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Landscaping and concrete specialist Marshalls could make up to 15% of its entire workforce redundant under restructuring plans outlined today.

A contractor who took on nearly 80 workers when it was awarded an SGN gas mains replacement and connections contract gave them a deadline to accept voluntary redundancy just days later.

With more major housebuilders returning to site this week, the industry’s largest trade union has called on the UK Government to include construction workers in its targeted COVID-19 testing of key workers in order to help halt the disease’s spread.

All non-essential construction sites should remain closed in Scotland to keep construction workers and their families safe, Unite Scotland has demanded. The trade union said it has been inundated by reports that construction workers continue to turn up for work at non-essential sites, and are&n

The Scottish Government has made clear that work on construction sites should stop immediately unless it is supporting crucial work during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) and Unite the Union have agreed a temporary solution to cover wages paid to operatives in the building engineering sector during the COVID-19 lockdown.

The Unite union is calling on the UK Government to extend its wage support scheme to protect the million plus workers trapped in “bogus” self-employment in the building industry during the coronavirus crisis.

A group of respected industry bodies have hailed the recent rise in female electrical apprenticeships but have called for more action to encourage other young women to pick up the tools. The Scottish Joint Industry Board (SJIB), Scottish Electrical Charitable Training Trust (SECTT), SELECT and Unite

The Construction Plant Competence Scheme (CPCS) card scheme is not fit for purpose in its current guise, according to Unite.

Workers in the property maintenance services division at East Dunbartonshire Council have voted for industrial action following a dispute over shift patterns.

Scottish Borders Council has reached an “amicable solution” with the Unite union regarding a dispute within its roads service.

The Scottish Joint Industry Board (SJIB) will celebrate its 50th anniversary at a gala banquet at Edinburgh Castle later this week. SJIB members and special guests will gather at the historic landmark on Thursday 21 November to mark five decades of achievement.

The Unite union has repeated its call for the Scottish Parliament to pass the Culpable Homicide (Scotland) Bill following the tragic death of a construction worker in Glasgow last week.

Claims made by union representatives regarding planned industrial action at Scottish Borders Council’s roads department have been refuted by the local authority. Members of Unite will hold 24 hours of industrial action later this month over a dispute relating to working conditions.

Employees at Scottish Borders Council’s roads department will hold 24 hours of industrial action later this month over a dispute relating to working conditions.