‘Adapt or die’: Environment Agency says UK businesses must prepare for climate change impacts
The Environment Agency warns road to Net Zero could be knocked off course if we don’t adapt to climate change.
By Belinda Liversedge on 14 October 2021
Why are Indian women being excluded from the workforce?
Women in India face major disadvantages in getting and retaining decent quality jobs, but some of the country’s biggest companies are determined to change this.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 12 October 2021
Tamil Nadu’s shop and showroom workers get legal ‘right to sit’
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 12 October 2021
India’s gig workers launch legal bid for social security benefits
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 12 October 2021
Net zero and hydrogen: the possible UK regulatory landscape
Working with any gas and gas appliances can be inherently risky and unsafe, if not managed correctly.
By Emma Evans, Pinsent Masons LLP on 12 October 2021
‘We have to fight for a better world’
Gloria Mills is president of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) women’s committee.
By Belinda Liversedge on 01 October 2021
The lost story of Britain’s Black miners
“We need to be remembered. There’s no depiction. There’s nothing about us, [but anyway] we say, all miners are black. We are [all black], till we get showered down there [underground], when we come out of the pit, and then you can see.”
By Belinda Liversedge on 04 October 2021
Epilepsy at work: nothing to fear
A new toolkit aims to help employers tackle any health and safety concerns they may have when employing someone with epilepsy.
By Claudia Christie, Epilepsy Action on 27 September 2021
‘Right to disconnect’ debate highlights need for adequate work breaks
Earlier this year, the European Parliament asked the European Commission to come up with a new EU (European Union) law which would give employees a right to disconnect from work-related tasks, activities and electronic communication during non-work hours without consequences, and to establish minimum standards for remote work.
By Joanne Moseley and Danielle Parsons, Irwin Mitchell on 27 September 2021
Make flexible working a right, not a request, says TUC
The proportion of employees doing no form of flexible working at all has barely changed in almost two decades in which the right to request it has been in place, TUC analysis reveals.
By Belinda Liversedge on 24 September 2021
