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Institute of Employment Rights appoints new director
A NATIONAL organisation that works to improve workers’ rights in Britain has appointed a new director.
James Harrison, a former representative for Civil Service union PCS in the UK Border Agency and later the Passport Office, will head the independent Institute of Employment Rights (IER).
He joined the IER in 2015 as national co-ordinator and became assistant director in 2021 and worked closely with previous directors Cad Jones and Ben Sellers.
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