News - 11 - 17 August 2023

Here’s this week’s news.

We start this weeks news with an article which alleges that Scottish wages are falling faster than anywhere else in the UK(1) At the same time Scotland has become the capital of zero hrs contracts.(2) Next we move on to look air an ex-British Uralite who has developed pleural thickness from sustained exposure(3)Our next article is caselaw relating to trans issues.(4) The TUC reports that the numbers of BME workers in insecure job roles has boomed in the last 5yrs.(5) A Report has been issued which outlines how settlement agreements are negotiated and NDA’s applied.(6) The Shropshire Star reports that 1 in 8 workers have insecure contracts.(7)Finally the TUC Reports that the British economy is far from ‘out of the woods.(8)