08 June 2017
As the electorate goes to the polls today, our Chair John Hendy QC and President Professor Keith Ewing, explain why trade union rights are an important factor for workers’…Read more…
How we can achieve universal rights for workers
07 June 2017
Sonia McKay, Professor of European Socio-Legal Studies at the Working Lives Research Institute, London Metropolitan University
Universality of rights ought to be a fundamental…Read more…
Eight ways to raise pay and protect us from over or under-work
05 June 2017
By Alan Bogg, Professor of Labour Law, the University of Oxford
Workers’ rights and wage inequality have become a key political battleground this General Election following public…Read more…
What do the smaller parties offer workers?
01 June 2017
The Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP), Plaid Cymru, The Green Party and UKIP were all given a platform at last night’s BBC Debate, but they didn’t get the opportunity to share their…Read more…
The Stakes: Employment Rights
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…
How would Labour’s Manifesto pledges affect the everyday worker?
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…
The CLASS Take: The Conservative Workers’ Rights Proposals
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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What will (and won’t) the Lib Dems do for workers?
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…
This is how we can properly protect the health and safety of workers
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…
Strong and stable economy? Forgotten macroeconomics in the manifesto debate
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…
Can Theresa May Be Taken At Her Word? The Case Of Worker Directors
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…
What should the political parties be offering whistleblowers at work?
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…
Improving Enforcement of Workers’ Rights
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…
The Tory manifesto and the absence of voice
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…
IER FACT NEWS: The Purposes and Benefits of Sectoral Collective Bargaining
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…