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It’s the Common Law wot won it
As described by one commentator, the Supreme Court judgment in R (UNISON) v Lord Chancellor [2017] UKSC 51 is “the biggest single victory in the history of employment law”….
Editors call for surveillance reform
…have written an open letter to David Cameron. The letter calls for surveillance laws to be reformed in order that police cannot access journalists’ phone records without a judge’s authorisation….
Looking beyond the “Points-Based Immigration System”: A few reflections on the future of immigration under Johnson’s Conservative government
Hidden behind the government’s proposed points-based immigration system is an unpublicised avenue for the exploitation of low-skilled…
What price justice? Too dear for you!
…a cursory glance at the state of British employment rights and trade union freedoms highlights the extent to which access to justice is systematically being shut down for British workers….
New barriers to small injury claims could have a grave impact on workers
13 December 2016 By Andrew Moretta, World of Work PhD student, The University of Liverpool The government appears intent upon saving the insurance industry costs in excess of £1 billion…
IER Employment Law Update: London
10 November 2016 By Roger Jeary On a cold wet day in London, the Institute welcomed a full house for the 2016 Employment Law Update in the Unite HQ. The…
IER launches new subscribers’ resource
28 November 2012 The Institute of Employment Rights has launched a new free resource for our…
Covid Public Inquiry: Rishi Sunak has “serious questions to answer”, says TUC
PM must “come clean” about why as Chancellor he ignored expert warnings and provided inadequate support for people to self-isolate…
Six days to the election; Six choices on workers’ rights
Here at the Institute of Employment Rights, we have been busy comparing party manifestos for their workers’ rights policies, and have now launched a new table that allows you to…
Acas Early Conciliation – The First Six Months
As Acas publishes statistics on the first six months of compulsory Early Conciliation, Nicole Busby analyses what they tell…
Legal mobilisation and data-driven technologies: a multidimensional and participatory approach (part two)
Second of a two part blog post in the IER series on “Labour, Strategy, and legal…