Unfairly dismissed during Covid: Lisa’s story
Image: Lisa prepares paperwork for her Tribunal claim. GMLC’s Kate Bradley spoke to Lisa Murray, a successful Litigant in Person. Earlier this year, she won an unfair dismissal claim at…
APPG’s Long Covid report and findings: do they go far enough?
On 30 November 2021, GMLC gave expert evidence on Long Covid, employment and welfare rights to the APPG on Coronavirus. Latest estimates suggest 1.5m people in the UK are living…
Guidance on keeping workplaces safe from Covid from March 2022
From 1 April 2022, many of the measures designed to control the spread of Covid across England will be removed. Despite this, Covid continues to exist, and in addition to…
Benefits ‘fraud and error’: four stories that don’t fit the narrative
Kate Bradley and Leyya Kitmitto outline the problems with the category ‘fraud and error’, and highlight four cases that disturb the usual narratives about benefit fraud. Recently, the Department for…
GMLC gives evidence on Long Covid to the APPG on Coronavirus
On Tuesday 30 November, Greater Manchester Law Centre gave expert evidence on Long Covid, employment and welfare rights to an All-Party Parliamentary Group, the APPG on Coronavirus. We gave evidence…
Fighting for our Rights after Covid: GMLC AGM 2021 Report
On 23 November at 6pm, GMLC conducted its first ever hybrid Annual General Meeting, with over 55 attendees spread across the event in person and online. We set up a…
The tsunami of Covid evictions is here
GMLC campaign volunteer Callum Ward summarises The Bureau of Investigative Journalism’s recent research into possession proceedings, highlighting how the use of mandatory grounds is making people homeless without a chance…
Mandatory Covid-19 vaccination fact sheet
This fact sheet was written by legal advisers at Greater Manchester Law Centre following a meeting with Care and Support Workers Organise (CASWO). It is intended to answer care workers’…
“I can’t believe how badly I was treated” – results and recommendations from GMLC’s Long Covid and Work survey
Kate Bradley, Campaigns Officer at GMLC, discusses the results of our Long Covid and Work survey of 81 people suffering with Long Covid, and outlines recommendations for employers, employees and…
GMLC’s housing work on the cover of Law Society Messenger
Following Kathleen Cosgrove’s win at the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards 2021, the Manchester Law Society Messenger has run a version of our housing law and campaigns…