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According to the TUC, 1.4 million women employees are missing out on basic protection as they earn less than £118 a week — the qualifying threshold for statutory sick pay.

The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) has warned that it plans to take legal action and to launch a campaign against a BAFTA award-winning mobile games and design studio over what it describes as victimisation of a leading trade union activist.

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has announced a series of measures which are intended, he said, to help make sure the country can continue to build the skilled workforce it needs for the future and to improve productivity.

The TUC has accused the Government of keeping working people in the dark about the likely impact of the UK leaving the European union with no deal in place.

A new research study conducted by the BBC has highlighted the devastating impact endometriosis has on women’s lives — including their careers, education, mental health, and sex life, with around half stating they have experienced suicidal thoughts.

October is CyberSecMonth (https://cybersecuritymonth.eu/#/campaign), the EU’s annual campaign to raise awareness of cybersecurity threats and provide resources to help businesses protect themselves through education and sharing of good practice.

With more than six in 10 (62%) of managers saying that they had to put their company’s interests above staff wellbeing on a regular basis, it is perhaps not too surprising that 39% of UK workers experienced symptoms of poor mental health related to work in the past year.

Liberata has become the first private sector organisation to support UNISON’s End Violence at Work Charter which aims to protect employees working in public services from acts of abuse, assault and threatening behaviour.

A board comprised of senior industry bosses, backed by the Government Equalities Office (GEO), has met for the first time with the aim of encouraging business leaders to act as change agents to promote diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Many of the speeches made at the various Party Conferences that have been held in recent weeks have only highlighted new policies and spending commitments that have already been in the news.