Author: IER

‘Inexcusable’ pay gaps for women and non-white staff in Parliament

A shocking new report from the GMB reveals stark pay gaps and unequal progression for women, non-white, and disabled staff working in Parliament.

Ministers confirm appointment of new Acas Council members

Nicola Smith and Dave Penman have been appointed by ministers as worker members of the Acas Council.

TUC warns: Tory plan to leave the ECHR is an attack on workers’ rights

Peter Wieltschnig of the TUC reports on the Conservatives latest flirtation with withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)

Right to strike: International Court hearings take place in the Hague

ICJ hosts public hearings on the request for an advisory opinion on the right to strike.

Social care: Fair Pay Agreement ‘potentially seismic’ change for carers, say GMB

"If we get it right, FPAs are a potentially seismic change in the care sector"

“Support collective bargaining in the arts” Equity urges government

Performing arts and entertainment union calls on the government to “be on the side of organised labour”

Date announced for Lords vote on the Employment Rights Bill

Bill likely to receive Royal Assent in November

PRESS RELEASE: The IER publish ‘Shareholders’ rights v workers’ rights report

Promise of the Employment Rights Bill will be limited without further transformation of corporate law and shareholder rights.

The eagerly anticipated Employment Rights Bill: hope v reality

Voices of Scotland: Employment lawyer Alice Bowman writes in the Morning Star

“Pervasive” insecure work bad for workers and bad for the economy- TUC

New analysis reveals 1 in 8 workers in UK in insecure jobs

RMT demonstration against work visa rule changes affecting rail staff

RMT warns the policy is short-sighted and will worsen the rail industry’s growing skills crisis

GMB pulls out of NHS Pay Review Body process as unions write to Health Secretary

'The PRB is clearly past it's sell by date and should be out to pasture' says national officer
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