[IER] PRESALE: Access to justice in employment disputes: surveying the terrain

[Sarah Glenister]

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Access to justice in employment disputes: surveying the terrain

The Institute of Employment Rights, the thinktank for the labour movement,
has announced the launch of its much-anticipated publication
<http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/access-justice-employment-disputes-surve
ying-terrain> Access to Justice cover.jpgexploring and critiquing the
Coalition's employment tribunal reforms. The book goes on presale today (18
April 2013) and will be published on May 1st, when workers around the world
celebrate May Day.

 

 
<http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/access-justice-employment-disputes-surve
ying-terrain> Access to justice in employment disputes: surveying the
terrain brings together the voices and ideas of some of the UK's top experts
in labour law, including John Hendy QC, Chair of the IER and go-to lawyer
for all major trade union cases; and Professor Linda Dickens MBE, Emeritus
Professor of Industrial Relations at the University of Warwick and
Independent Member of Acas. The publication consists of five papers, one
penned by Hendy and four by fellow lawyers, academics and experienced
mediators.

 

The publication is being launched as part of an ongoing project by editors
Nicole Busby, Director of the Centre of Employment and Labour Law Studies at
Strathclyde University; Dr Morag McDermont of the University of Bristol Law
School; and sociologists Dr Emily Rose and Adam Sales. This project, New
Sites of Legal Consciousness: Citizens Advice Bureaux (CAB) and Employment
Disputes, began in April 2012 and will run for two and a half years. It is
funded by the European Research Council and focuses on how clients of the
CAB make decisions as to whether to pursue a dispute through an employment
tribunal, choose an alternative option, or take no action at all.

 

During 2010/11, the CAB advised on 500,000 employment issues, and many of
these clients are likely to have used this free service because they are not
represented by trade unions and do not have the resources to access private
legal help and guidance - the very group the Coalition's reforms to Legal
Aid and Employment Tribunals will hit the hardest.

 

"Collectively, the papers represent a cohesive and compelling argument
against the current law and policy reform agenda, at least for those of us
concerned with the vital issues of access to justice for all workers and in
particular those without adequate resources - both financial and in terms of
other forms of social and economic capital - to utilise the current
provisions effectively," the editors said.

 

The team also provide recommendations for future steps, in terms of
research, policy changes and grassroots action.

 

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Notes for editors:

 

About the IER

The Institute of Employment Rights is a think tank for the labour movement
and a charity. We exist to inform the debate around trade union rights and
labour law by providing information, critical analysis, and policy ideas
through our network of academics, researchers and lawyers.

We were established in February 1989 as an independent organisation to act
as a focal point for the spread of new ideas in the field of labour law. In
1994 the Institute became a registered charity.

About the publication

More information about the publication can be found
<http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/access-justice-employment-disputes-surve
ying-terrain> here and an order form for the booklet can be found
<http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/Access%20to%20justice%20in%20e
mployment%20disputes%20order%20form_0.pdf> here.

 

Contact

Director of the IER Carolyn Jones on  <mailto:cad at ier.org.uk> cad at ier.org.uk
or 0151 207 5265 for further information and for interviews with the authors

 

 

Sarah Glenister

IT Development and Communications Assistant

Institute of Employment Rights

4th Floor, Jack Jones House, 1 Islington, Liverpool, L3 8EG

0151 207 5265

 

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