Author: IER
Ministers consider outlawing exclusivity on Zero Hour Contracts
10 January 2014
Ministers are considering outlawing exclusivity clauses on zero hour contracts, in a faint hearted effort to boost fairness for workers.
Barristers express discontent at proposal for legal aid cuts
07 January 2014
On Monday, Barristers and Solicitors took to the streets to voice their discontent at the proposed introduction of price-competitive tendering. This will include a £220m annual cut to the criminal legal aid budget by the Justice Secretary, Chris Grayling.
George Osborne targets cuts to public welfare and the public sector in speech.
07 January 2014
It seems yet again that George Osborne is targeting the poor and vulnerable, insisting that £25bn more cuts must be made in 2015.
Maternity pay ‘could be cut’ in 2015
12 December 2013
Prime Minister David Cameron has admitted that he will not protect parental pay from overall budget cuts in 2015.
Launch of Women’s Assembly Against Austerity
12 December 2013
Over 40 female leaders signed a letter to the Guardian this week calling for a Women's Assembly Against Austerity to be launched on 22 February 2014 at London's Conway Hall. The signatories included Carolyn Jones, Director of the Institute of Employment Rights (IER) and Vice-Chair of the Morning Star; and member of the IER's Executive Committee Barbara Switzer.
Over two-thirds of private sector firms do not conduct equal pay reviews
11 December 2013
New research has shown that over two-thirds of private sector firms do not perform equal pay reviews, putting them far behind the public sector when it comes to action on equal wages.
Sir Robert McAlpine denies blacklisting employees
Despite being arguably at the centre of the blacklisting scandal since the offices of blacklist compiler The Consulting Association (TCA) were raided in 2009, construction giant Sir Robert McAlpine has now denied to a high court judge that it ever blacklisted employees.
UCATT takes construction giants to court over blacklisting
29 November 2013
Construction workers' union UCATT has begun legal proceedings against several major construction companies who have been involved in the blacklisting scandal.
Unionised workplaces better protected against recession, study finds
29 November 2013
Recognising trade unions helps to protect employers against recession, a new study has found, providing yet more data to support the Institute of Employment Rights' policy proposals to improve collective bargaining levels across the UK.
UK worst in Europe for parental pay
28 November 2013
The UK has been dubbed the "scrooge of Europe" by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) after analysis by the organisation revealed parental pay in the country is the worst in the continent.
Fight Coalition attack on trade unions
28 November 2013
The People's Assembly has provided a channel through which UK workers can fight back against the Coalition's attack on trade unions in the form of an online petition.
IER contributes to report recommending further protection for whistleblowers
28 November 2013
Public Concern at Work (PCAW), a whistleblowing charity, has released its Whistleblowing Commission Report, recommending a new Code of Practice on whistleblowing arrangements in the workplace and the prohibition of unjust acts such as blacklisting whistleblowers.
