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Strong Statutory Sick Pay Scheme an essential outcome of consultation process
Labour Party Bill was delayed for six months. Huge public support for Paid Sick Leave. Public Consultation will inform proposals. Responding to the Government’s belated public consultation on a statutory sick pay scheme, Labour …
Labour publishes bill to protect employees working from home
Working from Home (Covid-19) Bill will address the urgent need for reform following the huge increase in remote working caused by the pandemic. New Bill provides for legal right to switch off. Would also require employers to provide …
Government must move to implement recommendations of the Duffy Cahill report - Company law review cannot be a box ticking exercise
Speaking after it was announced that the Government are to complete a review of the company law as it relates to redundancies and insolvencies, …
Utility disconnection ban must be reinstated as we enter Level 5
Labour Senator Marie Sherlock has called on the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (CRU) to reinstate the moratorium on utility disconnections which existed from March until June, as the country enters Level 5 Covid-19 …
No worker should feel they have to go to work while sick
Employers need clear directions from Government to instruct workers to work from home No worker should feel compelled to come to work while sick …
Budget 2021 designed to dazzle - all style but little substance for workers
Missed Opportunity to upskill and retrain workers during the pandemic Speaking in response to the government’s Budget 2021 …
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