The Work Rights Centre (WoRC) has called on the Home Office to overhaul its Employer Checking Service, citing poor wording, lack of clarity and outdated information.
Over half of UK employers say their staff work additional unpaid hours every day.
One in 10 employees in Scotland (over 200,000 people) have said their work does not give them a stable or predictable income.
The UK government has named and shamed companies 200 companies which have underpaid their workers, totalling £1.2 million to over 34,000 people.
The Living Wage Foundation (LWF) has found 12% of the UK population, around 3.7 million people, are in low paid and insecure work.
MPs have urged government to be more proactive in planning for the future of work in a new Work and Pensions report.
The UK government has set up a new body to tackle modern slavery, enforce minimum wage legislation and protect agency workers.
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has called on the government to stop dithering and deliver on its manifesto promise to boost workers’ rights.
A misuse of the furlough scheme by restaurant chain Tomahawk Steakhouse has angered workers unions and highlighted the importance of HR involvement when caring for staff.
Uber drivers in the UK will now be entitled to the national minimum wage, holiday pay and rest breaks after being officially classed as workers rather than self-employed by the Supreme Court.
Proposed changes to Uber drivers' rights could have wide-reaching effects for the European gig economy.
Single parents are unable to work their way out of debt despite working full time, a new report by charities Gingerbread and StepChange has discovered.