How Employment Law is enforced in the UK

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

An Unhealthy Relationship—the Labour Party and the Unions

Pete Whitelegg It will hardly come as a surprise to anyone who has followed politics over the past few years that Parliament plays an almost secondary role in determining the political agenda, at least in terms of domestic politics. Although Labour won an unprecedented number of seats at the last election, that agenda has been … Continue reading An Unhealthy Relationship—the Labour Party and the Unions