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  • Zero Hours Contracts

    September 10, 2026 · 45 min

    A 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 arrangements now referred to as ‘zero-hours contracts’ have…

  • The Case of the Spanish Riders

    August 24, 2026 · 25 min

    For 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 responsible for their own risk. That era could now be over for…

  • The Fair Work Agency

    June 29, 2026 · 30 min

    In 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 'Rights and protections are only worth the paper they are written…

  • Fire and Rehire

    June 23, 2026 · 24 min

    Neil 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 third episode of Working Life. In this episode, we revisit…

  • The Right to Strike

    May 22, 2026 · 42 min

    In 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 at the University of Bristol Centre for Law at Work. She sits…

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  • The Working Life Podcast - by the Institute of Employment Rights

    February 5, 2026 · 28 min

    Welcome 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 implications of the Government's new Employment Rights Act…

  • Strike Rights: Are UK Workers Getting A Raw Deal?

    January 21, 2025 · 33 min

    "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 Hendy KC Without improved support for workers’ right to strike…

  • Does Labour's Employment Rights Bill Deliver on Sectoral Bargaining?

    January 10, 2025 · 30 min

    "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." - Lord John Hendy KC Will the Employment Rights Bill improve pay and conditions for…

  • Worker Status, Worker Rights: Closing The Gaps In The Employment Rights Bill

    November 20, 2024 · 31 min

    Will 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 Employment Rights Director James Harrison examines the gaps in…

  • Getting The Bill Right: Lessons From Legislation Past

    November 1, 2024 · 31 min

    How 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 conditions? Carolyn Jones, Senior Vice President of the…

  • The Employment Rights Bill: A New Era For Workers?

    October 24, 2024 · 33 min

    What 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 is joined by Lord John Hendy KC and Professor Keith Ewing to…

  • Welcome to the IER podcast!

    October 21, 2024 · 1 min

    The 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 of labour law resources with the help of a network of…

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About the show

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.