Workers rights

Mencap wins appeal on back pay for overnight care shifts

The Court of Appeal has ruled that carers who have to sleep at their workplace will not be paid the National Minimum Wage unless they have to work during that time

Pimlico Plumbers reaction: Legislation needed for real change

Only further legislation will guarantee changes to how organisations contract self-employed staff, experts have warned following the Pimlico Plumbers case result

Amazon workers fight 'most high-profile gig economy case'

The case could make other companies think carefully about their treatment of self-employed workers

Beware low pay complacency, warns think tank

Employee benefits

Low-paid workers still face challenges despite National Living Wage increases, according to the Resolution Foundation

Bloodworth: Use of agencies a factor in poor conditions at Amazon

Agency usage is perpetuating poor working conditions at Amazon, author James Bloodworth has said

Employers must take action on "normalisation" of sexual harassment

?Corrosive working cultures have normalised sexual harassment, state new recommendations from the EHRC

Contractors call for employment rights under IR35

An IR35 rethink is required before the government rolls out the reforms to the private sector, say experts

British businesses have become ‘agency worker-reliant’

While the majority use agency workers for short-term gaps, a significant minority of employers view them as core to their business model, research has found