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18/03/2026 Major charity reverses its gender pay gap

18/03/2026 Insurance among UK sectors with widest hidden pay gaps - study

18/03/2026 Support staff at two North Lincolnshire schools vote for strikes over jobs and pay | UNISON Yorkshire & Humberside

18/03/2026 Huge cuts to be made at Scottish SPCA with job losses and no island coverage

18/03/2026 Thousands of teaching assistants set for pay rise as workforce plan published

18/03/2026 “Underpaid” RFA seafarers strike talks ongoing as "recruitment crisis" addressed

18/03/2026 Second Step strike ends as staff secure improved pay offer - UNISON South West

18/03/2026 Gig economy must help drivers amid fuel crisis

18/03/2026 ABDO publishes survey data on dispensing optician salaries

18/03/2026 One in five charity staff say their wages fail to cover basic needs, report finds

18/03/2026 NHS pay rise improvement talks are vital, say unions - UNISON National

18/03/2026 Secondary headteachers’ gender pay gap in Wales increases tenfold in a year

18/03/2026 Hundreds of BMA staff vote to take strike action

18/03/2026 Close Brothers banking group to cut 600 jobs and roll out AI ‘at pace’

18/03/2026 Unite the Union to pay £435,000 over 'illegal' Birmingham bin strike pickets | ITV News

18/03/2026 The 7 London bus routes set for severe delays due to strikes this week

18/03/2026 Strike action planned across 22 schools over pay and job cuts - full list

18/03/2026 Flight delays to Stansted as ABM workers ballot for strikes

18/03/2026 UK’s nuclear research body consults on plans to cut about 200 jobs

18/03/2026 120 jobs at risk as part of business to close after 40 years

18/03/2026 Hundreds of jobs at risk at Bentley in Crewe

17/03/2026 When Neurodiversity Adjustments Are Seen as Perks: Rethinking Culture in FE | FE News

17/03/2026 “Cuts like these simply aren’t acceptable”: Support staff at Derbyshire schools set to strike over jobs and pay

17/03/2026 Remote working policies aimed at parents raises questions around productivity

17/03/2026 'Chronic overwork': Flexible working has greatest impact on ...

17/03/2026 Survey highlights social housing's ongoing gender pay gap

17/03/2026 Four years after P&O mass sackings government must close legal loopholes, RMT demands

17/03/2026 Majority of jobseekers avoid roles without salary details, survey finds

17/03/2026 Union threatens strike over telematics and outsourcing

17/03/2026 Jobs and services at risk as Glasgow faces £34m health and social care shortfall

17/03/2026 Tesco, Aldi, Lidl, Sainsbury's and more UK retailers adopting new '£13 rule'

17/03/2026 Ministers allow ‘full flexibility’ on pace of youth NMW rise

17/03/2026 Bilfinger offshore workers in strike ballot over jobs, pay, and conditions

17/03/2026 Car park firm NCP falls into administration, putting nearly 700 jobs at risk

16/03/2026 Council pay gap report bucks national trend

16/03/2026 Report shows women more likely to work part-time at Portsmouth council

16/03/2026 NI has UK's lowest female workforce participation as gender pay gap widens

16/03/2026 Dr Martens reports 15.9% mean gender pay gap for 2025

16/03/2026 How do women feel about gender equality?

16/03/2026 Kent Police defends decision to cut officers’ allowance by £250

16/03/2026 More than 100 staff in West Yorkshire secure major pay rise after strikes

16/03/2026 Overwhelming support for further strike action at Palace of Westminster

16/03/2026 Agricultural Wages in Scotland Thirtieth Edition: A Guide for Workers and Employers

16/03/2026 Library staff numbers halved since 2010, says UNISON

16/03/2026 Plans to transform Scotland's colleges laid bare: 'Massive opportunities'

16/03/2026 Ministers accused of using ‘hugely inflated’ jobs figures for data centres

16/03/2026 Workers at Drinks Inc to vote on strike action over pay - The Spirits Business

16/03/2026 Hospital workers begin strike vote over 'fire and rehire' tactics

16/03/2026 Hundreds of university staff to begin week-long strike over proposed job cuts

16/03/2026 Firms to get £3,000 for each unemployed 18-24 year-old they hire

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