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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor="#F2E3CE" lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#F2E3CE'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:450.0pt;background:#FAFAFA'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#505050'>The latest employment news and expert critique from the Institute of Employment Rights.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=190 valign=top style='width:142.5pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p 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border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:513.25pt'><td valign=top style='padding:15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt;height:513.25pt'><h1 style='margin-bottom:6.8pt;line-height:34.7pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:#A43F65'>New on the Coalition Timeline<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/coalition-timeline"><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=356 height=165 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image014.jpg@01CDBE8E.746FF460" alt="Coalition Timeline.jpg"></span></b></a></span><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65;background:white'>Equality</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'><br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- Maternity pay cut in Autumn Statement (06/12/12)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- Report shows inequality in unemployment (07/12/12)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65;background:white'>Trade union rights<br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- Francis Maude plays down attacks on trade unions (28/11/12)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- Boris calls for less EU protection for UK Workers (05/12/12)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65;background:white'>Rights in the Workplace<br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- Shares for rights to be pushed through without support (05/12/12)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><b><span style='color:#A43F65;background:white'>Coalition News</span></b><br>- Osborne 'fiddles figures' to hide proof austerity does not work (06/12/12)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- Osborne recruits right-wing think tank leader (30/11/12)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><b><span style='color:#A43F65;background:white'>Backbench Politics</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- Scrap Human Rights Act, says Tory backbencher (04/12/12)<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65;background:white'>Pay and Benefits</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- Govt u-turn on regional pay (05/12/12)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/coalition-timeline" target="_blank"><span style='color:#A43F65;background:white'>GO TO THE TIMELINE TO READ MORE</span></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><h1 style='margin-bottom:6.8pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:#A43F65'>Take Action<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1 style='margin-bottom:6.8pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D;font-weight:normal'>- </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/ier-blog-threat-strict-liability-prompts-e-petition"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Petition against the amendment of (s)47 of the Health<br>and Safety Act</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.8pt;margin-left:36.0pt;background:white'><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>Speak out against the reversal of employers' 114-year-old strict liability for their workers' welfare.<o:p></o:p></span></i></h1><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:21.4pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65'>News and Debate</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>News</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D'>: </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/shares-rights-scheme-unsupported-workers-and-employers-govt-push-it-through-anyway"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Shares-for-rights scheme unsupported by workers and employers, but govt to push it through anyway</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>News</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D'>:</span><span style='font-size:17.0pt;color:#A43F65'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/francis-maude-plays-down-consultation-cuts-and-attacks-trade-unions"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Francis Maude plays down consultation cuts and attacks on trade unions</span></a><br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>News</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D'>:</span><span style='font-size:17.0pt;color:#A43F65'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/ier-response-autumn-statement"><span style='color:#A43F65'>IER response to Autumn Statement</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>News</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D'>:</span><span style='font-size:17.0pt;color:#A43F65'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/peers-criticise-reform-employment-tribunal-process"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Peers criticise reform of employment tribunal process</span></a><br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt'><br>Blog</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D'>:</span><span 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style='display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt'><h4><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:#A43F65'>Equality & Discrimination resources<o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>Many thanks to all the delegates who came to our well-attended Equality & Discrimination conference on Wednesday. We hope you found it engaging and useful.<o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>For both delegates and those who could not make it, the following resources are now online:<o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/experts-discuss-future-equality-law-time-austerity"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Roger Jeary's report on our experts' presentations</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/equality-and-discrimination-2012"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Conference papers and pictures</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/equality-and-discrimination-2012-london-audio-recordings"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Audio downloads of our afternoon presentations (Coming by next week for subscribers only)</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:#A43F65'>Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill<o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill is one of the single largest threats to the protection of workers currently going through government. <o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>It is currently being debated in the Lord's and, as the IER has been watching its evolution from the beginning, we have now compiled all reports on the Bill in one place so you can follow it closely as well.<o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/consultation-calendar"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Go to our Consultation Calendar</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'> and scroll up to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill where you will find all the information we have so far. <o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:#A43F65'><o:p> </o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:#A43F65'>Growth and Infrastructure Bill<o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>Clause 23 of the Growth and Infrastructure Bill legislates for the introduction of the government's shares-for-rights proposals. It was debated in the House of Commons yesterday and, after it was revealed only a tiny minority of the 209 responses to the government's consultation on the issue thought it was a good idea, the plans received tremendous criticism from MPs.<o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>We will soon provide a detailed report on the Commons' reaction to the Clause.<o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D;font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:#A43F65'>New approach to consultation<o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>The government's new approach to consultation, in which interested parties can in some cases be given just two weeks to respond to calls for evidence and invitations to comment, will be the focus of a meeting by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee next week (10/12/12).<o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>Hundreds of our mailing list subscribers helped us in an email campaign to oppose the new approach in readiness of this meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>We will be reporting on the meeting as soon as we have access to the transcript.<o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>In the meantime, have a look at</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D;font-weight:normal'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/francis-maude-plays-down-consultation-cuts-and-attacks-trade-unions"><span style='color:#A43F65'>what Francis Maude had to say</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D;font-weight:normal'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>about the changes at a House of Commons Select Committee meeting last week.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h4></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://ier.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bfce15d9bb37b64de42086ad2&id=5671100a12&e=f9032df4ea"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=347 height=78 id="_x0000_i1029" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/bfce15d9bb37b64de42086ad2/images/Subscribe.PNG" alt=Subscribe></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- Free access to all<span style='color:#505050'> </span><span style='color:#A43F65'><a href="http://ier.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bfce15d9bb37b64de42086ad2&id=ccca1139e1&e=f9032df4ea" target="_blank"><span style='color:#A43F65'>employment law publications</span></a></span><span style='color:#1F497D'><br></span>- Reduced prices on<span style='color:#505050'> </span><span style='color:#A43F65'><a href="http://ier.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bfce15d9bb37b64de42086ad2&id=20b52eb0e0&e=f9032df4ea" target="_blank"><span style='color:#A43F65'>employment law conferences and seminars</span></a></span><span style='color:#1F497D'><br></span>- Free access to both electronic and hard copy<span style='color:#505050'> </span><span style='color:#A43F65'><a href="http://ier.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=bfce15d9bb37b64de42086ad2&id=b3f31560d4&e=f9032df4ea" target="_blank"><span style='color:#A43F65'>resources</span></a><br></span>- <span style='color:#A43F65'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/conference-audio-downloads"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Free audio downloads</span></a></span> of conference materials.</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#505050'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt'><h4><span style='color:#A43F65'>Employment Law Publications</span><o:p></o:p></h4><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_11" o:spid="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Federation Viewpoint" href="http://ier.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bfce15d9bb37b64de42086ad2&id=1ddd4bf90c&e=f9032df4ea" style='position:absolute;margin-left:339.3pt;margin-top:0;width:60.6pt;height:82.4pt;z-index:1;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:0;mso-position-horizontal:right;mso-position-vertical:top;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f" o:button="t">
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