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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=186 height=141 src="cid:image001.jpg@01CD17E4.35069AA0" align=left hspace=12 v:shapes="_x0000_s1026"><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Health and safety legislation is still under threat<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Don’t be left out of the conversation<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Professor Ragnar Lofstedt</span></b> - author of 2011’s Lofstedt Review - will be taking <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>questions on his crucial report at a key one-day conference organised by the Institute of Employment Rights (IER).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Lofs<span style='color:#1F497D'>t</span>edt says there are no benefits to significant cuts to regulatory<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span>legislation, but his words have since been “misused” for political gain<span style='color:#1F497D'>. T</span>he rules protecting <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Britain’s workers remain vulnerable to the coalition’s axe, <a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/l%C3%B6fstedt-review-health-and-safety-critical-evaluation"><span style='color:windowtext'>as warned in a recent IER briefing</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This is a <b>rare chance</b> to grill the academic behind last year’s consultation, as well as <b>MP Andrew Miller</b>, who sat on Lofstedt’s advisory panel.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Joining the programme are <b>several leading experts</b> in health and safety law, including:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Hugh Robertson, TUC Senior Policy Officer for Health and Safety <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Daniel Shears, GMB National Health and Safety Officer<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Professor Andrew Watterson of the University of Stirling<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>David Whyte of the University of Liverpool<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Hilda Palmer of Hazards Campaign<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Steve Cottingham<span style='color:#1F497D'> of</span> O H Parsons Solicitors<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Reviewing Lofstedt: What now for health and safety at work?</b> will be held on Wednesday May 9<sup>th</sup> at NUT Hamilton House, London.<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal> <a href="https://secure.gn.apc.org/ier/ledger.php?it=Reviewing_Lofstedt_London_2012=£90"><span style='color:windowtext'>Book now</span></a> to avoid disappointment<span style='color:#1F497D'>. </span>See below for further details.<o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=416 valign=bottom style='width:11.0cm;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><h2><span lang=EN style='font-size:14.0pt'>Reviewing Lofstedt: what now for health and safety at work? London</span><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><h2 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Wednesday 09 May 2012<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A one day conference</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span class=caps><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>NUT</span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Hamilton House, London</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=321 style='width:241.0pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_1" o:spid="_x0000_s1027" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Lofstedt%20London%20%209-5-12.img_assist_custom.png" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:210pt;height:258.75pt;z-index:251662336;mso-position-horizontal:left;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:top;mso-position-vertical-relative:line;mso-width-relative:page;mso-height-relative:page' o:allowoverlap="f">
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There was a call for evidence in July 2011, and ‘Reclaiming health and safety for all: an independent review of health and safety legislation’ was published in October 2011. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The report made a number of recommendations including simplifying the Approved Codes of Practice, and reviewing and consolidating a number of sector-specific regulations. A timetable of further tasks has now been put into place including plans to revoke regulations deemed to be ‘unnecessary’.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Although the world of work has certainly changed since the introduction of the Health and Safety at Work Act, 1974 there is no reason to believe that the level of risk has diminished. The types of risks faced by workers and the gross numbers of injuries, illnesses and fatalities reported remain unacceptable in a civilized society. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In its response to the Löfstedt Review, three <span class=caps>IER</span> experts commented “While the government had implied a thoroughgoing undermining of health and safety law as a bureaucratic brake on business activity, the Review suggests no such thing. In fact, it largely endorses the current regulatory framework for health and safety and consequently does not appear to represent an explicit attempt to weaken its foundations”. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The questions are, will the recent review of health and safety and the report it generated, help to reduce accidents and injuries at work? What recommendations does the Löfstedt report make and will those recommendations help develop or dismantle the UK’s health and safety regime? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This conference will provide opportunities to look at the findings and recommendations of the Löfstedt review and discuss them with the Report’s author – Professor Löfstedt and hear expert opinion and analysis from trade unionists and lawyers<o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Cost<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>£75 Subscribers and members<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>£90 trade unions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>£220 Commercial<o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></h2><h2 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Location<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span class=caps><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>NUT</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Hamilton House<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Mabledon Place<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span class=caps><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>LONDON</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>WC1H 9BD<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Complete and return the </span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#763B6A'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/Booking%20Form%20Reveiwing%20Lofstedt%209-5-2012_0.doc"><span style='color:#763B6A'>attached booking form</span></a></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> or<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#763B6A'><a href="https://secure.gn.apc.org/ier/ledger.php?it=Reviewing_Lofstedt_London_2012=£90"><span style='color:#763B6A'>Book and pay for your place online now</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=321 valign=top style='width:241.0pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><h2><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Speakers<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Prof Ragnar Lofstedt</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><i>Keynote Speech</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>David Whyte, Liverpool University</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><i>A critical evaluation</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Steve Cottingham, O H Parsons Solicitors</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><i>Experiences from the Construction Industry</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hugh Robertson, <span class=caps>TUC</span> Senior Policy Officer for Health and Safety</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><i>Beyond Lofstedt</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Professor Andrew Watterson, University of Stirling</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><i>What the Lofstedt Review didn’t say</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Andrew Miller, MP</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><i>A view from a member of the advisory panel</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Daniel Shears, <span class=caps>GMB</span></span></b><span 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