By Rebecca Tuck, Betsan Criddle & Claire Bowsher-Murray

Published in October 2011

The Institute's annual review of labour law is prodcued in association with Old Square Chambers

Prof Keith Ewing, IER President & Mick O’Sullivan

27 September 2011

One of the problems we are about to face under the Con Dem government is the erosion of employment standards. More use of agency workers, limited rights to unfair dismissal, and restricted access to tribunals

In these circumstances we need to be looking around at areas where the Con Dems are not in power politically, and where there might be opportunities to advance rights at work. Specifically is there anything that can be done in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (and by large local authorities)?

01 September 2011
A recent gender pay gap report shows that although the pay gap may have narrowed for junior managerial staff, the glass ceiling is still as strong as ever for women trying to move into senior management.

Monday 12 September 2011

Joint event with Unite the Union and the United Campaign
5.30pm, Shaftesbury Avenue, London

TUC Congress may be smaller in size and shorter in length this year but the issues to be addressed could not be bigger. Show your support for our Manifesto for Trade Unionists and swell the ranks of TUC delegates by joining us at this open event.

15 July 2011

Prof Keith Ewing

In 2001 IER called for a change in the UK’s recognition laws to remove a loophole that allowed anti-union employers to set up sweetheart arrangements blocking applications for recognition from independent unions using the example of News International Staff Association.