TUC Disabled Workers' Conference 2022
NUJ delegates joined trade union colleagues to set the agenda to secure decent working opportunities for disabled workers.
Covid funding available for Welsh freelances
Following talks between the government and trade unions, grants of up to £1,000 will be available.
Reporters should not be denied video access to courts
The NUJ has written to judges serving the North east circuit courts, over a decision which appears to be preventing reporters having video access to proceedings.
NUJ “concerned and disappointed” that new mothers who lost out on Covid-aid payments will not be paid
The Court of Appeal has ruled that self-employed women on maternity leave were indirectly discriminated against.
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Long Covid Health & Safety
Deadline looms for freelances’ Covid-19 aid grant
The deadline to claim for the fifth government Covid-19 aid grant for freelances, the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme, is Thursday 30 September.
Government must extend universal credit uplift
Many freelances will suffer when the £20 a week increase ends in September.
NUJ statement on the Welsh Government Locked Out report about the impact of Covid-19 on disabled people
The Equality Council calls for scrutiny of the evidence that 68 per cent of Covid-19 related deaths comprised disabled people.
Locked out: liberating disabled people’s lives and rights in Wales beyond COVID-19
This report is about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on disabled people.
TUC calls for long Covid to be recognised as a disability
The condition needs to recognised as an occupational disease, to give workers access to legal protections and compensation.