All Members, Free Speech
Important Step Forward In Securing Academic Freedom As our university and college members will be very aware, new legislation in the form of The Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill has now been passed giving academics significant and much needed protection when...
Advice, All Members
Campaigning For Fair Treatment At Work Affinity has successfully concluded a longstanding campaign in the financial services industry to improve the working lives of people who work for employers regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Members mostly see...
Advice, All Members
Positive Results For A Four-Day Working Week Between June and December 2022, 61 UK companies of varying sizes and in different industries took part in a four-day working week trial. The conditions of the trial were that each of the 2900 workers had to have a...
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Does Your Employer Know You’re Disabled? A recent case heard at the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) has highlighted the importance of disabled employees informing their employers of their disabilities. The Equality Act 2010 says that people are disabled if...
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Confirm It In Writing! “My manager said I could try the new job and if I wasn’t happy with it I could go back to my old role. Now they’re saying that this assurance was never given and that my transfer is permanent.”. I’m sure you won’t be surprised to hear that...
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Part-Year Workers: Is Your Holiday Pay Being Calculated Correctly? Do you work on a zero-hours, term-time only or part yearly basis (in other word you have a permanent contract but only work part of the year)? If so, a recent ruling by the UK Supreme Court on the...
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