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7 employment rights you have lost under a Tory PM

18 May 2017

By Alex Just, employment law specialist

A Conservative Prime Minister has been in Number 10 since the Coalition government formed in 2010. Although Theresa May has described her party as "the party of workers", its track record on employment law has largely revolved around weakening protections at work. Here, we look at some of the rights workers have lost over the last seven years.

Employers told to invest in training as living standards fall again

17 May 2017

A survey of employer intentions has found that living standards will continue to fall for the average UK worker, with basic pay growth expectations slipping to 1% compared with 1.5% three months ago.

Brits more likely to work through illness than pull a sickie, survey finds

17 May 2017

British workers are much more likely to push through illness to continue with their jobs than to pretend to be sick in order to have a day off, a new survey has found.

What are the facts around Theresa May's "new deal for workers"?

16 May 2017

In the run up to the Snap Election, each of the parties will be releasing a barrage of proposals that inevitably fall short on detail.

Taylor links poor work to poor economic productivity

12 May 2017

The government's job tsar Matthew Taylor this week linked the poor quality of work on offer in Britain to the nation's lack of economic productivity – a factor also highlighted in the Institute of Employment Rights' (IER) Manifesto for Labour Law, 25 recommendations for reform.

IER fringe: POA annual conference

11 May 2017

The IER fringe meeting at POA annual conference in Southport on Wednesday 10th of May 2017.

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