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A minimum of 20,000 seafarers are currently trapped by war in the Persian Gulf. Adam McCulloch investigates their plight.

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Broadcaster and prominent health campaigner Mariella Frostrup is appointed as government’s women’s employment ambassador.

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The latest gender pay gap figures show a further narrowing of the gap but also reveals that fewer employers are moving closer to parity.

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Institute of Employment Rights warns that Fair Work Agency will lack bite unless current low-regulation climate is reversed.

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The Plan to Make Work Pay, incorporating the Employment Rights Act 2025, stated that TUPE regulations would be reinforced as part of the process of strengthening workers’ rights.

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Granting trade unions the right to access businesses on a weekly basis is excessive, disruptive and unnecessary, say business groups.

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Disabled benefit claimants will be given the right to try work without the immediate fear of losing their benefits, under new legislation to be enacted before the end of this month.

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Members of the PCS union at the Office for National Statistics secure major shift away from individual office attendance targets.

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Mandatory ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting is set to go ahead. What steps can employers take now to ensure they have the right frameworks in place?

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