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As the Government announces their ‘Plan B’ measures, in the face of the Omincron variant, the IER has published a new report, by labour lawyer Kate Ewing, making a timely and powerful argument that attention should be on a Plan A for low paid workers who have to self-isolate, without adequate and reliable support.<br>
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In ‘A Just Share: The case for minimum wage reform’, she analyses three important recent employment law cases. These cases and the ongoing pandemic have laid bare some fundamental structural problems within various sectors, and in relation to the NMW framework specifically, which undermine worker protection and dignity.<br>
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Margaret Beels OBE appointed as new Director of Labour Market Enforcement.
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Justin Madders has been appointed Shadow Minister for Employment Rights and Protections
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The app-based private hire giant's business model is thrown into doubt by the judgement
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