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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><h1 style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:24.0pt'>Developments in European Employment Law<o:p></o:p></span></h1><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=425 style='width:318.95pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><h2 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/node/1090"><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=186 height=141 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CD3E4C.B85D47D0" alt=IERlogo.gif></span></a><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><h2 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></h2><h2 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Wednesday 04 July 2012<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><i><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A one-day conference</span></i><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool </span></b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;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:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>9.30am – 3.30pm<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=331 style='width:248.05pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/node/1090"><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=200 height=249 id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CD3E4C.B85D47D0" alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Devt%20in%20EU%20Law%20Lpool%204-7-12.img_assist_custom.jpg"></span></a><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=756 colspan=2 style='width:20.0cm;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><hr size=7 width="100%" noshade style='color:#A0A0A0' align=center></span></div></td></tr><tr><td width=425 valign=top style='width:318.95pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><h2><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>About the Conference<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The European Union is in turmoil as it lurches from one economic crisis to the next. Whatever your views on the EU – and there are many conflicting opinions – Europe has undoubtedly had a profound effect on workers’ rights in the UK. But, are the much trumpeted gains of the past now in danger of being swept away on a wave of austerity measures? Has the balance of forces within the EU swung too far in favour of finance capital and against workers’ rights?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In March 2011, the European Council approved the Euro Plus Pact, committing eurozone countries – plus 6 others – to the introduction of national laws governing employment. These included reviewing wage-setting arrangements, removing centralised collective bargaining, ending wage indexing and rebalancing wage settlements so that “the public sector supports the competitiveness efforts in the private sector.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Other required reforms included removing so-called red-tape from small and medium enterprises and promoting flexicurity via labour market reforms. Concrete measures to implement these changes were approved in March 2012 and our speakers will comment on the social and economic implications of such measures. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Other changes in EU regulations and directives look set to continue. The EU Commission is currently undertaking a ‘fitness check’ of information and consultation rights to assess whether the EU based rights ‘impose excessive burdens’ in the context of collective redundancies, information and consultation rights and <span class=caps>TUPE</span> transfers. Already UK Ministers and the <span class=caps>CBI</span> are lobbying to have the EU rights weakened. The <span class=caps>TUC</span> on the other hand argue that UK workers are already easier, quicker and cheaper to sack and that UK employers are abusing existing weak laws through their use of section 188 notices. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>From the courts, the European Court of Justice has in recent years inflicted severe restrictions on the freedom of workers to strike in favour of the right of employers to free movement of goods and services. Our expert speakers will review those decisions, assess the likely impact of the draft Monti II regulations and compare <span class=caps>ECJ</span> decisions with the more union-friendly decisions of the European Court of Human Rights. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We can expect the EU to carry on inflicting UK labour law for some time to come. This conference aims to update, inform and critically analyse that influence.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A07997'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=331 valign=top style='width:248.05pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><h2 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Speakers<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Latest trends in EU Employment Law: an overview <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:normal'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dominique Lauterbur</span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>g</span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, Manchester Metropolitan University<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Equal treatment as a general principl</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>e</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> of European law<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:normal'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Michael Dougan, Liverpool University<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>How relevant is European law to collective rights?</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><i>Neil Todd, Thompsons Solicitors<b> </b></i><b><o:p></o:p></b></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'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Uskmouth Power Station: A Case Study <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:normal'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jeff Beck, <span class=caps>GMB</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Why EU Law means a war on workers <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:normal'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Linda Kaucher, Researcher on International Trade<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Future of Social Europe and Workers’ Voice</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <i>Hannah Reed, <span class=caps>TUC</span></i><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'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Where next for European Employment Law?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p 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