Author: IER
Women need a new deal at work
10 March 2017
Women, more likely to work in low-paid sectors, have been hit particularly hard by the worrying march towards Sports Direct-style models of business; adding to the strain of increasing pregnant and maternal discrimination against new mothers and the difficulties mothers face finding flexible work on civilised terms.
UK faces worst decade of pay growth for 210 years, study shows
10 March 2017
An analysis of the government Budget has predicted that the UK will face the worst decade of pay growth seen in 210 years.
Sacked for being pregnant: More nightmare accounts of insecure work
10 March 2017
Hannah Reed, Senior Employment Rights Officer at the TUC, has told the Select Committee for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy that workers are being "sacked on the spot for being pregnant" in the modern workplace.
CETA will lead to 230,000 lost jobs and unequal societies, study shows
10 March 2017
The EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) will end in around 230,000 job losses by 2023.
UN Rights Expert: Right to strike is essential to democracy
10 March 2017
The United Nations' Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Maina Kiai, has reminded member states of the International Labour Organization (ILO) - including the UK - that they have a positive obligation to uphold the right to strike.
Committee urges government to work with unions
07 March 2017
The Select Committee for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has urged the government to work with trade unions in its implementation of an industrial strategy.
Dual discrimination protection needed for BAME workers, says Fawcett Society
07 March 2017
The Fawcett Society has called for dual discrimination laws to be put into effect after research revealed BAME women are falling behind when it comes to gender pay gap progress.
UNISON wins landmark holiday pay case for workers on commission
03 March 2017
UNISON this week won a landmark case to entitle workers on commission to holiday pay.
How unions are resisting the Trade Union Act
The Trade Union Act 2016 came into force on Wednesday 01 March 2017, prompting unions up and down the country to set out their plans of resistance.
Zero-hours contracts hit record high
03 March 2017
A record 910,000 people are now working on zero-hours contracts (ZHCs), new research has shown.
IER guide to TUA
01 March 2017
The main provisions of the Trade Union Act 2016 came into effect today, and the IER has created this guide to explain which rules have come into effect and what their expected impact will be on the labour movement as well as for workers.
Govt excludes BME workers from working group on BME equality
28 February 2017
The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has launched a working group to discuss improving work opportunities for BME workers but has not invited any representatives of BME workers to participate
