New on the Coalition Timeline
Trade Union Rights
- Further threats to trade union right to strike (17/7/2014)
Economy
- Pay growth at record low (18/7/2014)
Migration, Exploitation, Regulation: The Migration Advisory Committee Calls for Better Enforcement of Labour Standards.
By Bernard Ryan
The Migrant Advisory Committee (MAC) has released an extensive report drawing on proposals made in Labour Migration in Hard Times: Reforming Labour Market Regulation – an Institute of Employment Rights publication. The MAC supports the need for stronger labour regulations to protect vulnerable migrant workers, and confirms the need for greater resources and funding to ensure labour law is complied with.
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Collective Bargaining in Wales
The UK Supreme Court has ruled that the Welsh National Assembly’s bill to protect low paid agricultural workers by setting up an Agricultural Wages Board (AWB) for Wales is lawful. UK Attorney General Dominic Grieve had argued that the Agricultural Wages (Wales) Bill was an issue of employment law, which is not a devolved issue, rather than agriculture. However, senior judges unanimously concluded that the decision falls within the powers of the Welsh Assembly.
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Threshold Policy to be included in Tory Manifesto
David Cameron has confirmed that further reductions to trade union freedoms will be part of the Conservative’s 2015 manifesto. His statements come on the back of last week’s mass strike of over a million public sector workers, who according to TUC research, are on average more than £2000 worse off since the coalition came to power in 2010 - a real terms pay cut of 20%. The Tories have responded with anti-union rhetoric and reiterating threats to the right to strike with plans to impose a threshold on the number of members required to vote in a ballot to make strike action legal, and a time limit on how long a mandate remains valid.
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Conference Reports
The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act: impacts and effects, London
The Conference focused on this piece of legislation given Royal Assent on 25th April 2013 and looked at the impacts and effects on workers as a result of the changes to employment tribunals, whistleblowing requirements and health and safety regulations. Nerys Owen from the Labour Research Department chaired the conference and opened it by introducing the first speaker Roger Seifert.
TUPE update: the new regulations, LONDON
The government published new TUPE Regulations in November 2013, revealing service provision rules will not be repealed, but several changes will be made that could hinder trade union activity. There are many uncertainties about the new regulations and the conference aimed to provide answers to the questions below, and to questions from delegates on the day.
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Forthcoming Events
Employment Law Update 2014, Unite the Union, London
Tuesday 7 October 2014
This 10th annual IER conference is designed to ensure trade union representatives are kept up to date and well-informed about developments in employment law. It is a must go to event for anyone with an interest in employment law and the protection of collective and individual workers' rights.
Employment Law Update 2014, Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool
Wednesday 22 October 2014
This 7th annual IER conference in the North West is designed to ensure trade union representatives are kept up to date and well-informed about developments in employment law. It is a must go to event for anyone with an interest in employment law and the protection of collective and individual workers' rights.
Equality and Discrimination: What Next For Equal Rights? , Unite the Union, London
Wednesday 19 November 2014
Four years after the introduction of the Equality Act and where are we now? Leading equality experts from the law, trade unions and academia will come together to critically assess the latest case law, precedents and evidence and anticipate where they will lead us in terms of ensuring fairness at work for all.
Publications
Edited by Bernard Ryan
A collection of papers by the UK's leading experts on labour migration on the exploitation of migrant workers and the need for labour law reform.
By Professor Keith Ewing and John Hendy QC
This publication presents an evidence-based policy proposal for the state encouragement of collective bargaining, and particularly sectoral bargaining, as a tried-and-tested means of reducing income inequality and stimulating the sustainable recovery of a strong and resilient economy.
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