[IER] IER announces new Director

Fri Nov 5 15:44:31 GMT 2021

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The Institute of Employment Rights is pleased to announce that Ben Sellers, who has a wealth of knowledge and experience across the labour market and employment policy, will be taking on the role of IER Director later this month.

Carolyn Jones, who has directed the IER since its inception in 1989, will be stepping down from her role to enjoy a well-earned retirement after decades of service to the labour movement. She will, however, continue to have a presence on the IER’s Executive Commitee as Senior Vice-President and will doubtless remain a familiar face in the movement as a whole.

New Director, Ben Sellers, worked for the TUC between 2007 and 2011, first as a graduate of the Organising Academy and then as a project worker in their Northern Regional Office, on the ground-breaking Vulnerable Workers Project.

He has also worked as a trade union tutor, as a union organiser and as a social media co-ordinator for Union Solidarity International, alongside global union federations.

In 2011, he opened the People’s Bookshop in Durham and turned it into a hub for the labour movement, alongside Redhills, the Miners’ Hall.

In the 2015 Labour leadership campaign, Ben played a major role in helping to elect Jeremy Corbyn, leading his social media campaign. He also worked for Jeremy Corbyn during the 2017 General Election campaign, as part of the core Leader’s Office team.

After that election campaign, he became political advisor to Laura Pidcock, and worked on Labour’s manifesto commitment to create a Ministry of Employment Rights and a raft of transformative employment legislation in co-operation with the IER, the Labour leadership and trade unions.

Most recently, he worked as campaign manager for North of Tyne Mayor, Jamie Driscoll.

Ben will take his place in the IER team in November 2021 and is dedicated to furthering our influential work to improve trade union and workers’ rights across the UK.

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Responding to a call for evidence from the Ministry of Justice on the General Observations of the United Nations’ International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), Daniel Blackburn highlights the myriad ways in which the UK is breaching international law.

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WATCH: Employment Law Update 2021

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All the speeches and presentations given at our latest Employment Law Update 2021 conference.

Our experts focused on key cases during the pandemic in workplaces, how tribunals and the court system are currently operating, and how government changes to legislation have increased its powers to shift the balance of workplace rights.

Speakers

The event was chaired by our Director Carolyn Jones.

Rebecca Tuck QC, Old Square chambers – Employment law update overview 2021.

Jo Seery, Thompsons Solicitors – Uber

Rohan Pirani, Regional Employment Judge and CAC Duty Chair – Tribunals and courts: practice & procedures.

Paul Scholey, Morrish Solicitors – Cases from the plague year.

Professor Keith Ewing, IER – After Brexit: Trade and Co-operation Agreement, European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020, and Workers’ Rights.

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IER and Covid-19

Due to the rapid spread of the coronavirus disease and the need to keep our staff, supporters and speakers safe, IER is holding all events online until further notice.

IER staff will continue to work, but remotely from home. We will answer emails, produce publications and circulate our weekly News Briefs and other on-line information. However, phone calls to the office or mail sent by post will not receive immediate attention.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused and wish you all best wishes during this difficult time.

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