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IER calls for changes to the law after zero-hours contracts rocket by over 20% in one year

09 September 2016

The number of workers saying they are on a zero-hours contract for their main job has risen by over 20% in the last year.

UCU welcomes proposals for new labour law framework

07 September 2016

The University and College Union has welcomed 25 new policy proposals for the next Labour government that shift the focus of labour law to give workers a stronger voice.

IER Manifesto "an alternative narrative and a blueprint for the future", says NUJ Chief

07 September 2016

General Secretary of the National Union for Journalists (NUJ) Michelle Stanistreet has welcomed new policy proposals from the Institute of Employment Rights (IER).

Workers ‘too ill to reach state retirement age’

06 September 2016

Around one in eight workers are forced to stop working before state retirement age, with the lowest paid suffering the most.

Wage growth ‘next to nothing’ since financial crisis

06 September 2016

New data has revealed that average wage growth in the UK has been next to nothing since September 2008, when the global financial crisis hit.

Executive pay keeps rising among FTSE 100

06 September 2016

Executive pay rose again last year, despite growing anger among shareholders, a new analysis has revealed.

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