Employment Law Review
Thompsons’ Employment Law Review is recognised as an authoritative source of comment and discussion from our trade union law specialists. Available to read here, and also via a weekly email bulletin, the Employment Law Review offers considerable insight into the latest issues affecting trade unions and their members.
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Employment rights
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 680
Workers need more protection
Vulnerable workers who require protection from being exploited are even more at risk as a result of the recent health pandemic, according to a recent report.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 660
Outdated skills
Research has found that more than a third of UK workers have received very little coaching over the last five years to bring their levels of expertise up to date.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 652
Protect workers’ rights
Following the election last year, a survey has found that most of those who voted wanted workplace rights to not just be protected but also to be improved.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 639
Enforcing workers’ rights
Research into the legal entitlements of workers found that older and younger workers in particular may not receive the correct pay or the correct annual leave.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 637
New collective rights needed
The umbrella body for trade unions has recommended that the government gives workers greater rights to negotiate together on the basis that everyone benefits.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 630
Labour market enforcment body
A new agency has been proposed which would bring together a number of different workers’ rights within a single framework making it simpler to bring claims.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 616
Payslips for all
The government has announced that all workers (as opposed to just employees) now have the right to receive a statement setting out their pay and hours worked.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 602
Good work plan
The government has set out a plan to reform employment legislation which it claims will result in a major improvement in workers’ rights and a fairer system.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 570
Enforcement of pay and rights
A new report has called for a range of steps to be taken to stop employers from taking advantage of their employees and calling for more workplace rights.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 565
Shifting the risk
A study has highlighted the lack of employment rights of workers contracted to work by sub-contractors, who cannot then bring claims against the main company.
Employment rights
Weekly issue 557
Responding to Taylor
The government has promised in its response to a review of employment practices issued last year that it will improve a number of different employment rights.
Employment rights
Weekly issue 552
Membership and activities
The law prohibits employers from denying someone a job because they a member of a trade union, which includes being active in relation to that membership.