Our annual fringe meeting alongside @TUCGinfo during Labour Party Conference is next Tuesday (30th Sept). Trade union leaders, politicians and activists will be talking about tackling the rise of Reform UK. Great speakers lined up (details below) - come along, join the discussion. #LAB25

The eagerly anticipated Employment Rights Bill: hope v reality. Employment lawyer Alice Bowman warns ‘day one rights’ include an undefined ‘initial period’ and the zero-hours contract fixes create baffling fixed-term loopholes: morningstaronline.co.uk/article/eage...

LAST CHANCE: applications close this Thursday for our Trade Union Certificate in Labour Law, run by @gftu.org.uk , and Birkbeck University of London . This is a fantastic opportunity to learn about labour law, its development and uses from leading experts. Sign up here: gftuet.org.uk/courses/empo...

Last week, the House of Commons voted down Lords amendments to the Employment Rights Bill. What happens next? The Bill now returns to the Lords to consider the governments reasons for their rejection. This is what’s known as ‘ping pong’. Details here: www.ier.org.uk/news/mps-vot...

Health unions jointly refuse to participate with ‘defunct’ NHS Pay Review Body. ‘Best way to deliver reform and a fair pay award is for government to negotiate directly with trade unions,’ the RCN says: morningstaronline.co.uk/article/heal...

Starmer urged to make ‘populist case’ for workers’ rights reforms. Huge survey reveals employment rights policies are popular with public despite many not knowing about the Employment Rights Bill: www.theguardian.com/law/2025/sep...

MPs reject Lords amendments to the ERB, but ex Employment Rights Minister, Justin Madders, warned of 'plenty of opportunities for those who do not want to see workers’ rights improved to chip away at the strong baseline that the Bill represents' www.ier.org.uk/news/mps-vot...

New research from the NAHT shows a gender pay gap at every level of school leadership. Women headteachers aged 60 earn over £15,000 less their male counterparts. Full story: www.ier.org.uk/news/naht-an...

Labour MP for Clapham & Brixton, Bell Ribeiro-Addy makes the call for a Second Employment Rights Bill. “Working people did not vote for half-measures or delayed change. To complete the task, Labour must commit to a Second Employment Rights Bill.” www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

Watering down Employment Rights Bill would threaten ‘once in a generation’ chance to close gender pay gap, ministers warned: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

At #TUC2025, the Institute of Employment Rights and Campaign for Trade Union Freedom held a fringe event highlighting the shortcomings of the Government’s Employment Rights Bill, writes Ben Hayes in Labour Outlook. labouroutlook.org/2025/09/11/t...

As TUC Congress 2025 draws to a close, Prof Phil Taylor - author of the new IER, CSEU & Alex Ferry Foundation report, ‘Winning on Working Time’ blogs on the ‘unfinished business’ of the ‘Drive for 35’ & the reduction of working time: www.ier.org.uk/comments/the...

TUC general secretary Paul Nowak pictured with James, our new member of staff, at the IER stall yesterday. We’ve had a huge number of delegates visit us over the course of #TUC2025. If you haven’t yet visited, please come down this morning, check out our publications & sign up.

RMT leader Eddie Dempsey told the IER’s Sunday evening meeting, “We support a second employment rights Bill, but I’m now less clear whether we’re going to get the original Bill at all.” Report on our #TUC2025 fringe from the Morning Star: morningstaronline.co.uk/article/fear...

Labour’s watered-down legislation won’t protect us from unfair dismissal or ban some zero-hours contracts until 2027 - leaving millions of young people vulnerable to the populist right’s appeal, warns TUC young workers chair Fraser McGuire #TUC2025 👉 morningstaronline.co.uk/article/empl...

There’s lots going on at @The_TUC Congress this morning, but if you can find the time, please come over to the IER stall for a chat about all things employment rights, or pick up one of our publications. You’ll find us at stall 31 - as indicated on the map below. #TUC2025

Labour must not allow unelected members of the upper house to erode a single provision of the Employment Rights Bill, argues Andy McDonald MP in the Morning Star. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/dont...

