August 2006

8th : Young workers at greater risk of death or injury

The Scottish Trades Union Congress has expressed concern following an article in Hazards Magazine that shows employers are failing to protect younger workers in our society.

10th : STUC Condemn HSE Job cuts

The Scottish Trades Union Congress has condemned proposed job cuts at the Health and Safety Executive(HSE) and expressed fears that any reduction in front line enforcement activity can only put more workers at risk of fatal or serious injury.

18th : STUC disappointed at latest HSE Scottish fatal accident figures

The Scottish TUC has expressed disappointment at the latest fatal accident figures released by the Health and Safety Executive which reveal Scotland still has, yet again, witnessed a higher fatal injury rate than other countries and regions in Britain.

30th : One in six workers in Scotland could lose pension payments

An “under the radar” campaign to make workers wait a year before employers have to make compulsory contributions to staff pensions would deprive one in six workers at any one time in Scotland of a chance to build up a pension, according to STUC research published today (Thurs). The Government’s Pensions White Paper backed the Turner Commission’s proposal that employers should pay three per cent of an employee’s wage into a National Pensions Savings Scheme unless the employee opts out, despite opposition from many employer groups.