[IER] Study shows how IER proposals could improve race equality

Fri Apr 12 11:55:34 BST 2019

IER News Brief 12/04/19

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New research from the TUC <https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=421133b36c&e=71131c031b>  has revealed how implementing proposals from the Institute of Employment Rights' Manifesto for Labour Law could improve race equality.

The organisation's analysis of figures from the Office for National Statistics' Labour Force Survey found that black, Asian and minority ethnic workers are a third more likely to become trapped in insecure work than their white counterparts.

Furthermore, black and Asian workers are twice as likely to report that the number of hours of work they are able to get does not cover their living costs.

In response, the TUC echoed two recommendations from the IER's Manifesto for Labour Law - to ensure all workers have a minimum number of guaranteed hours; and to introduce race pay gap reporting.

In Rolling out the Manifesto for Labour Law <https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=a77c11b073&e=71131c031b> , authored by 26 leading academics and lawyers, it is proposed that zero-hours contracts are replaced by Defined Hours Contracts, which prescribe a minimum number of guaranteed hours plus a percentage (up to 20%) of additional hours paid at a higher rate.

Further, our experts recommend that the requirement for companies with 250 staff or more to publish an annual gender pay gap report is extended to employers of 50 or more and to cover race and disability as well as sex.

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	BAME workers a third more likely to be "trapped" in insecure work, study shows 
Black, Asian and ethnic minority workers are a third more likely to become "trapped" in insecure work, a new TUC study has found. 
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In a year that Parliament has been tied up in its efforts to strike a deal on leaving the EU, developments in labour law have fallen largely to the Courts in 2018/19, where rulings have gone some way to clarify existing legislation and to shape an understanding of complex areas of employment law like employment status.

In this popular annual update to case law, the IER’s regular team of barristers at Old Square Chambers guides readers through key decisions in the last year that may prove instructive to trade unions and potential claimants as to the likely approach of Judges to forthcoming cases.

The authors cover a wide range of issues including trade union rights, pay and terms of employment, whistleblowing, TUPE, unfair dismissal, discrimination and the application of equality law. 
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Up until now, criticism of Universal Credit has largely focused on how long delays and sanctions are forcing recipients into poverty and debt. Less attention has been given to how the Welfare State interacts with the labour market to influence employment patterns. In this book, Keith Puttick examines the work-welfare interface through time, highlighting how changes in attitude and policy around the benefits system has had a deleterious effect on labour standards in the workplace.

While increased pressure on jobseekers to find work – regardless of quality – incentivises the creation of low-hours, low-pay mini-jobs; the proliferation of work that cannot meet the needs of workers generates further reliance on the Welfare State, thus creating a vicious cycle that prevents low-paid workers from progressing.

The author concludes that in order to create an effective Welfare State, we must first overcome the shortcomings of the current system of labour rights. Drawing upon the IER’s influential Manifesto for Labour Law, he recommends the rollout of sectoral collective bargaining and stronger equality laws to encourage the creation of higher-paid, higher-quality work and improve its accessibility to all, thereby providing opportunities for those currently stuck in the benefits trap to become financially secure. 
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