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Coalition’s ‘red tape bonfire’ bites back in hypocritical Lobbying Bill
31 October 2013
Having spent three and a half years promising to slash what the Coalition are calling 'red tape' (read health and safety legislation and employment rights), the government's own policies have come back to bite them in their attempt to put even more regulatory restrictions on trade unions.
IER responds to BIS whistleblowing consultation
30 October 2013
The Institute of Employment Rights has issued a response the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills' (BIS) Call for Evidence on the Whistleblowing Framework.
Hendy and Ewing to lead collective bargaining debate at Class National Conference
25 October 2013
President of the IER Professor Keith Ewing and IER Chair John Hendy QC will be leading the debate on collective bargaining at next weekend’s Class National Conference.
Existence of third blacklist confirmed
25 October 2013
A former senior executive at ACAS has been implicated in the blacklisting scandal following new evidence sent in a letter to the Scottish Affairs Committee (SAC) by the Information Commissioners' Office (ICO).
Two parliamentary committees criticise poor parliamentary practice in relation to Lobbying Bill
24 October 2013
The Coalition's Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill seems unable to garner any support outside of the government itself. Following widespread criticisms from charities, trade unions, the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee (PCRC) and the general public, two further panels have weighed in on the serious problems with the legislation and its passage through parliament.
The Immigration Bill ‘must address the exploitation of migrant workers’
23 October 2013
Labour has put forward amendments to the Tory-led Immigration Bill shifting the focus from the Coalition's campaign of putting harsh restrictions on immigrants, to addressing employers' exploitation of migrant workers.
IER report ‘responsible for bringing blacklisting scandal to wider notice’
17 October 2013
An MP in the House of Commons yesterday (16 October 2013) stated that it was the Institute of Employment Rights' (IER) report Ruined Lives that brought the blacklisting scandal to the notice of the press and public.
Curbs on judicial reviews are unnecessary and dangerous, UK’s top judge
17 October 2013
Lord Neuberger, supreme court president, has warned that the government's proposals to curb access to judicial reviews are unnecessary and dangerous.
Controversial Lobbying Bill passed by Commons
11 October 2013
The widely controversial Lobbying Bill has been passed by the House of Commons and has had its first reading in the House of Lords.
Govt attempts to push Lobbying Bill through at breakneck speed
09 October 2013
Members of the opposition have spoken out in Parliament after the government continued in its attempt to push the widely controversial Lobbying Bill through at such a pace that thorough scrutiny is impossible.
Day of action announced to campaign against blacklisting practices in the UK
04 October 2013
The TUC has announced a day of action next month to protest against blacklisting practices and the companies which used them to lock out trade unionists from the construction industry.
Advocate General of the ECJ says intended mothers of surrogate children should receive maternity rights
04 October 2013
Advocate General of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) Juliane Kokott has agreed with a case brought by public sector union Unison stating that the intended mothers of children born through surrogacy should receive the same maternity rights as women who are able to give birth to their own children.
