…of the employers’ spectrum. They do, however, preside over obscene levels of casualisation, with ridiculous numbers of zero hour teaching contracts and with 67% of research staff on fixed-term contracts….
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Unemployment falls but wages not recovering
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The Deane Review of Self-employment
…of individuals with less predictable income and weaker job security’. (The same implications could also be drawn from the parallel and not unconnected phenomenon of the rise in zero-hours contracting…
Over 11 million workers may face destitution due to gaps in the government’s Coronavirus income protection plans
Analysis by Lord John Hendy QC finds that over 11 million people could face significant financial hardship during the current…
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IER Chair, Lord John Hendy QC, warns that millions of workers risk destitution due to gaps in the Job Retention…
Lord John Hendy QC briefs on the gaps in the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
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44 experts; 23 proposals – how IER experts have responded to Coronavirus so far
Over the last fortnight, the IER’s network of lawyers and academics has responded to the Coronavirus crisis and the government’s…
The CLASS Take: The Conservative Workers’ Rights Proposals
31 May 2017 By Faiza Shaheen, Director of CLASS Director of the CLASS Think Tank Faiza Shaheen comments on the Conservative Party Manifesto pledges for workers’…
Very lowest earners ‘should be allowed more than one job’ govt says
Workers who fall below the Lower Earning Limit may be given the right to a second…
What will (and won’t) the Lib Dems do for workers?
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Is Labour Backsliding on Workers’ Rights?
Labour has quietly dropped key policies to guarantee basic rights and protections at work and strengthen trade…
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