[IER] Easy guide to Labour's workers' rights proposals

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IER News Brief 05/05/17

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Friday 05th May 2017

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Our experts have this week begun a new series of articles called Fact News, in which we will be providing the background information on workers' rights proposals made in the run-up to the General Election.

This week, an easy to read guide to collective sectoral bargaining <http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=334343249e&e=71131c031b>  following Labour's announcement of the restoration of collective sectoral bargaining as a key policy.

Our Chair John Hendy QC and President Professor Keith Ewing explain how sectoral collective bargaining works and how it can be used to strengthen workers' rights.

Next week, they will move on to a more detailed look at the purposes and benefits of sectoral collective bargaining.

In our other blog this week, we republish an abridged version <http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=9ec929cca4&e=71131c031b>  of Professor Gregor Gall's latest piece for the Jimmy Reid Foundation on the implementation of the Institute of Employment Rights' Manifesto for Labour Law <http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=729ad8d185&e=71131c031b>  in Scotland.

If you missed it earlier this week, our whistleblowing expert Catherine Hobby has also responded to a call for evidence from the Law Commission on proposals to change the Official Secrets Act. Catherine explains how reform must protect the rights of workers who need to blow the whistle <http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=59303b1957&e=71131c031b> .

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	FACT NEWS: What is Sectoral Collective Bargaining?
The Labour Party has identified the restoration of Sectoral Collective Bargaining as a key element in its proposals for new laws at work. Our chair John Hendy QC and President Professor Keith Ewing explain how sectoral collective bargaining affects workers.
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	COMMENT: A Manifesto for Labour Law: what would it look like in Scotland?
In this abridged version of an article originally published by the Jimmy Reid Foundation, Professor Gregor Gall describes the Institute of Employment Rights' Manifesto for Labour Law and discusses its implementation in Scotland.
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