A government move to introduce a day-one right to request flexible working has received a mixed response from campaigners and employers. 

Labour’s promise to extend and increase sick pay to all workers has been welcomed by unions and charities.

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has called for an urgent “economic reset” to tackle the huge class divide in Britain that it said has been exposed by the coronavirus pandemic.

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has called on the Home Office to overhaul its Employer Checking Service, citing poor wording, lack of clarity and outdated information.

Employers carrying out right to work checks will be able to continue doing them digitally until 5 April 2022 following updated government guidance.

One in 10 employees in Scotland (over 200,000 people) have said their work does not give them a stable or predictable income.

In the UK, there is no statutory definition of self-employment set out in legislation, whereas the other two tiers of employment status, employee and worker, are defined under the Employment Rights...

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 UK government has set up a new body to tackle modern slavery, enforce minimum wage legislation and protect agency workers.

Researchers from the Institute for the Future of Work called for a new model of working amid concerns that managers are being replaced by technology

Labour announced a number of proposals to reform workers' rights at the TUC Congress, including banning zero-hours contracts and increasing the power of trade unions

Parliament will be given a say after Brexit on adopting future EU rules on workers' rights, the prime minister will announce today