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Top 5 books about the workplace, chosen by award-winning novelist Ross Raisin
Books

Top 5 books about the workplace, chosen by award-winning novelist Ross Raisin

Fine-dining kitchens, US sketch show writers, failing hospitals, battlefields and trade unions – all fertile ground for fiction

Disabled people are paid £2 an hour less at work. Here’s how to change this grossly unfair situation
Harriet Edwards

Disabled people are paid £2 an hour less at work. Here’s how to change this grossly unfair situation

Harriet Edwards, head of policy at disability charity Sense, writes about what the Labour government should be doing to tackle the disability pay gap

DWP minister: ‘Disability pay gap marks a decade of lost potential for disabled people’
Stephen Timms

DWP minister: ‘Disability pay gap marks a decade of lost potential for disabled people’

Sir Stephen Timms, minister for social security and disability in the DWP, has written for the Big Issue about the disability pay gap and what Labour plans to do to tackle it

‘Biggest upgrade to worker rights’ or ‘chaotic rush job’?: Labour’s employment rights bill, explained
Employment rights bill

‘Biggest upgrade to worker rights’ or ‘chaotic rush job’?: Labour’s employment rights bill, explained

Labour’s workers’ rights plan slammed as ‘unrecognisable’ and a ‘betrayal’ by Unite union boss
Workers' rights

Labour’s workers’ rights plan slammed as ‘unrecognisable’ and a ‘betrayal’ by Unite union boss

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Train drivers to stage more strikes in May, ASLEF union announces: ‘We won’t back down’
Train strikes

Train drivers to stage more strikes in May, ASLEF union announces: ‘We won’t back down’

Millions of Brits think their jobs are ‘meaningless.’ Could a four-day working work week fix that?
Four-day working week

Millions of Brits think their jobs are ‘meaningless.’ Could a four-day working work week fix that?

I was abused, bullied and left in limbo as a migrant domestic worker. I’m proud of myself for surviving
Marigold Balquen

I was abused, bullied and left in limbo as a migrant domestic worker. I’m proud of myself for surviving

Over 500 employers named for ‘cheating workers’ out of minimum wage – but it’s worse than you think
Minimum wage

Over 500 employers named for ‘cheating workers’ out of minimum wage – but it’s worse than you think

Every single company embracing four-day working week says move has been ‘positive’, study finds
four-day week

Every single company embracing four-day working week says move has been ‘positive’, study finds

Working temperature: When is it too hot to work?
Heatwave

Working temperature: When is it too hot to work?

Zero-hours contracts: Are they legal and what rights do they give me?
Insecure work

Zero-hours contracts: Are they legal and what rights do they give me?

Meet the mums calling for immediate reform of childcare and flexible working
Childcare crisis

Meet the mums calling for immediate reform of childcare and flexible working

Ocado Zoom workers face ‘botched’ fire and rehire tactics as MP highlights their ‘appalling treatment’
Gig economy

Ocado Zoom workers face ‘botched’ fire and rehire tactics as MP highlights their ‘appalling treatment’

Fire and rehire: Government blocks bill to protect workers
Employment

Fire and rehire: Government blocks bill to protect workers