Protecting workers’ jobs & livelihoods - what needs to be done
New TUC report sets out areas of action for government.
Today the TUC has published a new report setting out what the UK government should include in its economic response to the coronavirus.
The report covers 5 key areas of action:
- Ensure that business support measures are conditional on support for jobs – including action on wage subsidies for short-time working and temporary lay off
- Fix the sick pay system to provide better sick pay for all
- Introduce targeted support for parents who need to take time out of work to care for kids
- Provide more help to families – and a stimulus to the economy
- Bring together a taskforce of unions and employers to help co-ordinate the national effort.
Read the full TUC report on their website or download the PDF: Protecting workers' jobs and livelihoods – the economic response to coronavirus.
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