12 February 2018
By John Hendy QC, IER Chair and Barrister at Old Square Chambers
It might be hard to imagine that the tedious, barren worthlessness of Matthew Taylor’s Report on ‘Good Work’ could…Read more…
Pilot rebellion leaves Ryanair up in the air
Ryanair thought it could ignore employee rights. Its pilots had another idea…Read more…
The ghost of the Mechanical Turk
Digital microwork exploits occupation, war & neoliberalism to extract the cheapest labour possible…Read more…
Canada plus, plus, plus
13 December 2017
By Professor Keith Ewing and John Hendy QC
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David Davis has suggested that in place of the EU Treaties, the UK’s relations with the EU should be regulated by a deal which is…Read more…
Fake news, real jobs and a changing world
The crisis in news media and the challenges it presents…Read more…
Raiding Trade Union Offices – a New Low for Australia
27 October 2017
By Barry Camfield in Australia
The Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) is Australia’s oldest and largest blue-collar trade union, representing over 100,000 working men and women and…Read more…
Review: “In Place of Austerity – a programme for the people”
24 October 2017
Bill Greenshields, People’s Assembly National Steering Committee Member
Tracing the origins of austerity to the policies of government following the 2008 financial and economic…Read more…
Tories scrap pay cap for all the wrong reasons
10 October 2017
By Sarah Glenister, National Development Officer, Institute of Employment Rights
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has confirmed that the NHS pay cap is to be scrapped, but asked whether…Read more…
Corporate Governance reforms offer greater transparency, but no real change
29 August 2017
Launching a consultation into Corporate Governance at the end of 2016, the government announced that workers needed a stronger voice to ensure businesses operated with regard to the…Read more…
It’s the Common Law wot won it
31 July 2017
By Michael Ford QC, Professor of Law University of Bristol and Counsel for the EHRC in the UNISON case
As described by one commentator, the Supreme Court judgment in R (UNISON) v Lord…Read more…
How we can build on Unison’s tribunal fees success
28 July 2017
Workers across the UK will be delighted with this week’s Supreme Court decision that employment tribunal fees are unlawful, leading to their immediate repeal and pressure on the…Read more…
Supreme Court Ruling On Tribunal Fees Shows Unions Are A Public Good
27 July 2017
By Gregor Gall, Professor of Industrial Relations, Bradford University
UNISON’s victory over the government at the Supreme Court on the issue of the introduction of fees for…Read more…
A newspaper in the dock on Turkey’s Press Freedom Day
This year, Turkey’s Press Freedom Day has been celebrated in jails and courtrooms…Read more…
Iranian sugar workers still fighting for their rights ten years on
Workers are routinely harassed, dismissed and kept under constant surveillance…Read more…
Taylor tinkers and employees will still be exploited
14 July 2017
By Gregor Gall, Professor of Industrial Relations, University of Bradford
It was always likely to happen and now it has – the much awaited publication of The Taylor Review of Modern…Read more…
Where is workers’ voice in Taylor’s Review?
11 July 2017
By John Hendy QC, IER Chair
Changes to the law to protect the rights of those who work for a living are essential. It is doubtful if the changes proposed by the Taylor Review are…Read more…
‘Matthew Taylor’s Review of Employment Practices in the Modern Economy – How a mountain gave birth to a mouse’
11 July 2017
By Nicola Countouris, Professor of Law at University College London; and Professor Keith D. Ewing, President of the IER
‘A mountain had gone into labour and was groaning terribly….Read more…
Strike A Light – Tory Trade Union Act Is Already Backfiring
06 July 2017
By Gregor Gall, Professor of Industrial Relations, The University of Bradford
Although it’s still early days, the evidence is that the Tory Trade Union Act 2016 is already backfiring…Read more…
Dangerous Times: health and safety protections under attack
30 June 2017
By Steve Tombs, Professor of Criminology, Open University
Since 2010, the Coalition, then the Tories, have both continued and significantly extended some of the ‘reforms’ initiated by…Read more…
Whole Foods Market, Amazon and Inhospitable Hospitality
Unions in the hospitality industry are fighting back around the globe…Read more…