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Unite Legal Services: Weekly coronavirus COVID-19 latest news round-up – 3 August 2020

At Unite Legal Services, we’ve collated the latest news and information regarding employment matters and workers’ rights in relation to coronavirus CO… Read news article

Fall at work leads to amputation for Unite member

A Unite member who has previously represented Great Britain in field shooting was forced to undergo a below the knee amputation following a fall at wo… Read news article

Dangerous scaffolding injures Unite member

A painter who was off work for three months after suffering whiplash injuries when he struck his head on dangerous scaffolding has received compensati… Read news article

Unite calls for action on workplace death delays

Friends and families who have lost loved ones to workplace fatalities are having to wait an agonising three years four months to secure justice, accor… Read news article

Co-op’s preferred employment agency faces legal action over ‘bogus self-employment’

Britain’s largest union, Unite, announced today (Thursday 8 June) that it was preparing legal action against an employment agency supplying drivers fo… Read news article

Unite launches major legal challenge to counter bogus self-employment culture

Unite, the UK’s largest union, has launched a major legal appeal case at the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) to tackle bogus self-employment in the… Read news article

‘Excess in the City’ as chief executive pay soars amid worker wage pain

Research into FTSE 100 chief executives’ pay packages by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and the High Pay Centre is a stark remin… Read news article

Unite seeks legal ‘knockout’ blow to bogus self-employment and bad bosses

A bogus self-employment case supported by Britain’s largest union, Unite, which could set a legally binding precedent for tribunals across the UK, get… Read news article

Unite takes action against diesel fumes ‘time bomb’

A major new initiative to protect workers from the ticking time bomb caused by exposure to diesel fumes has been launched by Unite, the UK’s largest u… Read news article

Unsuitable work equipment causes wrist injury

A Unite member who fractured his wrist in an accident at work has been awarded compensation after his employer failed to provide him with correct pers… Read news article

Unite member spied on by employers while off sick wins employment tribunal

A Unite member who was spied on by his employer while off sick has been successful at an employment tribunal. Alan Jones from Merseyside was employed… Read news article

Unite urges cabinet to stand firm and save Birmingham bin deal

“Public won't tolerate undermining of democratically elected councillors on crucial Friday's vote,” says Unite.Britain’s largest union, Unite today (T… Read news article

Bus maker Alexander Dennis job losses ‘devastating blow’

Up to 650 job losses at bus maker Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL), including at sites in Guildford, Scarborough and Falkirk, are a ‘devastating blow’ f… Read news article

Bar workers win unfair and wrongful dismissal case against G1 Group

A group of five Unite members have won their tribunal claim for unfair and wrongful dismissal against Scotland’s largest hospitality employer followin… Read news article

Bostik workers make the best of a sticky situation

All 135 Unite manufacturing and staff members employed by Bostik at their Stafford site began an historic walkout by taking part in a 24-hour strike o… Read news article

Unite Legal Services secures compensation for member with dermatitis

Unite Legal Services has helped a member to secure £10,000 in compensation for the skin damage he contracted from working in an aircraft parts fabrica… Read news article

Tories’ Trade Union Bill will cause social and civil unrest among communities

With the second reading of the government’s damaging and divisive Trade Union Bill due on Monday, Unite Legal Services warns of the unrest the Bill co… Read news article

Flight forced to turn around after passengers struck by mystery illness

An American Airlines flight from London to Los Angeles has today, Thursday 28 January 2016, been forced to turn around and return to Heathrow Airport… Read news article

Member compensated after developing industrial disease

A member of Unite the union has been awarded a £50,000 settlement for occupational asthma. The member, who is 50, was diagnosed with the condition by… Read news article

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Government urged to resolve sick pay problems with furlough scheme

Unite, the UK and Ireland’s largest union, is urging the government to resolve a major discrepancy within the government's Job Retention Scheme which… Read news article