29 January 2014 The controversial Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill is to become law after it passed through the Lords without…
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Theresa May announces remit of undercover policing enquiry
17 July 2015 Theresa May has outlined the terms of reference for the undercover policing…
Retirement of RMT general secretary Michael Lynch
Lynch was elected general secretary in 2021. He also served two terms as assistant general secretary and two terms on the union’s…
Updated timeline for Employment Rights Act 2025 changes
The reforms within the Plan to Make Work Pay, including reforms introduced through the ERA 2025, will be delivered in…
Whistleblowing laws need urgent reform, says cross-party group
The all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on whistleblowing today released a report drawing on evidence from over 300 whistleblowers, urging the government to reform the…
Picketing and the Trade Union Bill: Written Evidence
The legal evidence to demonsttate the new picketing rules in the Trade Union Bill is a violation of the right to freedom of…
Laura Pidcock MP lays out Labour’s plans to implement the IER’s recommendations
Shadow Minister for Employment Rights, Laura Pidcock, detailed the Labour Party’s plans for new workers’ rights, based upon the recommendations of the Institute of Employment Rights, at TUC 2019 on…
Commission a project
The IER’s extensive network of lawyers and academics can be commissioned to conduct the investigations of third…
Three in four think Trade Union Bill is a waste of police time
10 September 2015 Should it be passed, the Trade Union Bill will require striking workers on a picket to identify themselves to police and give 14 days notice for all…
Does the model need fixing? Adapting organized labour and trade unions for the 21st century
22 June 2015 James Wold, second year law student at Marquette University in Milwaukee The Industrial Revolution brought with it two key elements that carry on today – the defining…
John McDonnell endorses IER at Unite Conference
06 July 2018 The Institute of Employment Rights was at the Unite union conference this week, where Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell endorsed the proposals of our Manifesto for Labour Law,…
Labour Law Highlights 2025/6
The IER’s regular team of barristers guides readers through key court decisions in the last year that may prove…




