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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.
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.
Gove perpetuates predictable anti-union sentiment
04 October 2013
Education Secretary Michael Gove is hardly a friend of the unions, having made attacks on teaching unions NUT and NASUWT plenty of times before. At the Conservative Party Conference this week he persisted with his anti-worker ideology.
Employment law changes this week: cuts to health and safety and equality law, and more dreary pay for the UK’s poorest
03 October 2013
October is one of the times of year the government brings in a slew of reforms and new laws, so this week employment law has seen a number of changes.
Up to 50,000 women lose jobs every year due to pregnancy
25 September 2013
Shadow Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, has claimed that up to 50,000 women every year lose their jobs after returning from maternity leave.
