The Commission on Vulnerable Employment held its second full meeting on the 1st May 2007.
The Commission heard evidence from academic and civil society organisations. Representatives attended from Community Links,  COMPAS, the National Group on Homeworking, Warwick Business School and the UWE Employment Studies Research Unit.

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Personel Today has reported that accroding to a new report the number of workplace disputes ending up in court rose by 25% last year. Employers group the EEF, which mainly represents manufacturers, handled 1,545 tribunal hearings in 2006, compared with 1,227 in 2005.

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The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) has published Everyone matters? Voices of people experiencing poverty in Scotland. The research engaged with people experiencing poverty in Scotland, giving them the opportunity to identify the issues that affected them and how their situation had changed since the Scottish Parliament was established in 1999.
The findings showed that aside […]

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The TUC has published a new report looking at routes into employment for Polish migrant workers in the North East and North West of England, in the construction and food processing sectors. It documents examples of effective practice by trade unions organising workers in these areas, and also highlights practical recommendations for how trade unions […]

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The Work and Pensions Committee has announced its first oral evidence session in its inquiry into simplifying the UK benefits system, to take place Wednesday 2 May 2007, in the Grimond Room, Portcullis House.
Particular areas of interest are likely to include:

the consequences of historical benefit changes and reform on the current system;
the effectiveness of current […]

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The Hackney Gazette has reported that a public toilet in Stamford Hill is being used as lodgings by migrant workers.
The paper reports that Martin Edwards, manager of KeyCuts Services Ltd in Stamford Hill, situated opposite the toilets on the corner of Stamford Hill and Amhurst Park, said he had seen people arriving carrying sleeping bags […]

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Unite is heavily engaged in organising workers across food processing and cleaning, sectors of the economy dependent on migrant labour. The union is increasingly concerned that workers’ rights are unravelling because rogue employers exploit undocumented and unprotected workers without fear of sanction.
Jack Dromey, deputy general secretary of the T&G section of Unite, and member […]

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