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Unions warn Labour not to ‘water down’ New Deal for Working People

According to newspapers reports, Labour is responding to lobbying from business groups to adjust some of its workers' rights policies

75% of employers used ‘flexible contracts’ in 2023

48% of those employers planned to increase their use of flexible contracts over the next five years, according to Resolution Foundation report

May Day 2024: Trade unions For Democracy

There is no democracy without trade unions – that’s the message of the global trade union movement this May Day

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Comment - 22 Mar 2024

Review: Migration and work in post-Brexit UK

Rebecca Zahn
Comment - 8 Mar 2024

The neoliberal backdrop to the miners’ strike

Lord John Hendy KC
Comment - 23 Feb 2024

Devolution of employment legislation: new approaches

Dave Watson

Press releases

“Seismic shift” needed in migrant workers’ rights

IER report calls for new regime to respect and protect migrant and local labour

The Strikes (Minimum Services Levels) Act 2023

The IER publishes a new briefing on the Strikes (Minimum Services Levels) Act, as the trade union movement meets to fight the anti-strike laws