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Counter intelligence? Artificial intelligence and workers' health and safety
Artificial Intelligence can have a significant impact on occupational health and safety. But is this necessarily for the better? Trade unionists...Tesla accused of intimidating workers at German plant
Germany’s largest union, IG Metall, has accused the US car maker, Tesla, of intimidating workers at its plant at Grünheide near Berlin through its...Civil service pay: why reform can't wait
As the new pay year begins, civil servants once again find themselves waiting longer than other public sector workers to find out what their next pay...Press Release: Civil servant pay rates fall below minimum wage
Civil servant pay rates fall below minimum wage The latest issue of Workplace Report presents pay data from the Labour Research Department (LRD) that...How green reps can take action on the climate emergency
This month, the TUC launches a new Greener workplaces for a just transition toolkit to help union reps take action on the climate emergency, future...Dismissal over gender-critical social media posts was discriminatory
A school employee’s dismissal for gender-critical social media posts was discriminatory, the Court of Appeal has held. The Court of Appeal found that...
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