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REVIEW: IER Manifesto could represent a “qualitative shift in politics”
14 October 2016
Writing for the Industrial Law Journal, Private Law Lecturer at Kings' College London Dr Ewan McGaughey, has praised the Institute of Employment Rights' Manifesto for Labour Law, saying it could represent a "qualitative shift in politics".
PCS “proud to stand behind” IER Manifesto
13 October 2016
Announcing his union's official support for the Institute of Employment Rights' (IER) Manifesto for Labour Law, General Secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) Mark Serwotka has said he is "proud to stand behind" a "progressive alternative" to austerity.
Govt workers on low pay and insecure contracts
13 October 2016
Despite Theresa May's claims that the new Conservative government is behind the nation's workers, it seems that as an employer, the Party is not practicing what it preaches.
Pay growth set to weaken and more workers to earn legal minimums, report warns
12 October 2016
Wage growth is set to falter following the vote to leave the EU, think tank the Resolution Foundation has warned.
Govt’s ‘red tape cuts’ end in net cost of £140m to businesses
12 October 2016
Ironically, it was the addition of a regulation, not the cutting of red tape, that made the vast majority of savings for businesses this year, according to a parliamentary select committee report. And cutting regulation has actually cost, rather than saved, money.
Businesses can do more to tackle modern slavery, Commissioner reports
12 October 2016
Kevin Hyland, the UK's Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner, has said the private sector could do more to tackle forced labour in his first annual report.
Human rights should not depend on businesses’ consent, IER tells UN
11 October 2016
Academics writing on behalf the Institute of Employment Rights have advised the United Nations Human Rights Council that lawmakers should not wait for the consent of business to impose international human rights legislation.
Holiday pay must reflect commission, Court of Appeal rules
11 October 2016
The Court of Appeal has decreed in favour of UNISON's argument that workers who normally earn commission should not lose this income during periods of annual leave.
English teachers: longer hours, less pay, more stress & less training than overseas peers
10 October 2016
Teachers in England put in longer hours than their peers in the vast majority of other OECD countries for less pay, but this does not go towards have extra time with students.
“Independent” rail safety board briefs on profitability rather than safety
10 October 2016
The Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB), which is purported to be an “independent” watchdog, has a rail boss as a member and makes recommendations based on profitability rather than safety, it has been revealed.
Work stress increases across UK, survey reveals
10 October 2016
Stress levels have risen across the economy, a TUC study has revealed today, and is now at the top of health and safety officers' list of workplace hazards.
UKIP/Tory members find May’s govt ‘too right wing’
10 October 2016
There "seems as if there's a darkness at the heart of Theresa May's government"; policies on migrant workers go "too far".
These are the words of a leading Tory Party Adviser and a UKIP MEP respectively.
