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Speech delivered by Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson at the Trades Union Congress annual conference in Brighton, 2025 Thank you, Congress, for that warm welcome. What a joy it is to be back here in Brighton. And back here with the TUC. Thank you to Mark, and to Paul, and to the whole team, and thank … Continue reading Bridget Phillipson speech to TUC conference, 2025
Equal Pay Day Wednesday 20th November 2024 was marked as Equal Pay Day, a national campaign led by the Fawcett Society. This day marks the point in the year when, based on the gender pay gap, women overall in the UK stop being paid compared to men. Commenting on the Fawcett Society’s Equal Pay Day, … Continue reading Women’s pay and equality
Victims of modern slavery will be better supported in fresh measures unveiled by the government. The government has pledged to eradicate the backlog of decisions on modern slavery cases within 2 years, giving thousands of women, men and children who may have suffered traumatic sexual, physical and economic abuse the clarity needed to assist with … Continue reading Fresh measures to support victims of Modern slavery
The Employment Rights Bill will ban exploitative zero-hours contracts, end fire and rehire, and introduce basic employment rights from day one. The government are introducing new workplace rights to end unfair employment practices and help deliver economic growth. The Employment Rights Bill will ban exploitative zero-hours contracts, end fire and rehire, and introduce basic employment rights from day one - like paternity and parental leave, and … Continue reading What does the Employment Rights Bill mean for you?
The Labour government has unveiled the Employment Rights Bill in their effort to help deliver economic security and growth to businesses, workers and communities across the UK. Legislation introduced in Parliament to upgrade workers’ rights across the UK, tackle poor working conditions and benefit businesses and workers alike Ahead of International Investment Summit, the government … Continue reading Employment rights reforms revealed
A question that landed, not the first time and unlikely to be the last, asked: ‘At the moment we currently only record Male or Female on our payroll & HR systems. Do you know if HMRC are likely to want us to include more options for employees that may be transitioning or don’t identify themselves … Continue reading Its all a question of Gender
Parents and carers to be given new protections at work, covering leave entitlement and redundancy rules New rights derive from three Government backed cross party bills that have now been granted royal assent This follows a wave of wins for workers this year after a record National Minimum Wage uplift and measures to ensure staff … Continue reading Wins for parents and carers workers rights
Under the Promoters of Tax Avoidance Schemes (POTAS) regime, HMRC can publish information about promoters of tax avoidance schemes that are subject to a stop notice, and details of the scheme specified in the notice. New stop notices 6 through 11! The most recent update was on 13th April 2023 with the addition of another … Continue reading STOP notices served on 6 more avoidance schemes
Statement by Richard Croker, UK Ambassador to the General Assembly, at the Third Committee meeting on advancement of women. Thank you Mr Chair, Multiple and interconnected barriers are preventing women and girls from reaching their full potential. Where women and girls are unable to reach their potential, whole countries suffer. We know that when we … Continue reading When we challenge discrimination and progress gender equality, everybody benefits
The Government committed to modernising the application process in response to the public consultation on the Gender Recognition Act, where respondents highlighted how burdensome and unaffordable the existing procedure was. Last year, Minister for Women and Equalities, Liz Truss, announced the first step of this process by reducing the fee for applying for a Gender Recognition … Continue reading Gender recognition application modernised
In an appeal judgement given by the Supreme Court, the requirement for the passport office to issue gender neutral passports (gender X), has been lost. Background The Appellant was born female but underwent several operations that were successful in achieving the desired status of "non-gendered." From 1995 onwards the Appellant has been in contact with … Continue reading Gender neutral X passport case lost
Menopausal women are the fastest growing demographic in the workforce, and this Older Workers Week (22nd – 28th November), Minister for Employment Mims Davies is calling on employers to strengthen their support to keep millions in work. With almost one in four women cutting their careers short because of the menopause, the Minister has called … Continue reading Employers urged to help un-pause the careers of women in menopause
Businesses with 250+ employees are required by law to report their gender pay gap. The 5th April 2021 deadline for the report to 5th April 2020 was delayed due to COVID until 5th October 2021 as a legal concession. The snapshot for public sector employers is different. Those employers who have not yet reported their … Continue reading Report your Pay Gap – deadline approaching
The Government has reduced the Gender Recognition Certificate fee to £5. The Government has delivered on its pledge to reduce the fee of applying for a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC). In response to the consultation on the Gender Recognition Act, Minister for Women and Equalities, Liz Truss, committed to modernising the process of applying for … Continue reading Gender Recognition Certificate fee reduced