16 January 2015
By Linda Kaucher
It is not just TTIP, across the board the EU is bowing to business pressure to do away with ‘burdensome’ regulation – regulation that tends to…Read more…
If only we could return to the 1930s …
17 December
By Sue Konzelmann, a Reader in Management at Birkbeck, University of London and Frank Wilkinson, a founder member of the Institute for Employment Rights and Emeritus Reader, University…Read more…
THE ROAD TO SERFDOM
15 December 2014
Below is a short blog by John Foster on a presentation given by Keith Ewing. The paper was initially presented in Dublin followed by an updated version in Paris. A copy of that…Read more…
Acas Early Conciliation – The First Six Months
5 December 2014
By Prof Nicole Busby from the Law School, University of Strathclyde
As Acas publishes statistics on the first six months of compulsory Early Conciliation, Nicole Busby analyses…Read more…
What about the workers?
1 December 2014
By Steve Ludlam, Steve Ludlam is Senior Lecturer in Politics at The University of Sheffield
Commentary on Cuba’s economic reforms highlights the growing private sector, implying…Read more…
Article 10: the Right to Freedom of Expression & Whistleblowing
28 November 2014
By Catherine Hobby, Senior Lecturer, School of law and social sciences, University of East London
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Family Friendly working in 2014 – How are we doing?
24 November 2014
By Michelle Singleton, Assistant Policy Officer at UNISON.
Since 1998 there have been great improvements that have transformed family friendly policy and childcare provision,…Read more…
Legislating without reason – the government’s plans for employment agencies
17 November 2014
By Sonia McKay, Professor of European Socio-Legal Studies at London Metropolitan University.
The Coalition government plans to change the law covering employment agencies,…Read more…
Pensions dispute: Bullying tactics violate workers’ human rights
11 November 2014
By Professor Alan Bogg, University of Oxford and
Professor K D Ewing, King’s College London.
How should workers respond to bullying and intimidation tactics used by employers…Read more…
Article 8: Right to respect for private and family life (The implications on unfair dismissal)
7 November 2014
By Michael Ford QC, Old Square Chambers
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POSTPONED: Lock v British Gas
6 November 2014
By Camilla Belich.
The Leicester Employment Tribunal is due to consider the CJEU decision on commission payment during holiday this February.
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