Report by the Institute of Employment Rights (IER) An IER briefing that analyses the Government’s Fair Work Agency. It warns that the Government’s new workplace watchdog risks failing to deliver meaningful protections for workers unless urgent changes are made. The briefing, authored by Prof David Whyte, Queen Mary University of London and Prof Ruth Dukes, University of … Continue reading How Employment Law is enforced in the UK
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The New Deal for Workers—A View from the IER
The New Deal for Workers – a focus on ‘rights’ but what about power? Labour’s long-awaited Employment Rights Bill does not do nearly enough to remove the restraints on trade unions or to give them the powers they need to make a significant difference to the lives of the millions of workers, write KEITH EWING … Continue reading The New Deal for Workers—A View from the IER
The P & O Scandal
It’s the hobbling of trade union power that’s permitted P&O’s actions After 42 years of anti-union legislation, we urgently need a restoration of the freedom of unions to defend their members, argues LORD JOHN HENDY QC THE piece in the Star on Saturday by my colleague Professor Keith Ewing outlined some of the shortcomings of the … Continue reading The P & O Scandal
An End to Bogus Self-employed Status – Parliament Notes 2
We have mentioned before in this magazine the work of the Institute of Employment Rights (IER). The Labour Party Green Paper: New Deal for Working People, is the outcome of discussions with the Power in the Workforce Taskforce chaired by Andy McDonald MP, with legal assistance of John Hendy QC and Prof Keith Ewing, both of … Continue reading An End to Bogus Self-employed Status – Parliament Notes 2
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