UK workers get 1.5 billion extra days of paid holiday thanks to the EU
Paid holiday entitlements were declining in the UK in the years before the EU Working Time Directive was adopted
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Steel crisis: Osborne’s ‘march of the makers’ now rings hollow
Tax credits, personal independent payments, Sunday trading and now steel all suggest a Government whose sure-footedness is eroding fast.
Why we should fear the National Living Wage
The term ‘living wage’ may cause the legal minimum to become the going rate for low-skilled work.
Welsh Assembly set for recall following Tata Steel decision
Party leaders have pledged to work with one another and with the UK government to protect steel workers and their families
Budget 2016: Work doesn’t pay in Osborne’s Britain
Job insecurity is increasing as zero hours contracts and self-employment extend across the economy, while full-time jobs decline dramatically
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The facts are clear: London is better off In
It’s no good for the Leave side to dismiss the evidence with a call to be brave.
Why it’s time for a universal basic income in Britain
Our welfare system must promote employment as well as providing a safety net
Here’s why TTIP won’t create jobs
Any claim that a policy for trade, ‘competitiveness’ or exports will create jobs is normally wrong
TUC: real wages still worth £2,270 less than in 2008
Wage growth slowed again in the second half of 2015