[IER] Shadow BEIS Sec promises day one rights, the end of the TUA, & Ministry of Labour at IER Fringe

Fri Sep 29 17:42:19 BST 2017

IER News Brief 29/09/17

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Friday 29th September 2017

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Many thanks to everyone who attended our fringe on Monday 26 September 2017 at the Labour Party Conference, at which Shadow Business Secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey vowed <http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=7c99397656&e=71131c031b>  that the next Labour government will provide workers with all their rights from day one, will abolish the Trade Union Act 2016, and will establish a Ministry of Labour.

She was joined on stage by Labour Party Chair Ian Lavery, Unite General Secretary Len McCluskey, IER Chair John Hendy QC and Professor Keith Ewing, President of the IER.

Rebecca Long-Bailey welcomed the IER's Manifesto for Labour Law <http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=5dc74ffbd2&e=71131c031b>  - 25 recommendations for the reform drafted by 15 of the UK's top lawyers and academics - on which some of the Labour Party's manifesto promises were based.

She particularly pointed to the IER proposals to create a universal employment status that provides day one rights for all workers, the re-establishment of a Ministry of Labour, and the abolition of the Trade Union Act, which she vowed to take forward.

In addition, she stated that Labour will create a new legal expert commission on employment status, explaining that reforms like these are desperately needed because in today's precarious labour market, only the secure feel able to take risks.

This comes after Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell said <http://ier.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=fa36e5d47a&e=71131c031b>  in a statement for the IER/CTUF Fringe at TUC Congress last week that the Manifesto for Labour Law is being taken forward by the Labour Party as "the basis for our implementation manual in this field".

He also confirmed that Labour is currently working on detailed plans for a new Ministry of Labour, which he said "will be charged with spearheading the legislative programme to establish firm employment rights once again in this country and the return of effective collective bargaining".

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