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FA announces improved female pro contracts including enhanced maternity policy

Improved contracts for professional female players – including an enhanced maternity policy – will come into effect from next season, the Football Association has announced. It was revealed last week that an agreement had been reached between the FA ...

01 Feb 2022 at 14:55

Football

PFA working to give female players parity with men on contract extension options

The Professional Footballers’ Association is seeking to give female players parity with their male counterparts on contract extension options, to avoid them being left “in limbo” when their deals expire. The union said last week it had agreed ...

01 Feb 2022 at 12:25

‘Financial pressure’ for women to work soon after miscarriage

Women have said there is “financial pressure” to work soon after a miscarriage as there is no guarantee of protection under current law. Sam Canaway, 40, told PA news agency she pushed herself to work while “suffering the trauma” following ...

13 Oct 2022 at 19:16

World

US Amazon workers upset over job cuts stage walkout at HQ

Amazon workers upset about recent lay-offs, a return-to-office mandate and the company’s environmental impact are planning a walkout at the company’s Seattle headquarters. The lunchtime protest comes a week after Amazon’s annual ...

31 May 2023 at 20:38

Huge changes to employment rights unveiled

The Government is pledging to create a new partnership between business, unions and workers with wide-ranging changes to employment rights. An Employment Rights Bill will be introduced within the first 100 days, as promised by ...

18 Jul 2024 at 09:45

Labour to help 140,000 low-paid women workers in Scotland, Angela Rayner says

Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner has pledged 140,000 low-paid women workers in Scotland will be better off thanks to the party’s plans to tackle the “scourge” of insecure work. With Labour promising improved employment ...

28 Jun 2024 at 10:25

Angela Rayner says Labour’s policies on workers’ rights are ‘personal’ for her

Angela Rayner has insisted Labour’s commitment to improve workers’ rights is “personal” – as she pledged to champion the issue “every single day” if her party wins power. Ms Rayner recalled how as a single parent, the ...

28 Jun 2024 at 13:32

Scotland

Labour will tackle scourge of in-work poverty, Sarwar pledges

Labour will tackle the “scourge” of low pay, Anas Sarwar vowed after his party’s analysis suggested in-work poverty increased by 48% while the Conservatives were in government. The Scottish Labour leader said the UK ...

01 Aug 2024 at 00:01

Benjamin Mendy wins around £8.5m from Manchester City, judge rules

Manchester City will have to pay ex-player Benjamin Mendy around £8.5m after a judge ruled the club had wrongly stopped his pay. The 30-year-old took Man City to an employment tribunal in Manchester last month, ...

06 Nov 2024 at 12:55

Mendy calls on Man City to do ‘honourable thing’ after winning £8.5m pay claim

Footballer Benjamin Mendy says he is “delighted” after his former club Manchester City was ordered by a judge to pay him around £8.5 million for wrongly stopping his pay. Mr Mendy, 30, also called on the club ...

06 Nov 2024 at 14:25

Football

Benjamin Mendy wins around £8.5m from Manchester City, judge rules

Manchester City will have to pay ex-player Benjamin Mendy around £8.5m after a judge ruled the club had wrongly stopped his pay. The 30-year-old took City to an employment tribunal in Manchester last month, ...

06 Nov 2024 at 13:23

Football

Benjamin Mendy urges Man City to do ‘honourable thing’ after winning pay claim

Benjamin Mendy says he is “delighted” after his former club Manchester City was ordered by a judge to pay him around £8.5 million for wrongly stopping his pay. Mendy, 30, also called on the club to do the ...

06 Nov 2024 at 14:43

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