a 1984 "Technology at Work" film. (From the London Metropolitan University Special Collections archive.)
TUC AI policy lead @adamc-c.bsky.social kicks off @tuc.org.uk event on developing a bargaining agenda on the use of technology in the workplace. These issues are rapidly increasing in importance in many sectors.
UK: New Employment Rights Act ‘a huge boost for women in the workplace’ www.theguardian.com/law/2026/mar...
New Employment Rights Act ‘a huge boost for women in the workplace’
Government says new rights for parental leave and sick pay will increase equality and economic growth
theguardian.com
I've just signed @londoncycling.bsky.social's petition calling for action on cycle theft... 40,000 bikes are stolen every year in London. Join me in calling for action: action.lcc.org.uk/theft
Action on Cycle Theft Petition
London Cycling Campaign are calling for action to be taken on cycle theft. Sign the petition to pledge your support.
action.lcc.org.uk
The TUC General Council interim statement on Iran: www.tuc.org.uk/news/tuc-gen...
TUC General Council interim statement on Iran
The TUC condemns the dangerous escalation of military actions, precipitated by the attacks launched by the US and Israel over the weekend that flout international law, undermine diplomacy and the pros...
tuc.org.uk
Reform: It’s time to take on the elite That ‘insurgent’ team in full….
CarolineJMolloy@carolinejmolloy.bsky.social · 6mo agoWelcome to Reform’s front bench Yusuf, Hampton School, £29,916 per year Jenrick, Wolverhampton Grammar, £17,835 per year Farage, Dulwich College, £30,618 per year Tice, Uppingham School, £58,176 per year Braverman, Heathfield School, defunct private school The authentic voice of the working class
Don't miss our next Digit Debates event. 🧐Will the Employment Rights Act make work pay? 📆25 Feb ⏰12.30-2pm GMT 🎙️Prof Simon Deakin, @christinecarter900.bsky.social, Kamelia Pourkermani, @timsharp.bsky.social ➡️Register: digit-research.org/events/will-...
So-called talent platforms undermine workers' rights. You might have seen the weekend news story www.theguardian.com/business/202... You can now read @pwielt.bsky.social's blog here: www.tuc.org.uk/blogs/flexib... The full @tuceconomics.bsky.social report is here: www.tuc.org.uk/research-ana...
Flexibility or fiction? Why the rise of talent platforms shows we need action on worker status
What do upmarket hotel Claridge’s, retailer Urban Outfitters and café chain Colicci’s have in common? They have all used so-called talent platforms: agencies that supply ostensibly self-employed worke...
tuc.org.uk
Urban Outfitters, Dreams and Royal Parks cafes criticised for use of gig economy app www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Urban Outfitters, Dreams and Royal Parks cafes criticised for use of gig economy app
TUC urges ministers to bring forward changes to protect workers amid concerns over apps such as Temper
theguardian.com
