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Unions & women’s groups hail flagship workers’ rights bill

Employment Rights Bill described as a "significant step forward for equality at work”

Research exposes structural exploitation of migrant workers in UK domestic and food delivery sectors

Report documents the lived experiences of migrant workers experiencing legal vulnerability in the UK’s food delivery and domestic work sectors

Conservatives would ban NHS Doctors from striking

Leader of the Opposition, Kemi Badenoch, says she would reinstate minimum service levels and strip Doctors of the right to strike

Latest comment

Comment - 13 Aug 2025

Education and Empowering Workers in Times of Crisis

Oscar Guardiola-Rivera
Comment - 8 May 2025

Illness related job loss: Effective action at last?

Phil James
Phil James
Comment - 2 May 2025

Employment Rights Bill: Yet another missed opportunity for workers’ rights

Professor Keith Ewing
Lord John Hendy KC

Press releases

PRESS RELEASE: The Institute of Employment Rights publish ‘Winning on Working Time: Pressing the Case for a better work-life balance’

Health Benefits, Productivity Gains and Smarter Management: IER publishes report on how unions are winning on working time reductions

PRESS RELEASE: Employment Rights Bill risks undermining key worker protections, warns leading think tank

Ahead of International Workers' Day on 1 May, the IER has warned that the Employment Rights Bill risks falling short of promises.