01 June 2017
There has been a Conservative Prime Minister in Number 10 since the Coalition government formed in 2010. Although Theresa May has attempted to rebrand the Tories as “the party of…Read more…
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01 June 2017
There has been a Conservative Prime Minister in Number 10 since the Coalition government formed in 2010. Although Theresa May has attempted to rebrand the Tories as “the party of…Read more…
01 June 2017
Workers’ rights have become a key political battleground at this year’s election following exposes of dire conditions at some major chains like Sports Direct, and high-profile legal…Read more…
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’ rights.
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26 May 2017
Workers’ rights are a key policy battleground this election and here at the Institute of Employment Rights’ Fact News Hub, we’re giving you the lowdown on different…Read more…
26 May 2017
By Phil James, Professor of Employment Relations at Middlesex University; David Walters, Professor of Work Environment at Cardiff University; Steve Tombs, Professor of Criminology at the…Read more…
25 May 2017
By Özlem Onaran, Professor of Economics, Director of Greenwich Political Economy Research Centre, University of Greenwich
Economist Özlem Onaran analyses the expected impact of both…Read more…
25 May 2017
By Gregor Gall, Professor of Industrial Relations, the University of Bradford
The Conservative Party manifesto was launched last Thursday, 18 May. In the first section, entitled ‘A…Read more…
24 May 2017
Dave Lewis, Professor of Employment Law, Middlesex University
Dave Lewis, Professor Employment Law at Middlesex University and a whistleblowing expert looks at what is needed to…Read more…
23 May 2017
By Michael Ford, Professor Law at University of Bristol and QC at Old Square Chambers
Both the Labour Party and Liberal Democrats have included in their Manifestos a promise to scrap…Read more…
23 May 2017
Miguel Martinez Lucio, Professor of International HRM & Comparative Industrial Relations, University of Manchester
The engagement of the current government with workers’ rights has…Read more…
12 May 2017
Martin Upchurch, Middlesex University, London
We re-blog an article from the European Institute for Construction Labour Research on how the growing trend of automation is affecting…Read more…
12 May 2017
By John Hendy QC and Professor Keith Ewing, Chair and President of the IER
The Labour Party has identified the restoration of Sectoral Collective Bargaining as a key element in its…Read more…
05 May 2017
By Gregor Gall, Professor of Industrial Relations at the University of Bradford; Director of the Jimmy Reid Foundation; and Editor of the Scottish Left Review
In this abridged version…Read more…
05 May 2017
By John Hendy QC and Professor Keith Ewing, Chair and President of the IER
The Labour Party has identified the restoration of Sectoral Collective Bargaining as a key element in its…Read more…
31 March 2017
By Adrian Weir, Assistant Chief of Staff, Unite
In this article, originally published in the Morning Star, Adrian Weir details the risks to the UK’s workforce of international…Read more…
24 March 2017
By Ralph Darlington, Professor of Employment Relations, University of Salford
When 67 industrial relations academics based in Business Schools from across the UK recently signed…Read more…
21 March 2017
By Sarah Glenister, National Development Officer, Institute of Employment Rights
Matthew Taylor has made preliminary proposals as to how employment law could change to prevent…Read more…
By Roger Jeary, IER blogger
Roger Jeary, a delegate at the Institute of Employment Rights’ Migration After Brexit: the Challenge to Labour Standards event, provides a detailed report on the…Read more…
01 March 2017
By Sarah Glenister, National Development Officer, Institute of Employment Rights
On taking the mantle of Prime Minister last year, Theresa May attempted to rebrand the Tories the…Read more…
16 February 2017
By Sarah Glenister, National Development Officer, Institute of Employment Rights
The future is uncertain for migrant workers in the UK as the government prepares to trigger…Read more…