Workers Can Win: an interview with Ian Allinson
GMLC interviewed Ian Allinson, author of upcoming book Workers Can Win: A Guide to Organising At Work. The book intends to offer practical support for workers to get involved with…
Struggles facing litigants in person: John’s story
With the majority of areas of employment law now ‘out of scope’ for legal aid, meaning employees cannot access free advice and representation for most types of employment case, many…
Why Judicial Review needs to be protected
Judicial review is a key form of legal claim that enables people to challenge unfair government policies or breaches of human rights. This government’s Judicial Review Bill is an attack…
APPG’s Long Covid report and findings: do they go far enough?
On 30 November 2021, GMLC gave expert evidence on Long Covid, employment and welfare rights to the APPG on Coronavirus. Latest estimates suggest 1.5m people in the UK are living…
Guidance on keeping workplaces safe from Covid from March 2022
From 1 April 2022, many of the measures designed to control the spread of Covid across England will be removed. Despite this, Covid continues to exist, and in addition to…
GMLC accredited by Zero Hours Justice campaign
Greater Manchester Law Centre (GMLC) has now been accredited as a No Zero Hours Employer. This is in recognition of the fact that we do not employ any of our…
“You’re constantly worrying about losing your job”
Employers are legally obliged to provide reasonable adjustments for employees with a disability that meets legal criteria, including medium to long-term mental health conditions. Many of the people who call…
GMLC gives evidence on Long Covid to the APPG on Coronavirus
On Tuesday 30 November, Greater Manchester Law Centre gave expert evidence on Long Covid, employment and welfare rights to an All-Party Parliamentary Group, the APPG on Coronavirus. We gave evidence…
Fighting for our Rights after Covid: GMLC AGM 2021 Report
On 23 November at 6pm, GMLC conducted its first ever hybrid Annual General Meeting, with over 55 attendees spread across the event in person and online. We set up a…
Does Living Wage Week help us deliver employment rights?
Above: graphs from the IPPR report ‘No Longer Managing’, showing increases in the likelihood of poverty in working households and the dramatic rise in housing costs for poor households since…