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Westminster Hall Debate: Trade Union Access to Workplaces

On Wednesday, Labour MP Andy McDonald secured a Westminster Hall debate on improving the Government's proposed framework for TU access rights

Government launches first round of Employment Rights Bill Consultations

Consultations on TU access rights, bereavement leave, dismissal protections for pregnant women have been published this week.

Unions welcome uptick in real living wage and call for substantial increase to statutory rates

Half a million workers to receive a pay-rise as real Living Wage rates increased to £13.45 across the UK, and £14.50 in London

Latest comment

Comment - 24 Sep 2025

Employment Rights Reform: Why Shareholder Power Matters

Jamie Haughton
Ben Crawford
Comment - 9 Sep 2025

The ‘Drive for 35’ – Unfinished Business

Professor Phil Taylor
Comment - 13 Aug 2025

Education and Empowering Workers in Times of Crisis

Oscar Guardiola-Rivera

Press releases

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.

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