Lord John Hendy KC, writing in Labour Outlook: “The Employment Rights Bill … is a pale shadow of the New Deal & fails to address the power imbalance imposed by the Thatcher legislation. A second Bill is therefore needed to deal with the omissions.” #TUC2025 labouroutlook.org/2025/09/07/l...

👋 Heading to Congress? You’ll find us at Stall 31 - marked with a red circle on the map below. Come say hi —-we’re looking forward to meeting as many of you as possible!

The IER team will be providing live coverage of key debates and motions throughout the week- if you want to stay on top of all things employment rights at the TUC, keep an eye on our socials! #TUC2025

@ieruk.bsky.social ‘s James Harrison in advance of the @tuc.org.uk Congress calling for a stronger Employment Rights Bill labouroutlook.org/2025/09/05/e... @labouroutlook.bsky.social

Following the @ieruk.bsky.social/ @unionfreedom.bsky.social fringe, join us for our big congress social. Fish and chips on the pier 🐟🍟 🗓️7 September 🕣8.30pm till late 📍Horatios, Brighton Palace Pier Sponsored by Morrish 6/9

The Employment Rights Bill doesn’t do enough: “the central demand – for a restoration of sectoral collective bargaining – ought not to be lost.” writes IER Director James Harrison in this pre #TUC2025 piece on Labour Outlook: labouroutlook.org/2025/09/05/e...

‘All the power is with the employer’: why zero-hours workers welcome Labour’s rights bill. Critics of the legislation want the government to water it down, but for many employees change can’t come too soon. Richard Partington reports in the @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... 1/2

Join us at TUC Congress for our fringe meeting looking forward to an Employment Rights Bill #2. The IER / Campaign for Trade Union Freedom fringe Congress is always an important event, not to be missed and this year is no different. Make sure it’s in your diary if you’re heading to Brighton.

📺 Watch Lord John Hendy KC, on why you should register for our new joint certificate in labour law and the labour movement with @ieruk.bsky.social and Birkbeck, University of London. Book your place: bit.ly/EmpoweringWorkers #LabourLaw #EmploymentRightsBill #RightToStrike #Organising #Workers

🌊GFTU Social at Congress 2025🌊 Fish and chips on the pier 🐟🍟 🗓️7 September 🕣8.30pm till late 📍Horatios, Brighton Palace Pier Sponsored by Morrish Follows the @ieruk.bsky.social fringe event in the same venue beforehand. Bring your delegations🚩 #TUC2025 #Congress2025

Are you going to the @tuc.org.uk Congress next month? If yes, check out this fringe meeting organised by Campaign and the @ieruk.bsky.social Sunday 7 September, 6:00 pm on the Palace Pier. Strengthen the Employment Rights Bill, introduce an Employment Rights #2 Bill in this Parliament.

Tutor announcement 🚨| Meirian Jump, Marx Memorial Libary, will be a part of our Empowering Workers a trade union certificate in labour law and the labour movement with @ieruk.bsky.social. 4 modules | 9 October 2025- 7 July 2026 Accredited by Birkbeck Register here: bit.ly/EmpoweringWo...

Going to TUC Congress? Don’t miss our joint fringe meeting with the Campaign for Trade Union Freedom on Sun 7th September: ‘Finishing the Job - Forward to Employment Rights Bill #2’, with Ruth Dukes, Eddie Dempsey, Fran Heathcote, Sarah Woolley & Nicola Countouris. 6pm, Brighton Palace Pier BN2 1TW.

Turning up the heat on workplace safety – lessons from the TUC’s week of action Report on the TUC’s Inspections Week of Action on Workplace Temperatures - by Shelly Asquith. www.ier.org.uk/news/turning...

Unions & women’s groups hail flagship workers’ rights bill: Employment Rights Bill described as a "significant step forward for equality at work”. www.ier.org.uk/news/unions-...

We are delighted to be working in tandem with the @gftu.org.uk to deliver a brand new course, 'Empowering Workers: a Trade Union Certificate in Labour Law and the Labour Movement', accredited by Birbeck University, London. Details & registration here: gftuet.org.uk/courses/empo...

