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IER submission to DBT economics team on ‘Making Work Pay’ proposals
A submission by IER experts to the Department for Business and Trade, on the economics of making work
Updated: Suggested amendments to the Employment Rights Bill (2024)
Updated V7 05/03/2025 - Our experts inform the debate on what provisional strategic amendments might be
Briefing: The Employment Rights Bill (2024) – A big step forward, but bigger steps required
Our briefing analysing the worrying trapdoors in the government's Employment Rights
Briefing: Reduction in working time with no loss of pay – an update
Our updated briefing on how reduction of working time (with no loss of pay) can be beneficial for workers and practical for good
Briefing: A new deal and a new government
Our expert analysis of what is likely to be in the Employment Rights Bill, what may be missing, and why those things are crucially
Briefing: Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023 – updated May 2024
Read our latest briefing on The Strikes (Minimum Service Levels)
Briefing: The Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act
Read our briefing on The Strikes (Minimum Service Levels)
Briefing: New Deal for Working People: the state of play
An IER briefing on the current status of the Labour Party's 'New deal for working
Briefing: The Freeports Rollout: Five challenges for trade unions
Ben Crawford analyses the freeports
Briefing: Trade unions and the law – a timeline of attempts to suppress union activity
As labour law becomes more authoritarian, there are lessons to be learned from the
Briefing: A New Deal for Workers
Why we desperately need a New Deal for workers to address the cost of living
Briefing: Work and Health: 50 years of regulatory failure
A briefing to summarise the key points of the