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Government urged to strengthen Employment Rights Bill on International Workers Day

"Unless the legislation is tightened or significantly built upon, it’s future generations of workers who will pay the price."

Rebuild labour movement to beat far right, Morning Star fringe hears

Report from a packed Morning Star-Institute of Employment Rights (IER) fringe meeting at STUC

STUC 25: Trade Unions Back Motion to Build on the New Deal and Counter Business Lobby Attacks on the ERB.

The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) convened this week in Dundee

Latest comment

Comment - 2 May 2025

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

Professor Keith Ewing
Lord John Hendy KC
News - 11 Apr 2025

Please, Sir, can we have some more?

Lord John Hendy KC
Comment - 28 Mar 2025

Using Violation Tracker UK to fight for workplace justice

Dr Maia Kirby

Press releases

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.

PRESS RELEASE: Employment Rights Bill leaves fire-and-rehire loopholes wide open, think tank warns

The UK government’s Employment Rights Bill fails “the very workers it claims to protect” says the IER