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Shares for Rights - why entrepreneurial firms need employment law too
02 May 2013
By Professor Simon Deakin
Under the government's current proposals for employment law reform, employees will be able to give up rights concerning unfair dismissal, redundancy pay, flexible working and time off for training in return for receiving shares in the company that employs them, gains on which will be exempt from capital gains tax.
Greek austerity illegal, says UK professor
01 May 2013
By Michael Sweet
An eminent law professor from King's College, London, says that the European Commission and European Central Bank (ECB) could be taken to the European Court of Human Rights for imposing austerity measures on Greece.
Access to justice: only for the rich
19 April 2013
By Sarah Glenister, IER staff
This is the seventh and final article in our series exploring what the Coalition Timeline has taught us so far.
Dave Prentis: Unions must join together to fight our common foe
18 April 2013
By Roger Jeary
This is not the time for trade unions to compete against one another, but a critical moment for members of the left to come together with voluntary organisations and campaigners to fight against a common foe, General Secretary of Unison Dave Prentis said at yesterday's Public Sector: cuts, privatisation and employment rights conference, organised by the Institute of Employment Rights.
Ban blacklisters from public work, calls McCluskey
18 April 2013
Len McCluskey, General Secretary of Unite, has called for the Scottish Government to introduce a blanket ban on the tendering of public works to companies that have been found guilty of blacklisting, the Morning Star reported.
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