Swindon & Wiltshire News Thursday October 21 2021 Quarter of Swindon’s key workers “actively considering” quitting – report A quarter (24 percent) of key workers in the public sector in Swindon are “actively considering” quitting and changing profession, according to the South West TUC following polling published today (Thursday).
Swindon & Wiltshire News Tuesday February 9 2021 Swindon’s economy could take £6 million hit due to key worker pay cuts Swindon’s economy could take a six-and-a-half million pound hit as a result of government plans to cut pay rises for key workers in the public sector, according to trade unionists.
Swindon & Wiltshire News Wednesday March 4 2020 Women in Swindon and Wiltshire work almost three months for free due to gender pay gap The average woman in Swindon and Wiltshire effectively works a quarter of the year for free compared to the average man, according to analysis published today (Wednesday) by the TUC. With a pay gap of 23.7 percent, it means women in Swindon work 87 days for free. And the situation is little better in Wiltshire, where the pay gap is 21.3 percent, meaning women work 78 days for free.
Swindon & Wiltshire News Monday November 18 2019 18,000 Swindon workers earning less than the Living Wage – report Eighteen thousands workers in Swindon are earning below the Real Living Wage, according to a new report. The figures, from the Trade Unions Congress, mean 16 percent of the town’s workforce are earning less than £9.30 an hour. The […]
Swindon & Wiltshire News Monday September 2 2019 One in three flexible working requests turned down, poll reveals Business owners in Swindon and Wiltshire are being asked to consider flexible hours for working parents, after a survey revealed that one in three requests are turned down. The polling – published as children around the UK go back […]
Swindon & Wiltshire News Thursday April 18 2019 British workers putting in longest hours in the EU – but it’s not helping productivity, says report Workers in the UK are putting the longest hours in the EU, according to new TUC analysis published this week. Full-time employees in Britain worked an average of 42 hours a week in 2018, nearly two hours more than […]
Swindon & Wiltshire News Wednesday March 6 2019 Women effectively work for free for more than two months of year The average woman has to wait more than two months of the calendar year before she starts to get paid, compared to the average man, with the gap even wider in Swindon, according to new research from the Trades […]
Swindon & Wiltshire News Friday March 1 2019 It’s Work Your Proper Hours Day – are you or your staff doing too much unpaid overtime? Employers are being urged to adopt good practice and take steps to manage down unpaid overtime hours today – the 15th annual Work Your Proper Hours Day. According to research by the Trades Union Congress, more than five million […]