Kwasi Kwarteng, the new Business Secretary, has scrapped a review of employment regulation which was under way before he was … Continue reading “Why has the government given up on labour market reform?”

The government’s response to the Taylor Review seems, thankfully, to have avoided serious changes to the status of gig economy … Continue reading “The ‘Quality Work’ agenda: beware unintended consequences”

The Women and Equalities Committee has just published a report calling for increased job protection for new mothers along German … Continue reading “Discrimination: don’t believe the media hype”

It is a constantly-reiterated view on the Left that the Conservatives are hell-bent on attacking employment rights and deregulating the … Continue reading “The myth of Britain’s ‘deregulated’ labour market”

On 27 April 2016, the JustShare group held a debate on the Trade Union Bill at St James’s church in … Continue reading “We need a new kind of trade unionism”

Under Margaret Thatcher and John Major, employment relations in the UK were completely overhauled. A series of legislative acts narrowed the … Continue reading “The Trade Union Bill is mostly pointless politicking”

George Osborne has recently taken to the cause of securing ‘full employment’. A crude analysis might suggest that this a … Continue reading “Should Osborne target ‘full employment’?”

Despite a remarkable reduction in employment tribunal claims, the system continues to throw up major problems for employers, with potentially … Continue reading “The perils of Britain’s incoherent employment regulations”

The UK’s labour market has performed much better since 2008 than many expected. It is clear that, compared with the … Continue reading “Employment regulation – more to come”