31 October 2016

After a tribunal decision last week found Uber to be misclassifying its workers as 'self-employed', the company has been accused of misleading drivers working for the firm as to the meaning of the outcome.

28 October 2016

The Institute of Employment Rights welcomes today's decision by the Central London Employment Tribunal that Uber drivers should be legally classified as 'workers', not as 'self employed', thereby entitling those working for the taxi app to fundamental employment rights they did not enjoy before.

28 October 2016

New figures by the Office for National Statistics show that the number of people being paid below the minimum wage has rocketed by 73% in the last year.

01 November 2016

The Institute of Employment Rights (IER) notes the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee's launch of an inquiry into workers' rights in the burgeoning "gig" economy but warns against the further fragmentation of labour law.

26 October 2016

Gender inequality in the UK is worse than in developing economies such as Rwanda, Burundi, Nicaragua and Namibia, new research has found.

25 October 2016

A "one-fits-all" approach to workers' rights is not appropriate for all sections of the workforce, General Secretary of The Professional Trades Union for Prison, Correctional and Secure Psychiatric Workers (POA), Steve Gillan, has said, announcing his union's official support for the Institute of Employment Rights' proposals for the reform of employment law.