Paul Scholey: Head of Employment Rights Team, Morrish Solicitors
15 January 2016
By Paul Scholey, Head of Employment Rights Team, Morrish Solicitors
In Bărbulescu v Romania, the European Court of…Read more…
Trade unions have the power to make a difference for whistleblowers
Dave Lewis: Professor of Employment Law, Middlesex University
14 January 2016
Dave Lewis, Professor of Employment Law, Middlesex University
If you became aware of wrongdoing within your…Read more…
Do the Lords have the stomach to fight the Trade Union Bill?
11 January 2016
By John Hendy QC and Professor Keith Ewing, Chair and President of the IER
Today marks the House of Lords coming to grips with the government’s Trade Union Bill. The trade unions are…Read more…
TRADE UNION BILL: Government clings to concept of intimidation despite lack of evidence
20 November 2015
By Andrew Moretta, World of Work Project Researcher, Institute of Employment Rights
IER readers will recall that in July 2015 the government released three consultation documents…Read more…
HSE statistics point to stagnating health and safety performance and declining enforcement
16 November 2015
By Phil James
New HSE statistics covering the year 2014-15 report a rise in work-related fatal injuries, suggest that national health and safety performance may be stagnating and…Read more…
Are Conservatives ‘now the party of work’? The Trade Union Bill suggests not…
6 November 2015
By Tonia Novitz and Michael Ford, Professors of labour law at Bristol University
This post first appeared on October 12, 2015 on the policybristol website. It analysis the Bill,…Read more…
Trade Union Bill in Public Committee
20 October 2015
By Jo Stevens, Labour MP for Cardiff Central
Last Tuesday marked the beginning of the committee stage of the Trade Union Bill, which I have been selected to sit on. After the…Read more…
Commission to replace infamous ISDS with Investment Court System
19 September 2015
By John Hendy QC
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Pre-Strike Ballots and the Trade Union Bill 2015: Denying Workers the Right to Strike?
8 September 2015
By Alan Bogg, Ruth Dukes and Tonia Novitz
The Government’s indecently short consultation procedure on the important issues of restricting the right to strike, using agency…Read more…
Yvette Cooper, Quantitative Easing and the spirit of Keynes.
Sue Konzelmann and Frank Wilkinson
16 August 2015
Tony Blair’s assertion that the Labour Party faces “annihilation” if Jeremy Corbyn is elected leader, is little short of astonishing. Just…Read more…
Corbyn or the Party – Which is the Bigger Threat to Labour?
17 August 2015
By Marc Fovargue-Davies, Sue Konzelmann and Frank Wilkinson
This blog first appeared as an article in Saturday’s Morning star.
Many members of the Parliamentary Labour…Read more…
The power of corporate propaganda: review of ‘The Mythology of Business’
13 August 2015
By John Christensen from the Tax Justice Network
Why did the vibrant social democratic traditions of Europe and North America collapse so swiftly in the face of the pervasive…Read more…
Truckers, public safety and the government’s duty of care
3 August 2015
By Andrew Moretta, World of Work PhD student, Liverpool University
Truck drivers are highly skilled professionals. A moment’s inattention when driving a 26 ton vehicle can have…Read more…
Don’t believe the (business) hype
31 July 2015
By David Whyte, Professor of socio-legal studies, University of Liverpool.
If there is one thing that business organisations are particular good at, it is deceiving us into thinking…Read more…
#killthebill on social media
Social media reactions to our extremely well attended #killthebill event in London on 29 July 2015
30 July 2015
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How can we resist the Trade Union Bill?
29 July 2015
By Professor Keith Ewing and John Hendy QC
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Whispers from Wisconsin – Taking lessons from austerity’s newest victim
James Wold
3 July 2015
By James Wold, Marquette University Law School
The following article is the first in what we hope to be a series of articles by a colleague from Wisconsin, James Wold. James…Read more…
Human Rights at Work: possibilities and problems for Labour Law
1 July 2015
By Roger Jeary, IER Blogger
On the hottest day in London this year, the Institute welcomed delegates to the GMB London Office to hear from leading legal and academic experts on the…Read more…
Does the model need fixing? Adapting organized labour and trade unions for the 21st century
22 June 2015
James Wold, second year law student at Marquette University in Milwaukee
The Industrial Revolution brought with it two key elements that carry on today – the defining of education…Read more…
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 at this conference held at Unite HQ in Holborn. The election…Read more…