Employment Rights Publications
The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: Waste of Time or Wasted Opportunity?
By Keith Ewing
Published in May 2002
The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights was solemnly proclaimed by the heads of government at Nice in December 2000. Although the new Charter includes workers’ rights and trade union rights, it has failed to meet the expectations of the people of Europe. Why?
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Problems Facing Freelance Creators in the UK Media Market-Place
By Lionel Bently
Published in March 2002
This report, commissioned by the Creators’ Rights Alliance, documents serious concerns regarding the interests of creative workers (including authors, playwrights, journalists, directors, photographers, composers and musicians) whose rights are being abused on a massive scale.
Whistleblowing and the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998
By Catherine Hobby
Published in December 2001
Inquiries into disasters and scandals have shown that employees will often be the first to be aware of malpractice and corruption in the workplace. Yet prior to the introduction of the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 workers who blew the whistle found they had little if any protection against unfair dismissal or victimisation.
Undermining Construction: The Corrosive Effects of False Self-Employment
by Dr Mark Harvey
Published in November 2001
According to the evidence in this report, between 300,000 and 400,000 building workers are falsely registered as self-employed due to the complicated and inadequate system of tax and employment regulation currently operating in the industry.
Building on the National Minimum Wage by Bob Simpson
By Bob Simpson
Published in April 2001
This publication offers a timely review of the impact of the National Minimum Wage on individuals, businesses and the wider economy following the second anniversary of its implementation.
Bob Simpson considers the strengths and weaknesses of the legislation. He looks specifically at the exclusion of those under 18, the lower rate for those under 22 or undertaking training and the lack of adequate enforcement mechanisms.
Union Rights… and Wrongs: The Reform of Britain’s Anti-Union Laws
By John Hendy QC
Published in March 2001
Legislation introduced in the UK since 1997 has undoubtedly put in place a more positive and worker-friendly framework of individual employment rights than existed in the deregulated days of the 1980s and ’90s. Nevertheless, research reports show that many workers still fail to enjoy the benefit of these rights at work, contributing to a substantial increase in Tribunal claims.
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