UK shortfall of 395,000 jobs for 18-24 year olds, TUC research reveals

People aged 18-24 are far less likely to be in work today than before the recession and 395,000 more jobs are needed before youth unemployment rates return to their 2008 level, according to research...

Union anger over further redundancies at Lloyds Bank

Lloyds Banking Group has incurred union anger over plans to cut 850 jobs and close an office in Southend, Essex.

Blacklisting protest targets Manchester City's training ground

Union groups and blacklisted workers will today stage a protest at Manchester City Football Club (MCFC) to raise awareness that BAM, the construction company redeveloping the training ground, is...

TUC outlines plans for living wage campaign

A jobs guarantee for young people and spreading the living wage across the public and private sector are two of the TUC's key campaign priorities in the run up to the general election.

Call for minimum nursing staff levels to avoid another Mid Staffordshire crisis

Minimum nursing staff levels in the UK are needed to protect hospital patients and avoid another Mid Staffordshire-style crisis, a report published today by public services union Unison has stated.

Unions call for millions of workers to walk out in protest at spending cuts

Unite, Britain's largest union, is to press forward with plans for a 24-hour walkout by millions of workers in an "explicitly political" protest against spending cuts.

CAC ruling could mean the end of 'sweetheart deals' between employers and unions

A ruling by the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) means employers can no longer block mainstream trade unions from recognition, unless they are already bargaining with their current preferred union...

Charity to sack 2,600 staff and impose lower pay, says Unite

Turning Point, the charity dedicated to helping people with emotional and employment problems, is set to sack its 2,600 staff and re-employ them on lower pay, according to Britain and Ireland's...

People management must be "outsourced" to whole organisation, says former British Airways HRD

The whole organisation must start to take ownership of people management and not just leave it to HR, according to former British Airways HR director and HR director of global mining company Eurasian...

Tackling the explosive bully

Bullying is a destructive feature of working life that has proved extremely difficult to eradicate since it was first highlighted in the early 1990s. Bullying can cause immense harm. Apart from the...

Upwards bullying in the workplace

I doubt whether any HR professional would disagree that any kind of bullying and harassment in the workplace is harmful to the victim’s health and wellbeing, odious in the extreme and not to be...

Union protests outside Starbucks head office over failure to pay the Living Wage

The GMB union staged a protest yesterday outside the head office of US coffee chain Starbucks, because it claims Starbucks is paying staff little more than the minimum wage of £6.19.