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…
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Universal Credit means more stress, less training, and surveillance, research shows
13 May 2016 New research from the University of York into the recent Universal Credit (UC) pilot has found the benefit regime has a negative impact on claimants and does…
McDonalds workers strike in protest of zero-hour contracts
04 May 2018 On 01 May, McDonalds workers walked out of branches across England calling for guaranteed hours, a £10 per hour living wage, equal pay for young workers, and…
Election manifestos: What is in it for employment law?
5 April 2015 A short summary of where the UK’s major parties stand on some key labour law…
Ban on exclusivity clauses in ZHCs comes into force
27 May 2015 The provision contained in the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015, has finally come into…
‘Good Work’ the government’s Response to the Taylor Review
It might be hard to imagine that the tedious, barren worthlessness of Matthew Taylor’s Report on ‘Good Work’ could be surpassed. But it has…
Public sector privatisation leads to increased exploitation of workers
08 April 2013 By Sarah Glenister, IER staff Evidence has already emerged to show how workers are being exploited when the public sector is sold-off to private interests with only…
What did the politicians have to say at STUC Congress 2023?
The Scottish TUC held their annual Congress in Dundee earlier this week….
Why labour law reform will be at the heart of the next general election
…the economic crisis has created a vicious circle of declining real wages for hardworking citizens, the spectacular and shameful growth in precarious zero-hours contracting and increasing social and economic inequality….
Delivering rights in the modern world of work
14 October 2016 By Joy Johnson, UNITE Political Team Become a Deliveroo rider and “pick up a ton of perks to sweeten the deal, like discounts with Apple and Vue…
1 in 9 workers now in insecure jobs, new analysis shows
11 May 2018 New analysis from the TUC has found that one in nine workers in the UK is now employed in an insecure job, such as on a zero-hour…
Legislating in Times of Crisis: The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
Two leading experts propose emergency legislation to ensure the Job Retention Scheme protects…
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