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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><i>Dear mailing list subscriber<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>We promised we would continue to update you on the government's eleventh-hour addition to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill of an amendment to Section 47 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 that would remove employers' 114-year-old strict liability for their employees' welfare.<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>One new development is the launch of an e-petition by Prospect urging the government to rescind the amendment. If you have not yet done so:<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:26.0pt;color:#A43F65'><a href="http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/41086"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Please take a moment to sign the petition here</span></a></span></b><span style='font-size:26.0pt;color:#A43F65'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>Please also find below the latest updates to this story, where you can learn more about the opposition to the proposals and their potential implications for workers:<o:p></o:p></span></i></h2><table class=MsoTableGrid border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse;border:none'><tr><td width=105 valign=top style='width:78.75pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/labour-peers-blast-proposed-repeal-114-year-old-employment-right"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=85 height=65 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.png@01CDC7E9.C89EA540" alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Logo.GIF"></span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65'><o:p></o:p></span></h2></td><td width=1085 valign=top style='width:813.65pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/labour-peers-blast-proposed-repeal-114-year-old-employment-right" title="Labour Peers blast proposed repeal of 114-year-old employment right"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Labour Peers blast proposed repeal of 114-year-old employment right</span></a><br></span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839;font-weight:normal'>As the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill has its Second Reading in the Lords, we continue to keep you up to date with the progress of an amendment that could see the repeal of a 114-year-old employment right. </span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65;border:dashed #F2E3CE 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt;background:white'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/labour-peers-blast-proposed-repeal-114-year-old-employment-right" title="Read the rest of Labour Peers blast proposed repeal of 114-year-old employment right."><span style='color:#A43F65'>Read more</span></a></span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839;border:dashed #F2E3CE 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt;background:white'><o:p></o:p></span></h2></td></tr><tr><td width=105 valign=top style='width:78.75pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/node/1306"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=89 height=60 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image005.jpg@01CDC7E9.C89EA540" alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Charlie%20Woodhouse.img_assist_custom.jpg"></span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65'><o:p></o:p></span></h2></td><td width=1085 valign=top style='width:813.65pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/new-briefing-regarding-removal-114-year-old-health-and-safety-law"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Summary of new briefing regarding removal of 114-year-old health and safety law</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0C3A6E'><br></span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839;font-weight:normal'>A<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>summary of a new IER briefing by Charlie Woodhouse of Old Square Chambers, who adds further points about the implication of the amendment of Section 47, including its potential to provide </span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>gain to the insurance industry</span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839;font-weight:normal'> and the </span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>injustice of leaving proof of negligence down to the employee</span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839;font-weight:normal'> rather than employer.</span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65;border:dashed #F2E3CE 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt;background:white'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/new-briefing-regarding-removal-114-year-old-health-and-safety-law" title="Read the rest of New briefing regarding removal of 114-year-old health and safety law."><span style='color:#A43F65'>Read more</span></a></span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0C3A6E;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h2></td></tr><tr><td width=105 valign=top style='width:78.75pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/node/1305"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=72 height=100 id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image007.jpg@01CDC7E8.52E91700" alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Consequences%20of%20Clause%2014.thumbnail.jpg"></span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65'><o:p></o:p></span></h2></td><td width=1085 valign=top style='width:813.65pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p style='line-height:14.4pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/node/1305"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Full text of Briefing on the Consequences of Clause 14 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill</span></a><br></span></b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Charlie Woodhouse, Barrister at Old Square Chambers, writes about the consequences of Clause 14 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill, which reversing Section 47 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and thus removes employers' strict liability in personal injury claims.</span></i><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65;border:dashed #F2E3CE 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt;background:white'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/briefing-consequences-clause-14-enterprise-and-regulatory-reform-bill" title="Read the rest of Briefing on the Consequences of Clause 14 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill ."><span style='color:#A43F65'>Read more</span></a></span></i></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65'><o:p> </o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Sarah Glenister<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>IT Development and Communications Assistant<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>Institute of Employment Rights<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>4th Floor, Jack Jones House, 1 Islington, Liverpool, L3 8EG<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>0151 207 5265<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>