20 October 2016

Delivery company Hermes will be investigated by HMRC after drivers reported being misclassified as self employed to chairman of the House of Commons Work and Pensions Select Committee and Labour MP Frank Fields.

19 October 2016

Research by the House of Commons Library has warned that workers' rights won through EU courts could be challenged in British courts and overturned if the government does not act to incorporate existing case law into legislation.

19 October 2016

Self-employment has boomed by 45% since 2001-02, but earnings among this section of the workforce are lower than they were 20 years ago.

19 October 2016

Trade Minister Liam Fox has agreed to sign a controversial trade deal between the EU and Canada – the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) – before MPs were given the opportunity to debate it in the Commons.

17 October 2016

One in five female teachers say that their biggest career priority is to leave their current profession, according to a new survey shedding further light on the poor conditions in which Britain's educators are expected to work.

14 October 2016

Writing for the Industrial Law Journal, Private Law Lecturer at Kings' College London Dr Ewan McGaughey, has praised the Institute of Employment Rights' Manifesto for Labour Law, saying it could represent a "qualitative shift in politics".