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Wider action needed on blacklisting

By Rory | Published: 16 September, 2009
Workers found to have been blacklisted for their safety and trade union activities should be told about the listing and should be compensated, a report for UK construction union UCATT has recommended. ‘Ruined Lives’, commissioned by the union from the Institute of Employment Rights and written by Professor Keith Ewing, was submitted as evidence to the government’s [...]
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Britain: Better than nothing is not good enough

By Rory | Published: 2 August, 2009
Mick Holder of the Hazards Campaign has looked through the UK government’s proposed blacklisting law. It will be an improvement on nothing, he says, but has gaping holes that will be exploited by blacklisters.  The government’s main proposals are: to make it unlawful for organisations to refuse employment or sack individuals as a result of [...]
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Britain: Moves to outlaw blacklisting by bosses

By Jawad | Published: 11 July, 2009
The government has launched a consultation on new regulations that will make it unlawful for trade union members to be denied employment through secret blacklists. Ministers say they plan to seek parliamentary approval for the regulations in the autumn and to implement them as soon as possible after that. BIS news release and consultation [pdf] [...]
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