10 January 2018 The House of Lords discussed the Institute of Employment Rights’ report 8 Good Reasons Why Adult Social Care Needs Sectoral Collective Bargaining during a debate on the…
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Conservatives press ahead with strike restrictions
13 May 2015 New business secretary Sajid Javid has confirmed there will be “significant changes” to strike laws under the new Conservative…
High rates of non-payment of compensation by employers shows how damaging the Coalition’s reforms will be to workers
07 November 2013 By David Renton, Garden Court Chambers The publication of research showing a significant proportion of employers do not pay the compensation they owe to successful claimants at…
Victory on government funding of sick pay for care workers: Some background and implications
The government’s promise to fund sick pay for care workers is a step towards recognising the intrinsic link between care quality and workers’…
Lessons from History – Working with an incoming Labour Government
Unions win argument on day one sick pay during Coronovirus outbreak, but govt ignores millions of precarious workers
Repeated calls from UK unions for the government to provide sick pay from day one of absence for workers forced to self-isolate have won…
Unite gives important Labour policy document ‘thumbs down’
IER experts submit fair recovery plan to Labour Party policy forum
IER experts have submitted 41 recommendations to transform the world of…
Govt workers on low pay and insecure contracts
13 October 2016 Despite Theresa May’s claims that the new Conservative government is behind the nation’s workers, it seems that as an employer, the Party is not practicing what it…
Sick pay system is “broken and in desperate need of reform”, says TUC
The Covid-19 pandemic showed that our sick pay system is in desperate need of reform….
TUC – The Conservatives are presiding over the worst period for living standards in modern history
The government’s failure to get wages rising has pushed families to the brink…
Long-term sickness becomes top reason for women being out of the labour market
New analysis shows number of women economically inactive as a result of ill- health has increased by more than 500,000 over last five…
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