England Union

Guidance on workplace issues over winter months

Guidance on workplace issues over winter months Winter often brings its own set of workplace issues. Adverse weather conditions can lead to staff shortages due to travel disruption, and seasonal celebrations often result in a rush…

Travel disruption and bad weather

Travel disruption and bad weather Travel disruption and bad weather can delay or prevent workers getting to work. It can also mean employers need to adapt working arrangements or close workplaces. Paying delayed or absent…

W.E.U. News 13/02/2018

WEU Representatives are independent from your employer.

Did you know? The Workers of England Union uses representatives that are external and independent from your employer. It makes sense doesn’t it? An Employment adviser supporting you in your time of need, that isn’t…

W.E.U. News 13/02/2018

Demystifying the apprenticeship levy

Demystifying the apprenticeship levy Rebecca Buck, October 18, 2017 Recommendations for what businesses and the government can do to help employers realise the levy’s potential Recent figures about the widespread lack of understanding of the…

Health Service, Health Services 05/02/2018

NHS publishes £300m contract for new surgery robots

NHS publishes £300m contract for new surgery robots Rhiannon Curry of the Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2018/01/27/nhs-publishes-300m-contract-new-surgery-robots/ Robots which carry out heart surgery or remove cancerous tumours could soon be more common after the NHS launched a search for…

UK statutory sick pay is ‘inadequate’

UK statutory sick pay is ‘inadequate’ By Ashleigh Wight on 25 Jan 2018 in Health and safety, Sick pay Statutory sick pay arrangements in the UK are in breach of legal obligations under the European…

W.E.U. News 04/01/2018

Autonomous Vehicles Will Replace Taxi Drivers, But That’s Just the Beginning

Autonomous Vehicles Will Replace Taxi Drivers, But That’s Just the Beginning By Sam Tracy of the Huffington Post 06/11/2015 03:51 pm ET Updated Dec 06, 2017 Google, Tesla Motors, and many other companies are in a race…

W.E.U. News 04/01/2018

Increasing minimum wage too fast could lead to workers being replaced by robots, think-tanks warns

Minimum wage hikes promised by Labour could lead to workers being replaced by robots, think-tanks warns The Institute for Fiscal Studies warned wage hikes could accelerate automation Jeremy Corbyn has promised a dramatic hike in…

W.E.U. News 28/12/2017

Unite to face retired high court judge over claims election of Len McCluskey was rigged.

Unite to face retired high court judge over Len McCluskey election Employment law specialist Jeffrey Burke will hear claim that Jeremy Corbyn ally was unfairly elected as head of union Len McCluskey beat Gerard Coyne…

Workplace robots could increase inequality, warns IPPR

Latest News, Public Transport 08/12/2017

Could a Croydon Tram style accident occur on Metrolink?

In the aftermath of the Croydon Tram incident many questions were being raised, however the RAIB (Rail Accident Investigation Branch) have just issued their report states “The RAIB’s investigation concluded that it is probable that…

W.E.U. News 27/11/2017

General Secretary on WEU AGM

One in five women harassed at work

By Jenny Roper, HR Magazine October 25, 2017 20% of women have been sexually harassed in the workplace, Opinium Research has found The Office Culture found that more than 2.5 million women report being a…

Employment Law News 22/10/2017

Grand Chamber reverses European Court of Human Rights decision on employee monitoring

October 18 2017 An employer who accessed intimate messages between an employee, his fiancée and his brother sent in working time on Yahoo! Messenger had unreasonably restricted the rights of staff to use the internet…