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Lords refuse to pass Bill to remove civil liability for health and safety breaches
08 March 2013
The House of Lords has thrown out Clause 62 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill, which sought to remove employers' 114-year-old civil liability for their workers' health and safety.
Employment law normally seen as burdensome by employers who do not understand it, govt concedes
08 March 2013
It turns out the left was right all along on the problems perceived by employers with employment law, but it is quite a surprise a Tory-led government is the one to finally admit it.
Lords unable to save Agricultural Wages Boards
08 March 2013
Despite Coalition plans to remove Agricultural Wages Boards and thus the Agricultural Minimum Wage from across England and Wales provoking fierce debate in the Lords recently, peers were unable to stop more conservative members from allowing the plans to pass.
Shared parental leave and flexible working open to the first ever public reading
20 February 2013
The government has set its first ever public reading in motion, allowing anyone to comment on its proposals online before they are debated in parliament. Don't miss this chance to have your say on Coalition plans for shared parental leave and flexible working and read on to find out how the Children and Families Bill, which these proposals are a part of, has been criticised.
The deadline for public comments is 26th February 2013
Wales ‘could take action on blacklisting by next year’
13 February 2013
The Welsh government may introduce new laws to prevent blacklisting in the near future following the efforts of an Assembly Member (AM) and a union officer to take proposals to the Welsh Assembly.
507 construction workers blacklisted in north-west
13 February 2013
As many as 507 construction workers living or working in the north-west were blacklisted by the Consulting Association.
Former Economic League employee confirms meetings with police, a govt minister and trade union leaders
13 February 2013
February has seen extraordinary evidence given by the Directors of Caprim to the Scottish Parliamentary Affairs Committee as part of its inquiry into blacklisting, including confirmation that the Economic League met with the police and trade union leaders to share information, and that one Conservative Minister had discussed industrial relations with an employee of the League during Thatcher's administration.
United Nations criticises UK’s “undue constraints” on trade union rights
01 February 2013
United Nations' Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association Mr Maina Kiai has criticised the UK's lack of trade union rights.
Tories ‘sympathise’ with victims of blacklisting, but reluctant to act
Yesterday afternoon (23 January 2013), a debate was held in the House of Commons on blacklisting.
Strengthening the Blacklisting Regulations: An Institute of Employment Rights Briefing
23 January 2013
The following briefing was produced for Labour MPs prior to the debate in Parliament on blacklisting on the afternoon of 23 January 2013
by Carolyn Jones
It is shameful that so little has been done to acknowledge the scandal of blacklisting and scandalous that even less has been done to compensate those who have suffered from this vile practice.
Abolition of Agricultural Wages Board ‘would transfer £250m from the pockets of the poor to those of the rich’
18 January 2013
As much as £250 million will be transferred from the pockets of low-paid rural workers to the "coffers of landowners and farmers" if the government's proposals to abolish the Agricultural Wages Board are passed into law.
