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
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IER FACT NEWS: What is Sectoral Collective Bargaining?
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…
Another corporate attack is looming
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…
The BA Cabin Crew Dispute: Why Academics ‘Take Sides’
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…
Workers need a voice but Taylor can’t provide it
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…
Migration after Brexit: the challenge to labour standards
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…
The so-called “party of workers” shows its true colours today
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…
BREXIT: How do we stand in solidarity with both migrant and UK workers at a time of great division?
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…
Trade unions can fix our employment tribunal disaster
08 February 2017
By Ben Crawford, Assistant Editorial Officer, IER
The findings of the Ministry of Justice Review of employment tribunal fees, which was finally released this week, show that…Read more…
Workers priced out of access to justice
27 January 2016
IER Editorial Team
LAST week’s revelations that only 18 fines for negligent or malicious employment practices have been levied since 2014 show that the employment tribunal system…Read more…
It’s official: inequality, climate change and social polarisation are bad for you
20 January 2017
By Professor Jonathan Michie, Professor of Innovation and Knowledge Exchange at the University of Oxford
This year’s Global Risks Report from the World Economic Forum warns that…Read more…
Another attack on access to justice for workers injured at work
20 January 2017
By Hazards Campaign
An update from the Hazards Campaign and Philip Liptrot of Thompsons Solicitors regarding the Small Claims Limit proposals.
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Proposed Employment Tribunal reform will not fix failing system
14 December 2016
By Andrew Moretta, World of Work PhD student, The University of Liverpool
Some 18 months after the Ministry of Justice review on employment tribunal fees was announced, and six…Read more…
New barriers to small injury claims could have a grave impact on workers
13 December 2016
By Andrew Moretta, World of Work PhD student, The University of Liverpool
The government appears intent upon saving the insurance industry costs in excess of £1 billion a year – a…Read more…
Where Are The Workers In The Government’s Supposed Review Of Workers’ Rights?
08 December 2016
By Sarah Glenister, National Development Office, Institute of Employment Rights
When taking on the mantle of prime minister this summer, Theresa May attempted to rebrand the…Read more…
Fantastic Powers, and Where to Find Them: The Investigatory Powers Act 2016
06 December 2016
By Paul Scholey, Head of Employment Rights Team, Morrish Solicitors
We’ve not had a lot of success, historically, with our Snooping Powers in the UK.
The Regulation of…Read more…
Productivity puzzle? Financialization, inequality, investment
16 November 2016
By Özlem Onaran, Professor of Economics and Director of Greenwich Political Economy Research Centre, University of Greenwich
Productivity in Britain is lower than other developed…Read more…
IER Employment Law Update: London
10 November 2016
By Roger Jeary
On a cold wet day in London, the Institute welcomed a full house for the 2016 Employment Law Update in the Unite HQ. The chair for the day, Nerys Owen, Labour…Read more…
Tim Roache: Politics is in a state of flux, we must be ready with an alternative
09 November 2016
By Tim Roache, General Secretary of GMB
General Secretary of the GMB Tim Roache spoke at the Class think tank Britain at a Crossroads conference on Saturday (05 November 2016). His…Read more…
Len McCluskey: the free movement of labour is a class question
08 November 2016
By Len McCluskey, General Secretary of UNITE
At the 2016 conference of think tank Class – Britain at a Crossroads – General Secretary of UNITE Len McCluskey gave a speech…Read more…