The TUC has called for the construction industry's tax scheme to be reformed to ensure vulnerable workers are treated properly by employers. The trade union body's Commission on Vulnerable Employment has issued a report after a year-long investigatin for widespread reform of the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) to drive out bogus self-employment from the construction industry. The report, which has collected statistical and anecdotal evidence from across the UK, marks the first time business leaders have joined unions to call for greater regulation of working conditions for vulnerable employees. The report's commissioners included directors from Land Securities, SERCO and Jaeger, alongside union representatives from Unite, the GMB, Unison and Ucatt. Brendan Barber, the TUC's general secretary and chair of the commission, said: "The abuse of employment status, such as we see in the CIS, is a root cause of much of the exploitation that disfigures UK workplaces."
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