Institute of Employment Rights
@ieruk.bsky.social
IER is an independent network of academics & experts in employment law & trade union rights. We provide briefings, regular publications & organise conferences.
➡️ @unitetheunion.bsky.social takes legal action against Heathrow catering firm Do & Co over TUPE transfer agreement. The union is in the process of pursuing collective legal proceedings against the firm. www.ier.org.uk/news/unite-t...
Unite takes legal action against Heathrow catering firm Do & Co over TUPE transfer agreement - IER
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Urgent action needed to end endemic prison violence say the POA. Call comes after the publication of the latest Safety in Custody statistics from the Ministry of Justice in England and Wales: www.ier.org.uk/news/urgent-...
Urgent action needed to end endemic prison violence say the POA - IER
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Opera singers demand better pay & work-life balance Opera singers are demanding improved pay, work-life balance and clarity of their terms and conditions. Negotiations between @equityuk.bsky.social & the Society of London Theatres (SOLT) are set to begin. www.ier.org.uk/news/opera-s...
Opera singers demand better pay & work-life balance - IER
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Forced labour in UK supply chains: Last year, the Joint Ctte on Human Rights published a report contending that goods produced/part-produced with forced labour are being sold to consumers in the UK. Via Nicole Winchester @houseoflords.parliament.uk Library: lordslibrary.parliament.uk/forced-labou...
Forced labour in UK supply chains: Joint Committee on Human Rights report
In July 2025, the Joint Committee on Human Rights published a report contending that goods which are produced or part-produced with forced labour are being sold to consumers in the UK. It also argued ...
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Government publishes Electronic & Workplace Balloting Code of Practice amid trade union demands on the roll out of electronic balloting & the repeal of the 50% ballot threshold. The code & legislation will come into effect on the 25th August: www.ier.org.uk/news/governm...
Government publishes Electronic & Workplace Balloting Code of Practice - IER
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Workers and residents from East End Homes are joined on the picket line by @andreaegangs.bsky.social standing together against ‘fire and rehire’ and threat to staff pensions. Apsana Begum MP, union branches and the London Renters Union also in support. Stop the Pension Theft! The strike goes on ✊💜
Coastguard CEO faces formal no confidence vote after @gmb.org.uk members’ call for independent review Vote of No Confidence call comes following plans to stop remuneration payments to lifesaving volunteers. www.ier.org.uk/news/coastgu...
Coastguard CEO faces formal no confidence vote after GMB members' call for independent review - IER
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A landmark victory for the right to strike. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has delivered its clearest ruling yet that the right to strike is protected under international law, write Prof Tonia Novitz, Prof Keith Ewing & Lord John Hendy KC: morningstaronline.co.uk/article/land...
There is a growing demand from the trade union movement for a second Employment Rights Bill. Here, Prof Keith Ewing & Lord John Hendy explain why: www.ier.org.uk/comments/a-s...
A Second Employment Rights Bill - IER
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CTUF's Prof Keith Ewing and Lord John Hendy KC with the @ieruk.bsky.social 's Prof Tonia Novitz on the International Court of Jutsice ruling on the right to strike in this weekend's M/Star www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/land... @mstaronline.bsky.social
A landmark victory for the right to strike
ON MAY 21 this year, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) handed down its authoritative advisory opinion on whether the right to strike is protected by International Labour Organisation (ILO) Conv...
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"Instead of collective negotiation, the [Employment Rights Act] relies on individual workers taking their complaints to employment tribunals. There the worker [...] will often feel uncomfortable and outgunned." @ieruk.bsky.social 🔗 www.ier.org.uk/comments/a-s...
A Second Employment Rights Bill - IER
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Threshold for strike ballot votes should be repealed, says NASUWT leader. Matt Wrack said the 50 per cent threshold for a strike to be legal had always been used as a tool of union-busting. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/thre...
Threshold for strike ballot votes should be repealed, says union leader
A UNION leader is calling for the immediate repeal of the threshold for votes in a ballot for strike action.Teachers’ union NASUWT general secretary Matt Wrack said the 50 per cent threshold for a str...
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Updated timeline for Employment Rights Act 2025 changes. The Department for Business & Trade has published an updated timeline for the implementation dates for the Employment Rights Act 2025 changes: www.ier.org.uk/news/updated...
Updated timeline for Employment Rights Act 2025 changes - IER
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Speech of Cristina Ioanitescu, GS of the App Drivers' & Couriers' Union, at the CTUF Friday fringe meeting in Durham on the eve of the Miners' Gala www.tradeunionfreedom.co.uk/rights-on-pa... @ieruk.bsky.social @strikemap.org @adcunion.bsky.social
“Rights on paper mean nothing when companies ignore the law and regulators refuse to enforce it” Cristina Ioanistescu, App Drivers & Couriers Union – Campaign for Trade Union Freedom
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This Wednesday peers are debating the Government's statutory instrument that will legalise electronic balloting/voting for trade unions. Currently all statutory trade union ballots must be conducted entirely by post. Labour are changing that. Full SI here www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9...
The Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026
This Order amends the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (“the 1992 Act”) and the Employment Rights Act 1996.
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Labour needs to put workers at the heart of its party. The Starmer govt has left a legacy of unfinished business on employment rights, write Tony Burke, co-chair of @unionfreedom.bsky.social; Prof Keith Ewing (president) & Lord John Hendy (vice-president): morningstaronline.co.uk/article/labo...
Labour needs to put workers at the heart of its party
THE Starmer government has left a legacy of unfinished business. This is particularly true in relation to worker and trade union rights — the Employment Rights Act 2025 has not gone the full distance ...
morningstaronline.co.uk
Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond our control, we’ve had to cancel today’s joint @tolpuddlefest.bsky.social fringe meeting with @unionfreedom.bsky.social, planned to take place in the Fringe Marquee at 2pm. Many apologies, but we hope you have a great Tolpuddle weekend.
If you’re travelling to @tolpuddlefest.bsky.social today, a reminder of our joint fringe meeting with @unionfreedom.bsky.social, in association with @strikemap.org . Tomorrow at 2pm in the Fringe Marquee, we’ll have a superb range of speakers arguing the case of a Second Employment Rights Bill. 👇
Historic victory as Radisson Blu housekeepers win trade union recognition at two UK hotels. Housekeepers, members of the @uvwunion.bsky.social & outsourced to WGC Ltd at Radisson Blu Canary Wharf & Radisson Blu Euston Square have won statutory recognition: www.ier.org.uk/news/histori...
Historic victory as Radisson Blu housekeepers win trade union recognition at two UK hotels - IER
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The IER and @unionfreedom.bsky.social at @tolpuddlefest.bsky.social “We raise the watchword, liberty. We will, we will, we will be free!” Read on here: www.ier.org.uk/news/the-ier...
The IER and CTUF at Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival - IER
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Employment Rights Act does not go far enough, Miners’ Gala hears. Good report on our joint ‘Eve of Gala’ meeting with the CTUF in the Morning Star: “… a mass campaign to abolish all anti-union laws should be a labour movement priority.” morningstaronline.co.uk/article/empl...
Employment Rights Act does not go far enough, Miners’ Gala hears
THE Employment Rights Act doesn’t go far enough and a mass campaign to abolish all anti-union laws should be a labour movement priority, Miners’ Gala marras heard on Friday night.General Federation of...
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We've had a fantastic few days at the Durham Miners' Gala with our sister affiliated unions. From our executive meeting Friday, to @ieruk.bsky.social X @unionfreedom.bsky.social fringe, to the 'Big Meet' march and rally, we've done it all. Our movement is strongest when we unite together.
Adrian Weir of @ctufevents discusses the Durham Miners’ Gala & @tolpuddlefest.bsky.social, @andyburnham.bsky.social & his approach to trade union rights in this new article on the Labour Outlook website: labouroutlook.org/2026/07/08/b...
Burnham for union rights – or just burn ’em? - Labour Outlook
Adrian, Weir, Campaign for Trade Union Freedom, looks at whether Burnham will bring forward Labour's position on workers' rights - or let business interests take the reins.
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And thank you to our brilliant chair for the evening, @sarahwoolley1.bsky.social Have a great #BigMeeting everyone.
Adelina McLeod of @bma.org.uk talking about the exploitation of migrant workers in the NHS & the risks that workers face when challenging that exploitation - risking their jobs, their accommodation & immigration status. #IER #CTUF
In Durham, @gawainlittle.bsky.social of the @gftu.org.uk rams home the importance of the fight for the repeal of all anti-trade union legislation - including the ban on secondary action “You can’t legislate solidarity out of action!” he says. #IER #CTUF
In Durham, at the IER / CTUF Eve of Gala meeting, Sarah Kilpatrick of the NEU says: “We’re not here for nostalgia. We are here because the rights we’ve fought for are under ever-present threat.”
Lord John Hendy: how it is that a Labour government with such an enormous majority has not implemented the New Deal for Working People in full? In respect of the single status of workers, it has huge practical effects, esp with the sort of workers represented by the @adcunion.bsky.social #IER #CTUF
Sectoral collective bargaining is fundamental to the fight against low pay & insecurity & is one of the things a Labour govt could do to change the lives of public sector workers says @andreaegangs.bsky.social at the #IER #CTUF Eve of Gala meeting.
