[IER] Election Day Special: The major parties on workers' rights

Thu Jun 8 07:07:26 BST 2017

IER News Brief 08/06/17

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As the electorate go out to vote today, we pull together all the content on our Fact News Hub <http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=dabcc06cf3&e=71131c031b> : comparing party manifestos on workers' rights and putting forth our own recommendations for the next government.

Workers' rights has been a key political battleground this year after the emergence of the controversial "gig" economy, and exposes revealing poor working conditions at the warehouses and distribution centres of household names like Sports Direct, Amazon and JD Sports.

What's more, there have been repeated reports of squeezed incomes across the UK, backed up this week by further evidence from the LSE of an  <http://ier.us12.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=feb4c9326f&e=71131c031b> "unprecedented" decline in living standards, as well as OECD figures showing the UK has seen the worst fall in real wages in the developed world <http://ier.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=52de4a39cf&e=71131c031b> , and GMB research revealing one in three workers are in insecure work <http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=9f64494c91&e=71131c031b> 

But the question is, which party will best serve these workers in the future? 129 economists and other experts backed the Labour Party <http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=0d094bd40c&e=71131c031b>  this week, while our experts have been comparing the workers' rights proposals put forth by each party. Check out our coverage below for a detailed look at the pledges of each party. 

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 Comparing the parties

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	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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	7 employment rights you have lost under a Tory PM
Employment law specialist Alex Just counts down the major employment rights the UK's 31 million workers have lost during the last seven years of a Tory being in Number 10.
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	What are the facts around Theresa May's "new deal for workers"?
The IER looks behind the spin to analyse what the Tories might really mean by each of their new working rights proposals.
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	What will (and won't) the Lib Dems do for workers?
Workers’ rights are a key policy battleground this election and here at the Institute of Employment Rights’ Fact News Hub, we’re giving you the lowdown on different party’s manifesto pledges on the topic.
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	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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	Six choices on workers' rights
We present six choices on workers' rights you need to make when you decide who gets your vote.
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	The Stakes: Employment Rights
Employment lawyer Alex Just explains what is at stake for workers' rights this election.
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	COMMENT: Strong and stable economy? Forgotten macroeconomics in the manifesto debate
Economist Özlem Onaran analyses the expected impact of both Conservative and Labour Party manifesto pledges on the UK’s economic productivity – a key issue this election, as the nation’s productivity gap with its major G7 competitors is now at its widest point on record.
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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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	COMMENT: Can Theresa May Be Taken At Her Word? The Case Of Worker Directors
Gregor Gall, Professor of Industrial Relations at the University of Bradford, takes a more detailed look at the Tory proposal for workers on company boards.
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 Miguel Martinez Lucio <https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/d148e294-75c5-4ecc-9d89-06596f32d07d.png> 

	COMMENT: The Tory manifesto and the absence of voice
Miguel Martinez Lucio, Professor of International HRM & Comparative Industrial Relations at the University of Manchester, analyses the Conservative Party manifesto insofar as it falls short of providing democracy to workers.
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	COMMENT: What should the political parties be offering whistleblowers at work?
Dave Lewis, Professor Employment Law at Middlesex University and a whistleblowing expert looks at what is needed to strengthen the rights of whistleblowers and therefore the safety of workers and public alike.
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 IER Manifesto recommendations

 Reclaiming our Rights <https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/2d70c65f-01bf-486d-b4a8-6be3c40a6a55.jpg> 

	This is how we can properly protect the health and safety of workers
Professors Phil James, David Walters, David Whyte and Steve Tombs putforth detailed recommendations for the reform of health and safety law they developed as part of our Manifesto for Labour Law project.
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	How we can achieve universal rights for workers
Sonia McKay, Professor of European Socio-Legal Studies at the Working Lives Research Institute, London Metropolitan University, offers five policy proposals on how to ensure universality of rights among workers.
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	Eight ways to raise pay and protect us from over or under-work
Alan Bogg, Professor of Labour Law at the University of Oxford, offers eight proposals on how we can improve pay and hours for vulnerable workers.
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	Improving Enforcement of Workers’ Rights
Both the Labour Party and Liberal Democrats have included in their Manifestos a promise to scrap Employment Tribunal (ET) fees. But what has been the impact of the fees and how can the enforcement of workers' rights be improved? Professor Michael Ford QC puts forward some recommendations.
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 Giving Workers' a Voice <https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/59e2a574-1835-421f-a8e4-b0cdae234537.jpg> 

	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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	The Purposes and Benefits of 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. But what benefits will it bring?
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 FACT NEWS VIDEOS AND RESOURCES 

Alex Just analyses party manifestos - the full playlist

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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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