At #STUC26? Don’t miss the Scottish Morning Star fringe meeting this lunchtime - ‘Wages, Welfare & Workers Rights’ with Lillian Macer, Susan Fitzgerald, Ben Chacko, James Harrison & Brian Leishman - at Malmaison, 44 Whitehall Cres. 12.40 start. Buffet provided by Unite Scotland.
Thanks to everyone who came to a packed fringe event at #STUC26 yesterday. Hugely important & wide-ranging discussion on the right to strike, worker status, bogus self-employment & trade union access. Visit our website for more info on all these issues: www.ier.org.uk
Reminder: if you’re at #STUC26 in Dundee today, please do come along to our fringe meeting at lunchtime today. Jointly with the Trade Union Coordinating Group, we are examining the gaps in the Employment Rights Act & asking what needs to come next. 12.30 - Dundee Quaker Meeting House DD1 4AR.
Tomorrow at 12.30: Our joint #STUC26 fringe with the Trade Union Co-ordinating Group (TUCG)
Finishing the job - the case for an Employment Rights Act #2.
With Steve Gillan (POA), Sarah Woolley, (BFAWU), Eddie Dempsey (RMT), Fran Heathcote (PCS), Maria Chondrogianni (UCU) & Prof Ruth Dukes.
The Campaign's Joint Asst Secretaries making the case that however much the recent Employment Rights Act gives rights to workers what is needed is a second Bill that will give rights to unions.
labourhub.org.uk/2026/04/07/f... @ieruk.bsky.social @pcsunion.bsky.social @nasuwt-official.bsky.social
Important @ieruk.bsky.social briefing by Prof. Ruth Dukes and Prof. David Whyte setting out key recommendations on what is needed for the Fair Work Agency to ensure workers rights are protected in practice and not just on paper: www.ier.org.uk/publications...
The University of Glasgow's Gilbert Scott Building, set against a sunset.
Professor Ruth Dukes @uofglaw.bsky.social has contributed to a joint @ieruk.bsky.social briefing that warns the Government's new Fair Work Agency risks being a ‘toothless watchdog’ unless urgent changes are made.
More: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
Briefing: Single Employment Status.
Employment status & the categorisation of workers isn’t merely of academic interest - it’s the difference between having full employment rights or not for millions of workers. Read our new briefing by Lord John Hendy KC here. www.ier.org.uk/publications...
Our Briefing on the Government’s new ‘Fair Work Agency’ authored by Prof David Whyte & Prof Ruth Dukes, warns that the new agency risks becoming a ‘toothless watchdog’ unless urgent changes are made. Read it here, ahead of the launch of the FWA tomorrow:
www.ier.org.uk/publications...
Fair Work Agency’s priorities criticised days before its launch.
Cornerstone of the UK’s Employment Rights Act ‘in danger of becoming a dead duck’, says @unitetheunion.bsky.social General Secretary. Look out for our detailed Briefing on the FWA tomorrow. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Thanks to everyone who came & contributed to our joint @neunion.bsky.social fringe meeting in Brighton yesterday, led by Prof Alan Bogg. It was a great discussion, getting into the detail of the Govt’s Employment Rights Act & what it is going to mean for workplace organising in the UK. #NEU2026
Reminder, if you’re at #NEU2026 - this is at 5.45pm today:
Using our rights: what the Employment Rights Act means for workplace organising - with Prof Alan Bogg. Sign up here 👉 bit.ly/3NH76eA
Organised by the Institute of Employment Rights & @neunion.bsky.social
If you’re at @neunion.bsky.social conference in Brighton, make sure you pop over to the IER stall on a break, at lunchtime or at the end of a session. As usual, we have a range of publications, briefings & materials discussing employment law related issues & labour law updates. #NEU2026
At #NEU2026? Join
Alan Bogg, IER Vice President & Professor of Labour Law at Bristol University, on the most important new law affecting trade unions for decades & what this means for workplace power. Date: Wed 1st April | Time: 5.45pm - 6.45pm
Register here 👉 forms.office.com/pages/respon...
UK Government is in breach of Prison Officers’ rights says European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR).
Although the ECSR recommendations are non-binding conclusions regarding Charter compliance, they still carry significant weight. Via the @POAUnion: www.ier.org.uk/news/uk-gove...
Hundreds of employers handed penalties for illegally underpaying workers.
389 employers from across the UK named for failing to pay workers the minimum wage to tens of thousands of workers: www.ier.org.uk/uncategorise...
For a new Employment Rights Bill: experts and union leaders demand better.
The Morning Star reports from a Campaign for Trade Union Freedom - @strikemap.org rally at the weekend which called for a more radical sequel to the Employment Rights Act 2025: www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/new-...
This Saturday! Stand up for workers’ rights & build the campaign for an Employment Rights Bill 2.
National Education Union HQ on March 21 at 11:00am. Sponsored by @thompsons.law.
This campaign is organised by CTUF & @strikemap.org.
Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/campaignin...
🚩RMT protest outside Transport for the North board meeting at the treatment of outsourced workers this morning.
Northern trains currently outsources station staff, cleaners and security guards to companies like Carlisle & ISS
www.ier.org.uk/news/rmt-pro...
Almost half of library staff axed during austerity- a new report from @unison.org.uk finds.
Unison’s 'Closing Chapters' report exposes the impact of austerity on council libraries: www.ier.org.uk/news/almost-...
CTUF co-chair Tony Burke previews our Trade Union Rights rally on 21 March calling for Employment Rights #2 Bill - yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/home-af... - register here bit.ly/ERC2Rally
Unite vote to cut Labour affiliation by £580,000 (40%) on Bin Strike anniversary
www.ier.org.uk/news/unite-v...
Get Ahead on Flex: health unions launch flexible working campaign in NHS.
NHS employers must end postcode lottery on flexible working, say coalition of unions: www.ier.org.uk/news/get-ahe...
Baroness Maggie Jones announced as new Acas Chair.
Baroness Jones will take over from current Acas Chair Clare Chapman, who has completed 6 years at Acas: www.ier.org.uk/news/barones...
WATCH: Highlights from Episode 1 of the Working Life Podcast.
Lord John Hendy KC and Dr Nicola Countouris discuss single worker status and sectoral collective bargaining: www.ier.org.uk/news/watch-h...
Workers must have more say in how their Pensions are governed, says @tuc.org.uk
New TUC report warns worker representation on pension boards is declining as UK shifts from employer-based pension schemes to multi-employer schemes
www.ier.org.uk/news/workers...
Thanks to everyone who joined our Case Law Update. Our annual conferences examining how developments in statute and case law shape workers’ rights are always a highlight of the year & an important resource for those across the TU movement.
We hope to see you all again next year!
"Britain already has fewer inspectors than most similar countries. Last year the current Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority was actually cutting spending,reducing legal, interpreter & other services to curb a budget deficit."
Great piece by @tombelger.bsky.social
labourlist.org/2026/03/why-...
Unite fury at @brewdogofficial.bsky.social’s treatment of staff as 38 bars close and 484 jobs are lost amidst company sale.
@unitetheunion.bsky.social, which represents many BrewDog workers, has reacted with anger to the manner in which workers have been treated: www.ier.org.uk/news/unite-f...
“The absence of a collective agreement means employers unilaterally decide the terms & conditions.”
What are the consequences of leaving out a mechanism for collective bargaining? We discuss the ERA negotiating bodies in our latest Working Life episode.
youtube.com/watch?v=VhYG...
