[IER] Six days to the election; Six choices on workers' rights

Fri Jun 2 17:16:57 BST 2017

IER News Brief 02/06/17

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Friday 02nd June 2017

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With less than a week to go before the election, we have been busy comparing manifestos for their workers' rights offerings. Today, we launched this table of workers' rights policies <http://ier.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=9f48f7f2fc&e=71131c031b>  so you can see at a glance what you would receive under the three main parties.

For a more digested read, here are the main six choices on workers' rights that you need to consider over the next six days to the vote <http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=95427370be&e=71131c031b> .

Also on our Fact News hub <http://ier.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=79d1527768&e=71131c031b>  this week, we have updated our two most popular resources: Our Chronology of Labour Law 1979 - 2017 <http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=29a0284087&e=71131c031b>  and our Tory Timeline <http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=cb6465976d&e=71131c031b> , both of which now reflect how employment law has changed over the last seven years a Conservative Prime Minister has sat in Number 10.

Alex Just, our employment law specialist has also added to his Fact News video series with an analysis of the manifestos of the smaller parties <http://ier.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=a44fa965b3&e=71131c031b>  and a video roundup <http://ier.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=29065777d9&e=71131c031b>  of your choices when it comes to workers' rights this election.

For even more expert commentary on workers' rights in the runup to the election, check our News and Comment section below. 

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 News and comment

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	FACT NEWS: Six days to the election; Six choices on workers' rights
With six days to go until the General Election, we present six choices on workers' rights when you need to make when you decide who gets your vote.
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	FACT NEWS: What do the smaller parties offer workers?
The Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP), Plaid Cymru, The Green Party and UKIP were all given a platform at the BBC Debate. Here we look at their plans for workers' rights.
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	FACT NEWS: The Stakes: Employment Rights
Employment lawyer Alex Just explains what is at stake for workers' rights this election.
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	FACT NEWS: How would Labour's Manifesto pledges affect the everyday worker?
We provide an in-depth analysis of the Labour Party Manifesto policies on workers' rights and industrial relations.
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	COMMENT: The CLASS Take: The Conservative Workers’ Rights Proposals
Faiza Shaheen, Director of the CLASS thinktank, offers her analysis of the Conservative Party's workers' rights proposals.
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 FACT NEWS VIDEOS AND RESOURCES 

Six Days to Go; Six Choices on Workers' Rights

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SNP, Plaid Cymru, Green Party and UKIP Manifesto Analysis

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How the party manifestos compare in one glance

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Tory timeline

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Chronology of Labour Law 1979 - 2017

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	Labour Law Highlights 2016: £8
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This year’s Labour Law Highlights is produced against the backdrop of a Brexit vote in the UK and a Trump victory in the USA. It promises to be a bumpy ride ahead!
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	Health and Safety at Work Act: Time for Change: £10
By Phil James and David Walters
The world of work is changing. Fast. But the framework of law tasked with protecting the health, safety and well being of workers is now 50 years old and – according to the authors of this report – no longer fit for purpose. The authors put forth proposals for reform
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	Access to Justice: Exposing the myths: £6
By Andrew Moretta
In the second of IER’s series of Mythbusters, Andrew Moretta considers the many myths surrounding access to justice, including the narrative surrounding the “red tape” and “burdens on business” ideology, which he believes paved the way for systematic attacks on the tribunal system.
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	Protect the right to strike: kill the bill: £5
By John Hendy QC & Professor Keith Ewing
Two leading experts on trade union rights – Professor Keith Ewing and John Hendy QC – publish a short but comprehensive overview of the Trade Union Bill and its implications.
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	The Conservative Government’s proposed strike ballot thresholds: The challenge to trade unions: from £6
By Professor Ralph Darlington and Dr John Dobson
According to the authors of this timely report, the government is attempting to rush into law ‘the most sweeping and radical tightening of rules on industrial action since the Thatcher era of the 1980’s’. They warn that such proposals could result in ‘the biggest showdown over industrial relations for a generation’ and go on to drill down into one aspect of the government’s proposals – strike ballots.
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	The mythology of business: from £6
By David Whyte
The ‘myths’ that this publication takes into consideration are the kind of things that politicians now routinely say without thinking. Yet these 10 myths have very little foundation in reality and are rarely, if ever, accompanied with any concrete evidence to support them.
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