#flexible working

[feckcops]

Labour turns its back on workers’ rights

“Labour has undermined the principle of universality that underpins its entire programme for employment rights. This means a tiered system of rights and entitlements will remain in place and makes the pledge to give all workers the same rights from day one impossible.

“When the New Deal was originally developed, the Labour leader, his cabinet and the party’s affiliated trade unions shared a vision. They sought to build a dignified workplace in which workers – from the moment they took up employment – would have the ability to take time away after the birth of a child or a bereavement, to enjoy a decent work-life balance and not to be arbitrarily dismissed.

“The document was a recognition of the fact that the tiered system is one of the key drivers of low pay and insecurity, responsible for 3.7 million being trapped in ‘insecure work’ who do not know when their next shift will be or if they will be able to pay their bills ... The New Deal was designed to end the most exploitative practices in the gig economy – where workers are often paid below the minimum wage, made to work in dangerous conditions and denied rest breaks. One such example is Amazon delivery drivers, who have been forced to drive through exhaustion and urinate in bottles ...

“The lack of rights and protections is not just a problem for those in insecure forms of work. It is a problem for workers and the economy as a whole. These practices put a downward pressure on wages and terms across the board, making us all poorer and facilitating a race to the bottom that is partly responsible for Britain’s poor growth and productivity. 

“The expansion of the gig economy in particular demonstrates how exploitative employment practices threaten once-secure jobs. The assault by Royal Mail against the terms and conditions of posties, for example, is a response to gig economy parcel delivery companies undercutting the postal service.”

#workers rights #employment rights #workers #working class #employees #self-employed #keir starmer #labour party #labour #labour rights #labor rights #maternity leave #maternity pay #paternity leave #paternity pay #redundancy pay #flexible working #amazon #gig economy #uk

[bluedesignwall]

Not much to report from my little corner at the bottom of the world. I am still returning weak positive COVID tests and isolating at home. We can get out and walk if we go early. We just stay away from other people. It is not hard to do that where we live. I have also been keeping myself busy reading, crafting, taking care of my houseplants and trying a new kind of quilting. More on that later when I get my tech to catch up. I am still felling less than average but will work from home tomorrow and Friday. It should be quiet, I hope it is. Now I need to find my work laptop and hook it up. It is probably as flat as I fell.

#Summer holidays 2023 #COVID #work #flexible working #I love Cookie Time Cookies but I cant taste them

[aquitainequeen]

March Of The Mummies is a national protest to demand government reform on childcare, parental leave and flexible working. Here’s why writer Lauren Crosby Medlicott is going along.  At least 10,000 mothers are due to march across the UK at the end of this month to demand urgent intervention from the government for the shocking treatment of mothers and families.

I’ll be carrying my sign and protesting in Cardiff, joining throngs of other mums in 11 regions around the country who are fed up with extortionate childcare costs, pitiful financial support for new parents and a lack of good quality part time and flexible work.

“Mothers from all over the UK have come together because enough is enough,” said Joeli Brearley of Pregnant Then Screwed, the charity that has organised the protests. “The pandemic brought into sharp focus how the needs of mothers and pregnant women are sidelined and ignored by those in power. That anger has grown with the cost of living crisis disproportionately impacting women and the near collapse of the childcare sector.”

...

Since having children, I’ve chosen to be the primary child carer for our three kids. Although I loved being home with them, there wasn’t much of a choice. If I returned to work, my salary would go solely towards paying for childcare costs. I’ve put my whole career on hold because there was no other option.

There are women who have found it far worse than me as the cost of living crisis continues to soar. A recent survey from Pregnant Then Screwed revealed that 48% of pregnant mothers will have to cut their maternity leave short due to financial hardship. Shockingly, 60.5% of mothers who had an abortion in the last five years said childcare costs were a factor in their decision to terminate the pregnancy, and 43% said they were considering leaving their jobs as a direct result of childcare costs.

“Mothers and families are completely deflated; they feel abandoned by this government,” said Brearley. “We’ve got a yawning gender pay gap, women terminating pregnancies, thousands more who desperately want children but can’t afford to take the risk. Women are falling out of the workforce in droves and children are being pushed into poverty. What for? All because of an unaffordable, inaccessible, dysfunctional childcare sector that has been neglected for the past decade by this government. A number of broken promises about making flexible working the default and a parental leave system that simply isn’t working.”

#How are people supposed to have children when they can't afford to raise or care for them??? #uk politics #march of the mummies #Lauren Crosby Medlicott #parental leave #flexible working #pregnant then screwed #cost of living crisis #gender pay gap #women in the work force #child care #women being forced out of the work force #pregnancy discrimination #pregnancy

[willcodehtmlforfood]

"Employees will have the legal right from Saturday to request flexible working from their first day in a new job.

Previously, it applied only when someone had worked for their employer for 26 weeks or more."

