The IER Podcast
autor: The Institute of Employment Rights
Regulating to end Workplace Harassment
O tym podcaście
The IER is delighted to launch our new podcast. In this 6-part series, our labour law experts will be dissecting the new employment legislation brought forward by Sir Keir Starmer's Labour government.
As many of our readers will know, the IER have been informing the debate on improving and strengthening labour laws for workers over the last 30 years. This body of work (undertaken on a voluntary basis by our labour law academics and lawyers) provided the blueprint for Labour's green paper on employment rights, New Deal for Workers document, their National Policy Forum document, and now their 'Making Work Pay' proposals, which are being brought to life by the Government's proposed Employment Rights Bill. Join us, as our experts consider how the proposals in the Bill measure up, and as we highlight the pitfalls and the possibilities the Bill may pose for the UK's 33 million workers.
The IER Podcast is kindly supported by Thompsons Solicitors ( https://www.thompsonstradeunion.law/ ).
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- Regulating to end Workplace Harassment · 25 min · Sezon 3 Odcinek 2From the 30th October 2026, employers in the UK (excluding Northern Ireland) will be required to take all reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment, including harassment by…
- Zero Hours Contracts · 45 min · Sezon 3 Odcinek 1A flagship policy of the Starmer Government’s upgrade to workers’ rights was the promise to end the exploitative use of zero-hours contracts. Though these types of casual labour…
- The Case of the Spanish Riders · 25 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 5For over a decade, Spain's food delivery giants built their business on a the premise that riders were 'collaborators', self-employed and outside the reach of labour law, and…
- The Fair Work Agency · 30 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 4In accordance with the Employment Rights Act 2025 (ERA), a new Fair Work Agency (FWA) was launched on the 7 April 2026. The initial 'New Deal for Workers' (2021) said that…
- Fire and Rehire · 24 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 3Neil Todd, leading trade union law expert and Partner at Thompsons Solicitors and Carolyn Jones, Senior Vice President of the Institute of Employment Rights (IER), join us for…
- The Right to Strike · 42 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 2In the latest episode of ‘Working Life’, IER Chairperson Lord John Hendy KC discusses the right to strike in the UK with Professor Tonia Novitz, a leading academic in labour law…
- The Working Life Podcast - by the Institute of Employment Rights · 28 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 1Welcome to the new 2nd season of the Institute of Employment Rights Podcast. In this episode, Prof Nicola Countouris (UCL & IER) and Lord John Hendy KC (UCL & IER), discuss the…
- Strike Rights: Are UK Workers Getting A Raw Deal? · 33 min · Sezon 1 Odcinek 5"Having the right to strike doesn't mean you have to exercise it. The point is to have the right in order that workers ultimately have leverage in negotiations." - Lord John…
- Does Labour's Employment Rights Bill Deliver on Sectoral Bargaining? · 30 min · Sezon 1 Odcinek 4"This is the first realistic chance we've had to revise the industrial relations structure of this country since Mrs. Thatcher came to power in 1979." - John Hendy KC Will the…
- Fire and Rehire: Labour's Broken Promise? · 31 min · Sezon 1 Odcinek 6Unmasking the weaknesses in Labour's plan to tackle fire and rehire and zero-hours contracts. "This is not ending fire and rehire, this is facilitating fire and rehire."…
- Laws Fit For Workplace Equality · 34 min · Sezon 1 Odcinek 7"Having a Proactive duty on employers to keep their workplace free of sexual harassment is, in principle, a very good step forward. The way in which it's formulated is that the…
- Worker Status, Worker Rights: Closing The Gaps In The Employment Rights Bill · 31 min · Sezon 1 Odcinek 3Will the Employment Rights Bill 2024 pave the way to reform of employment status for workers? Or will it leave open a trap door for worker rights to fall through? Institute of…
- Getting The Bill Right: Lessons From Legislation Past · 31 min · Sezon 1 Odcinek 2How can the experience of prior legislation help get the best out of Labour's new Employment Rights Bill? And will the Care Sector be the new flag-bearer for improved terms and…
- The Employment Rights Bill: A New Era For Workers? · 33 min · Sezon 1 Odcinek 1What will Labour's new employment legislation bring for workers and trade unions? In this insightful episode, Carolyn Jones Vice President of the Institute of Employment Rights…
- Welcome to the IER podcast! · 1 min · Sezon 1 Odcinek 1The Institute of Employment Rights (IER) was established in 1989 to combat anti-trade union legislation enacted during the Thatcher era. It has since created an extensive library…
