3 h. ago US bombing of Yemen compounding dire humanitarian situation – rights groups

Anti-Houthi air campaign, details of which were revealed in Signal scandal, has brought further destruction to countryA ramped-up US bombing campaign on Yemen has killed civilians and brought further destruction and uncertainty to the poorest country in the Middle East, compounding an already dire situation after Donald Trump cut aid, according to local people, humanitarian workers and rights groups.“Now the rampant bombing has started, you never know which way things will go,” said Siddiq Khan, who works as a country director in Yemen for the aid charity Islamic Relief. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Thousands of US health agency workers laid off in overhaul led by RFK Jr

Trump administration begins reducing Health and Human Services workforce as Kennedy plans up to 10,000 job cutsThousands of Health and Human Services (HHS) employees across the country are being dismissed on Tuesday as the Trump administration begins implementing its workforce-reduction plan, which could ultimately remove 10,000 staff members from the department through forced layoffs.The job cuts mark the first tangible impact of the health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr’s departmental overhaul announced last week, landing just days after Donald Trump moved to strip collective-bargaining rights from workers at HHS and other federal agencies. Continue reading...

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32 h. ago 'I'm not late, I just identify as BST': Rayner gives workers right to 'choose their timezone'

A new workplace movement is seeing some employees reject the annual switch to BST - enabling them to enjoy an extra hour in bed.

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3 d. ago Major changes to crack down on small boats gangs as Meta, X and TikTok attend UK summit

Alongside the summit, ministers today announced a crackdown on illegal working - with tough ‘right to work’ checks on workers in the gig economy and fines of up to £60,000 or prison time for rogue employers

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3 d. ago Alarm as Florida Republicans move to fill deported workers’ jobs with children: ‘It’s insane, right?’

Governor Ron DeSantis leads push to loosen child labor laws as immigration crackdown leads to workforce shortageBeneath the smugness of Ron DeSantis, at Florida leading the nation in immigration enforcement lies something of a conundrum: how to fill the essential jobs of the scores of immigrant workers targeted for deportation.The answer, according to Florida lawmakers, is the state’s schoolchildren, who as young as 14 could soon be allowed to work overnight shifts without a break – even on school nights. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Organizers accuse Trump of trying to silence federal workers with union order

Union leaders say president is union-busting as he seeks to eliminate collective bargaining across agenciesUS politics live – latest updatesUnion leaders have accused Donald Trump of union-busting in a “blatant” attempt to silence them after the president stepped up his attacks on government unions on Thursday, signing an executive order that attempts to eliminate collective bargaining for hundreds of thousands of federal workers.The order limits the departments and classifications of federal workers who can organize a union and instructs the government to stop engaging in any collective bargaining. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Angela Rayner's workers' rights bonanza 'will hammer jobs market and the economy', watchdog warns

In a blow to Labour's deputy leader, the Office for Budget Responsibility said it did not have enough detail about her Employment Rights Bill to deliver a full verdict on its consequences.

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6 d. ago Workers’ rights plans could have ‘negative’ impact, watchdog suggests

The Office for Budget Responsibility said regulations which ‘affect the flexibility of businesses and labour markets’ can have undesirable effects.

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7 d. ago Scots Pizza Hut Delivery workers accuse franchise owner of 'stealing wages'

Glenshire Brands has been accused of slashing pay, prompting protests and union action against what Unite calls a "systematic attack" on workers' rights.

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1 week ago How did it come to this? Labour’s journey from landslide victory to ‘deep unhappiness’

Rachel Reeves’s speech next week is being crafted as a ‘re-education’ on Labour’s achievements amid gloominess and sinking poll ratingsWhen Rachel Reeves takes to her feet in the Commons to deliver her spring statement next week, she will try to pull off what her inner circle describe as a “re-education” exercise over how Labour has used its early days in power.“We want it to be a re-education on all the good things we’ve already done in office,” said one, listing achievements including increasing the minimum wage, cutting NHS waiting lists and improving workers’ rights. “We want everybody to hear it.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘We want everybody to hear it’: Labour to use spring statement to showcase early successes

Rachel Reeves’s fiscal speech next week is being carefully crafted as a ‘re-education’ on Labour’s achievements When Rachel Reeves takes to her feet in the Commons to deliver her spring statement next week, she will try to pull off what her inner circle describe as a “re-education” exercise over how Labour has used its early days in power.“We want it to be a re-education on all the good things we’ve already done in office,” said one, listing achievements including increasing the minimum wage, cutting NHS waiting lists and improving workers’ rights. “We want everybody to hear it.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago UK work visa changes made without understanding impact, watchdog finds as new immigration rules loom

There had been a significant increase in the number of people holding a Skilled Worker visa claiming asylum in the UK

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2 w. ago Labour's workers' rights bill is turning the page on Tory failure

Writing for the Daily Record, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar says

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2 w. ago MPs back package of workers’ rights reforms in ‘landmark’ Bill

MPs backed the Bill at its third reading 333 votes to 100, majority 233, and it will now undergo scrutiny in the House of Lords.

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2 w. ago Gregor Poynton MP welcomes historic upgrade to workers’ rights in Scotland

Gregor Poynton, MP for the Livingston constituency, has hailed the UK Labour Government's Employment Rights Bill as a landmark step forward for workers’ rights in Scotland, delivering key protections for employees while supporting businesses to grow.

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3 w. ago British Gas boss Chris O'Shea comes out in support of Labour's workers' rights reforms

Centrica chief executive Chris O'Shea has echoed his support for workplace shake-ups despite other business leaders claiming it will be “highly damaging”

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3 w. ago ‘If you fall into the dialogue of the far right, the far right wins’: Spain’s deputy PM on the need for workers’ rights

Yolanda Díaz Pérez’s leftwing government has championed employment reform similar to Labour’s proposals – and she tells British business there is nothing to fearSpain’s leftwing deputy prime minister, Yolanda Díaz Pérez, has a message for Labour politicians as the UK government’s employment rights bill takes its next step to becoming law this week: take heart from our success.With business groups in the UK issuing dire warnings about the impact of the workers’ rights package, Díaz, the minister of labour and social economy, remembers her own government’s battle when it thrashed out radical labour laws that came into force in 2022. “We went through nine months of hell, literally. We had the press against it, academia, research centres – everybody was saying this was going to contribute to unemployment and not eradicate it,” she recalls. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Homeland Security ends collective bargaining agreement with TSA staffers, an attack on worker rights

The Department of Homeland Security says it's ending the collective bargaining agreement with the tens of thousands of frontline employees at the Transportation Security Administration who are responsible for keeping weapons off airplanes and protecting air travel

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4 w. ago Labour is accused of caving in to more trade union demands and hammering businesses by strengthening Angela Rayners' workers' rights plans

The government has been accused of giving in to yet more trade union demands after additional concessions were added to Labour's flagship Employment Rights Bill.

Economics

4 w. ago Angela Rayner claims 'the biggest upgrade in workers rights in a generation' will BOOST the economy  amid fears firms will drown in red tape

The Deputy Prime Minister insisted that the Employment Rights Bill would trigger a boom in spending because millions of people would have the security to 'get on in life'.

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