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Lord Freud celebrates reserve army of desperate unemployed
29 January 2014
By Sarah Glenister, IER staff
In a speech yesterday (28 January 2014) to the National Youth Employment Summit, Lord Freud celebrated the new “flexibility” of workers expected following the introduction of Universal Credit (UC).
Whose idea was the Single-Tier State Pension anyway?
24 January 2014
Neil Duncan-Jordan, National Officer, National Pensioners Convention
Neil Duncan-Jordan explains how under Coalition policies, both occupational pensions and state pensions will fall in value and take longer to accrue for future UK workers.
Equality & Discrimination: What next for equal rights
23 January 2014
By Janet Newsham
Janet Newsham reports on the lessons learned from yesterday’s (22 January 2014) Equality and Discrimination conference held by the Institute of Employment Rights.
Is Osborne really "converted" to providing higher wages? How the left can stay ahead of Tory spin
17 January 2014
By Sarah Glenister, IER staff
The big news story today (17 January 2014) is the surprising announcement that George Osborne apparently backs raising the National Minimum Wage (NMW) to above-inflation levels.
Labour's aims could be achieved through more effective collective bargaining
By Sarah Glenister, IER Staff
14 January 2014
In the run-up to the General Election next year, the Labour Party has begun to spell out its policies, hoping – it seems – to attract voters from all classes. The Institute of Employment Rights (IER) reiterates that more effective collective bargaining on a national scale is the solution Labour is looking for to achieve its aims.
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