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Ethical Trade: The Business Case – two short films for retailers and suppliers
The ETI has just produced two really useful new films that set out the business case for ethical trade, for suppliers and retailers. We all know that pictures, preferably moving pictures, are crucial in getting people to relate to workers and their lives and we welcome these new films as a useful resource for [...]
The minimum wage in the UK will rise today, 1st October, in the 10th Anniversary year of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) legislation being passed.
Minimum wage rates for over 21s will rise from £5.52 to £5.73 per hour, whilst the minimum wage for 18 to 22 year olds increases from £4.60 to £4.77, and from [...]
A New Deal for Agency Workers’ Rights
The government have this week revealed a new deal between businesses and trade unions which is to give agency and temporary workers employment parity with permanent workers after 12 weeks at work.
The measures should come in to force during the next session of Parliament, provided the government is able to ensure that agency workers [...]
A recent Guardian leader raised the issue of ‘unheard workers’ in the UK who are suffering under abhorrent conditions working for agencies in industries such as agriculture and food packing. The leader states that, in direct contrast to the issues of foreign sweatshops and labour standards in the garment industry, the issues in our [...]