#uk #flexible working

[jobsbuster]

#UNICEF UK #job opening #Head of Marketing Delivery #London #part home #part office #fixed-term #£65 #000 per annum #marketing campaigns #supporter engagement #multi-channel #marketing funnel #team leadership #inclusive culture #digital marketing #training #development #recruitment #performance management #apply online #closing date March 18 #2024 #interview date March 28 #flexible working #benefits #open plan office #diversity #equality #inclusion

[mm974]

Starting to work in an office and realising a 9-5 in which you get an hour lunch break, flexible working hours and WFH options and great coworkers you go out for pints with after work is actually a dream come true

#wfh #flexible working #fun #office job #am I living the dream? #sure feels like it

[akwyz]

Millions of Australians have a chronic illness. So why aren’t employers accommodating them?

Exploring the critical intersection of chronic illness & the workplace: How can employers better support the 63% of the workforce battling long-term health conditions? Discover insights & solutions for creating a healthier & inclusive work environment.

Kat von Wood/Unsplash Peter Ghin, The University of Melbourne and Susan Ainsworth, The University of Melbourne More than 20 million Australians have at least one long-term health condition, 63% of whom are in the workforce. The causes of chronic illness are complex and are often unconnected to a person’s work. But at times, the continued exposure to work stressors can lead to or exacerbate…

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#chronic illness #employer responsibilities #flexible working #psychosocial hazards #workplace discrimination #workplace health

[alexherringva]

Crafting a Flexible Work Schedule: The Art of Elastic Productivity

Imagine a workday as supple as a gymnast, bending and stretching around the contours of family life. This isn’t a fantasy—it’s the reality for those who’ve mastered the art of creating a flexible work schedule. The key? Structure. Yes, structure, the very thing that seems to oppose flexibility, is its secret supporter. Here’s how to achieve this paradoxical harmony. Time Blocking: Your Day’s…

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#affiliate Marketing #flexible working #goal setting #time management #work from home

[biglisbonnews]

Portugal launches four-day week trial Around 40 companies in Portugal are taking part in a six-month government-funded trial of a four-day working week. The post Portugal launches four-day week trial appeared first on Personnel Today. https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/portugal-four-day-week-trial/

#Four-day week #Europe #Latest News #Flexible working #Ashleigh Webber #Personnel Today

[ossie50]

The empathy gap!

This morning I have been reading two different reports from ‘businessolver’, their 8th annual report on the state of workplace empathy. The report is based on more than a thousand participants (HR professionals and CEO’s) across six different industries in the US, and yes, corporations in the US operate in a different HR environment than countries such as New Zealand and Australia, but maybe it…

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#empathy #flexible working #hybrid workplace #productivity #Trust

[global-insights]

Types of Hybrid Work Models: How are they Reinventing the Future of Work?

#Technology #Hybrid Work Models #Hybrid Work #Future of Work #flexible working #hybrid work #hybrid work structure

[holdingonforheaven]

for the sake of the question, assume that each option is scheduled (ie, you weren't asked at the end of your shift to stay late)

#i work a flexible schedule and regularly have to do both #i have a preference #but i'm curious about others' opinions!

[mewnia]

Wip ;P

Song is “Time Machine” by Autoheart!

#In Stars and Time #isat fanart #isat #isat siffrin #isat isabeau #work in progress #wip #autoheart #I’ve been chugging through this one way faster than my Tales of Arise project #I think part of it is because the characters are simpler to draw and the original art style already has so much flexibility haha #and also in stars and time has had a serious iron grip on my mind ever since I finished it #it’s such a good game #go play it #pls #mewnia's pawprints

[utilitycaster]

In response to "Any advice for first-time players or DMs?"

ID: Three screenshots from the Critical Role: Sick Day livestream. Sam, wearing a Barbie hat and a bathrobe, is sitting next to Taliesin, who is wearing a pink shirt, one-piece pajamas, and is holding the game controller. Taliesin is speaking and the captions read "I'm not saying don't be cautious, but realize that there are worse things than dying on graph paper."

(note: these words were said as he built, in the BG3 character creator, Mollymauk Tealeaf, who famously died on graph paper.)

#critical role #i was working on the wiki summary of this today and. this was a great moment. #travis's advice of basically go with it and be flexible was also good but this question didn't happen as he was building fjord #and so it lacks the hilarious underscoring and also the camera wasn't focused on him

[efplanning]

idkkkk been trying to think about efverse ditto stuff a little ???

#my art #ditto #espeon #ev #the kids #jswc i dont think pokemon eggs work exactly like irl animal eggs... #(also 2nd thing /May/ cancel out if your Other Parent like. isnt flexible at all *cough* eon) #the family

[jobsbuster]

#Chief Strategic Development Officer #UNICEF UK job opening #London #Permanent #Circa £125 #000 per annum #Part home/Part office (London) based #strategic development #UNICEF UK #leadership #collaboration #ambitious strategies #innovation #inclusive leadership #values-led leader #executive team #children's organization #flexible working #generous annual leave #pension #big brand discounts #wellbeing tools #open plan office space #Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park #diversity and inclusion #black #Asian #minority ethnic candidates #LGBTQ+ candidates #disabled candidates