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Translators withdraw services amid worker status claim

Personnel Today   /   News   /   02 October 2024

A group of court interpreters and translators has withdrawn services at Chelmsford Crown Court, protesting against freelance pay and working conditions.

Court interpreters protest over pay and conditions

BBC News   /   News   /   26 September 2024

Court translators have withdrawn services at a court this week in a protest over freelance working conditions, with one claiming her peers live "pretty much on the poverty line".

Disgruntled court interpreters withdraw services

Law Society Gazette   /   News   /   24 September 2024

Courts could be plunged into fresh chaos this week as disgruntled interpreters down tools over grievances raised with the company contracted by the Ministry of Justice to provide language services.

Protests planned outside Leicester court as interpreters strike

Leicester Mercury   /   News   /   23 September 2024

Court interpreters up and down the country have gone on strike to protest against working conditions. They claim that they have been dealing with “withheld” payments running into thousands of pounds per case, and have branded the terms and conditions of their contracts as “exploitative”.


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