17 November 2016

Our Chair John Hendy QC told the Unite the Resistance Conference how the Institute of Employment Rights’ Manifesto for Labour Law can put in place the legal framework to provide security for workers in the UK’s increasingly precarious labour market.

16 November 2016

Only one in ten people on low pay escaped on to higher earnings between 2001 and 2011, the government's Social Mobility Commission has reported, warning of a looming skills crisis if current trends continue.

15 November 2016

More than one in five workers now relies on precarious employment after the number of insecure jobs in the economy rose substantially over the last decade.

11 November 2016

In a Commons debate earlier this week (07 November 2016), opposition parties pushed the Conservatives to give assurances that workers' rights will be written into primary legislation when the UK leaves the EU to prevent their weakening, but the Tories said this would be a matter for debate.

10 November 2016

Women's average pay will be lower than men's for over 60 years if the gender pay gap continues closing at its current rate, the Fawcett Society has warned.

07 November 2016

Minister for Business Margot James has said the Taylor review into employment law will include an investigation into unpaid internships, but government support for restrictions on the practice does not look promising after Tory MPs filibustered a Private Members' Bill on the matter.