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.

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".

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.

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.

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".

02 October 2013

By Matthew Egan, assistant national officer for Unison

It is conservatively estimated that around 150-200,000 homecare workers are routinely paid less than the National Minimum Wage mainly because they are not paid for the time they spend travelling between the homes of the people they care for.