Research exposes structural exploitation of migrant workers in UK domestic and food delivery sectors: University of Birmingham report documents the lived experiences of migrant workers experiencing legal vulnerability in the UK: www.ier.org.uk/news/researc...

Obstruction on the line: Employment Rights Bill delayed by peers’ amendments - blog by @tuc.org.uk’s Tim Sharp: “If retained in the Bill some of these amendments would seriously undermine the legislation and allow bad employers to exploit their staff.” www.tuc.org.uk/blogs/obstru...

Doctors have the same right to strike as any other worker. A Conservative policy stripping that right away rather than fixing the root of the problem, could risk breaching international obligations. www.ier.org.uk/news/conserv...

Dangerous Heat Waves Are a Workers’ Rights Issue. As temperatures rise, there remains a glaring gap in the government’s employment rights legislation: provisions to ensure worker safety in very hot weather, say Phil Jones & Liam Mullally in @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social. jacobin.com/2025/07/uk-h...

The Conservatives and Lib Dems attempted to strip the Employment Rights Bill of its most vital protections in the Lords. As it returns to the Commons, the Government must restore and defend these long-overdue workers’ rights- says the TUC. Read more here: www.ier.org.uk/news/tuc-tel...

8 reasons why we need sectoral collective bargaining:

USDAW's Paddy Lillis calls on the Government to reverse a series of Tory/Lib Dem amendments that erode key measures introduced by the Employment Rights Bill. www.ier.org.uk/news/tories-...

Peers voted to approve a Tory/Lib Dem amendment to the ERB during Report Stage, replacing the obligation on employers to offer guaranteed hours with a mere right for employees to request them. www.ier.org.uk/news/lords-p...

Asst Secretary of Campaign for Trade Union Freedom, Carolyn Jones, presenting a solidarity cash donation to Mike Masters of Birmingham bin strikers at fringe meeting on Friday evening in Durham. @ieruk.bsky.social @peoplesassembly.bsky.social

The Employment Rights Bill leaves trade unions heavily regulated, most workers without collective bargaining coverage & fails to tackle the balance of power that enables constant mutation of bad practice, write Prof Keith Ewing & John Hendy KC. #Tolpuddle morningstaronline.co.uk/article/empl...

“We can never sit back and expect a Government, even a Labour Government, to do this job for us, it will always be down to the trade union movement” - Fran Heathcote, General Secretary of @pcsunion.bsky.social speaking at our Miners’ Gala fringe event last week.

Great to have Martin Cavanagh at our meeting tonight, representing The People's Assembly. Martin has been a fantastic advocate for a comprehensive Employment Rights Bill. Join us at Redhills Durham at 6 today for an ideal start to the #BigMeeting weekend. Details: www.ier.org.uk/events/finis...

We’re delighted that Birmingham Bin Striker, Mike Masters, will be joining our Eve of Durham Miners’ Gala fringe tonight at Redhills. The dispute has been very significant in terms of industrial relations and, as Mike says, shapes the future. See you there: www.ier.org.uk/events/finis...

“We need to finish the job. An Employment Rights Bill 2 isn’t just the next step - it’s the right one”. Join Sarah Woolley at our joint Eve of Durham Miners' Gala fringe meeting at Redhills Durham tomorrow evening - with The People's Assembly & CTUF. Details 👉 www.ier.org.uk/events/finis...

Reminder that our pre-gala fringe event is this Friday- our speakers will be discussing building towards a second Employment Rights Bill. If you're looking for full details pop over to our event page and let us know you'll be coming fb.me/e/6qz65mH6j

If you’re heading up to Durham this weekend for the brilliant Durham Miners' Gala, put this in your diary for Friday night (6pm, at Redhills Durham). PCS general sec Fran Heathcote will be there, arguing for an Employment Rights Bill #2. Join us: www.ier.org.uk/events/finis...

Join us at the Durham Miners' Gala, which is - as John Hendy says - the highlight of the labour movement calendar in the UK. John will be offering his analysis of the Employment Rights Bill at our Eve of Gala Rally at Redhills Durham at 6pm this Friday, the 11th July. Not to be missed.