Many migrant women in the UK working in domestic and home-care sectors face exploitation, including non-payment, long hours, racial abuse, and even rape. The global care chain sees workers from poorer countries supporting wealthier households. Limited state funding for domestic care in wealthier countries exacerbates the issue, with many migrant workers enduring poor conditions to support their families financially.
Millions of young people are exploited at work through unpaid trial shifts, lower minimum wages for example.
A lot of research evidence suggests tech companies and academia are biased against women.
P and O Ferries recently sacked 800 UK workers by video conference call. Workers were literally told in a video
There are currently around a million people doing Apprenticeships in England and Wales, and about one in seven of the
T Levels are vocational A-levels for 16-19 year olds focussed on general career areas. They run over two years and
Voices of Guinness: An Oral History of the Royal Park Brewery (202) is a recent academic work by Tim Strangleman
McDonald’s is one of Britain’s biggest employers, employing 115 000 workers in over 1300 stores. It is also one of
Trades Unions membership is in decline in the UK, but why is this, and what is the social significance of this seemingly depressing social trend?
A brief summary of Zygmunt Bauman’s Liquid Modernity, chapter 4: Work.