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Responses to the Budget
18 March 2015 George Osbourne has delivered his sixth…
Tribunal fees “a clear violation” of UK & EU law, says Oxford University report
23 March 2017 Oxford University experts in economics, Associate Professor Abi Adams, and the law, Associate Professor Jeremias Prassl, have described the Coalition government’s introduction of employment tribunal fees as…
Fair Work Commission recommends IER Manifesto to Welsh Assembly
The Fair Work Commission, instructed by Wales’ First Minister to make evidence-based proposals for encouraging good workplace practices in the nation, has recommended the government refer to the Institute of…
Fast food workers’ health, safety and welfare in drive-thru’s
The IER manifesto makes an important contribution in emphasising the importance of collective bargaining. In the Hazards Campaign we know that where workers are working in low-paid, vulnerable employment then…
Employment law update November 2023 (London)
Our highly popular annual update on statute, case law and employment…
Study: Exploitation of care workers demands action on sectoral collective bargaining
04 October 2017 A new report from think tank The Institute of Employment Rights, authored by a Cardiff University expert on labour standards in care work, concludes that establishing a…
Employment Law after the election: what kind of laws do we want? LONDON
Wednesday 11 February 2015 A one-day conference UNISON Center, LONDON As we rapidly approach the next general election, Britain’s working population and, in particular, its 6.5 million trade unionists need…
Labour’s ‘Fair Work Agency’ will have ‘real teeth’ says Angela Rayner
Agency will have the power to inspect workplaces and levy…
REVIEW: The ‘Manifesto for Labour Law’: an idea whose time is coming
13 September 2016 By Trade Union Futures It must have seemed a lonely furrow at times. For years now, the Institute of Employment Rights has been the go-to source of…
Wales to launch new trade union rights
Wales’ First Minister Mark Drakeford yesterday detailed the core principles of a new Social Partnership Bill to the Welsh Assembly, which will make it easier for unions, employers and government…
Workplace issues: taking up the issues with the new government
10 June 2015 By Roger Jeary In its first event since the general election, the Institute examined the consequences for trade unionists and workers’ rights of the election of a…
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