''A Manifesto for Labour Law: towards a comprehensive revision of workers’ rights'' (Institute of Employment Rights, 2016) is a set of reform proposals for
UK labour law
United Kingdom labour law regulates the relations between workers, employers and trade unions. People at work in the UK can rely upon a minimum charter of employment rights, which are found in Acts of Parliament, Regulations, common law and equit ...
, written by fifteen
labour rights
Labor rights or workers' rights are both legal rights and human rights relating to labor relations between workers and employers. These rights are codified in national and international labor and employment law. In general, these rights influen ...
experts in academia and legal practice from the UK, Europe and the Commonwealth. It is edited by
Keith D. Ewing,
John Hendy QC and Carolyn Jones. The ''Manifesto'' urges that to stop low productivity, rising inequality, stagnant low wages, and poor working conditions, there should be a shift toward sectoral collective bargaining, worker voice in
corporate governance
Corporate governance is defined, described or delineated in diverse ways, depending on the writer's purpose. Writers focused on a disciplinary interest or context (such as accounting, finance, law, or management) often adopt narrow definitions th ...
, and a renewed
Ministry of Labour
The Ministry of Labour ('' UK''), or Labor ('' US''), also known as the Department of Labour, or Labor, is a government department responsible for setting labour standards, labour dispute mechanisms, employment, workforce participation, training, a ...
with power to support democracy at work. In full, it lists 25 recommendations for reform.
Contents
*Chapter one - introduction
*Chapter two - the four pillars of collective bargaining
*Chapter three - making collective bargaining work
*Chapter four - improving statutory protection
*Chapter five - making rights work
*Chapter six - securing freedom of association
*Chapter seven - enhancing the right to strike
*Chapter eight - conclusion
*Principal recommendations
Significance
The ‘’Manifesto’’ has been reviewed in multiple blogs and journals,
[See E McGaughey, ‘A Twelve Point Plan for Labour, and A Manifesto for Labour Law’ (2017]
Industrial Law Journal (issue tbd)
an
International Centre for Trade Union Rights
endorsed by trade unions, and adopted by the opposition
Labour Party.
See also
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United Kingdom labour law
United Kingdom labour law regulates the relations between workers, employers and trade unions. People at work in the UK can rely upon a minimum charter of employment rights, which are found in Acts of Parliament, Regulations, common law and equit ...
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European labour law
European labour law regulates basic transnational standards of employment and partnership at work in the European Union and countries adhering to the European Convention on Human Rights. In setting regulatory floors to competition for job-creatin ...
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United States labor law
United States labor law sets the rights and duties for employees, Labor unions in the United States, labor unions, and employers in the United States. Labor law's basic aim is to remedy the "inequality of bargaining power" between employees and em ...
Notes
References
*E McGaughey, â
Twelve Point Plan for Labour, and A Manifesto for Labour Law€™ (2017
46(1) Industrial Law Journal 169International Centre for Trade Union Rights
External links
Manifesto on IER website
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Law reform in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom labour law