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Union ballots Marshalls staff for strike over ‘derisory’ pay offer

Chris Smith — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 10:00:16 +0000

Workers at a construction products firm are being balloted for strike action over a “derisory” pay offer. Unite the Union has begun balloting 300 employees at five Marshalls sites across England after rejecting a £700 pay rise for all staff for 2024. According to the…

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Will a four-day week work for construction?

Contributor — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 09:25:47 +0000

Elouisa Crichton (pictured) is an employment law partner at Dentons. Additional input from construction law partners Akin Akinbode and Mark Macaulay, and managing construction practice development lawyer Tracey Summerell The government recently announced plans to allow workers the right to request a four-day working week,…

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Attractive work-abroad programme highlights lack of UK construction training

Contributor — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 09:00:44 +0000

Lucy Clarke is chief executive of recruitment firm Fixed Construction Receiving construction training while earning a salary in Canada, Australia or New Zealand for two years is a very attractive proposition. Faced with that option versus those available in the UK, it’s highly likely that…

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Report: apprenticeships are construction firms’ main source of social value

Chris Smith — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 09:00:36 +0000

Apprenticeships are the biggest source of social value for construction firms, according to new research. An analysis of 329 construction contracts with a combined value of £3.2bn concluded that they had delivered £860m worth of social value for the firms delivering them. The report by…

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CITB launches online whistleblowing tool to improve levy ‘fairness’

Chris Smith — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 11:34:15 +0000

An anonymous online reporting website has been launched by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) to stop contractors passing its levy onto subcontractors. The reporting tool was created to gather evidence of firms deducting payments from the wages of subcontractors without their consent. It said…

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Simpler UK training must counter work abroad offers, says CITB

Toni Sekinah — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 11:45:01 +0000

Easier entry routes into construction are needed for young people to counter offers of work abroad, according to the head of the industry’s training board. Tim Balcon, chief executive of the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), said more needs to be done to promote apprenticeships…

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