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Experts weigh in on new TUPE Regulations
25 October 2013
By Roger Jeary
Roger Jeary reports back on the advice and analysis of experts at the Institute of Employment Rights' latest TUPE conference.
The Changing Face of Collective Labour Law – A celebration of the scholarship of Bob Simpson
16 October 2013
By Roger Jeary
On Friday 11th October, a glittering array of lawyers and academics representing the best of UK employment law society gathered to celebrate the work of Bob Simpson in a symposium which addressed the changing face of collective labour law.
More attacks on UK workers' rights promised by the Prime Minister
16 October 2013
By Roger Jeary
Those who thought the announcement by Tory Chairman Grant Shapps at their conference earlier this month was the definitive statement on future attacks on workers' rights hadn't bargained for the Business Taskforce report "Cutting Red Tape".
IER welcomes proposed compensation scheme for blacklisted workers; but this is not even the beginning of the end
11 October 2013
The Institute of Employment Rights (IER) welcomes the news that eight major construction firms involved in the blacklisting scandal have admitted wrong and proposed a joint compensation scheme for those who lost their livelihoods through the abhorrent practice. But President of the IER Professor Keith Ewing has warned that this does not mark the end of the blacklisting scandal.
What the experts say: An Employment Law Update
10 October 2013
By Roger Jeary
Roger Jeary, a delegate at the Institute of Employment Rights' Employment Law Update conference, describes the views and lessons of the UK's leading lawyers and trade union officials speaking at the event.
The human rights we stand to lose from a Tory government
03 October 2013
By Sarah Glenister, IER staff
David Cameron told the BBC's Andrew Marr this weekend that he would withdraw the UK from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) if he thought such an action was necessary to "keep our country safe".
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