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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><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:ier-elist-bounces@ier.org.uk">ier-elist-bounces@ier.org.uk</a> [<a href="mailto:ier-elist-bounces@ier.org.uk">mailto:ier-elist-bounces@ier.org.uk</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Sarah Glenister<br><b>Sent:</b> 14 December 2012 15:46<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ier-elist@ier.org.uk">ier-elist@ier.org.uk</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [IER] News Brief 14/12/12<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><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 class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#505050'>Is this email not displaying correctly?<br><a href="http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=bfce15d9bb37b64de42086ad2&id=c9ba800ebc&e=f9032df4ea" target="_blank"><span style='color:#336699'>View it in your browser</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:450.0pt;background:white;border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt' id=templateContainer><tr><td valign=top style='border:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:450.0pt;background:white' id=templateHeader><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/"><b><span 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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><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/coalition-timeline"><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=356 height=165 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image014.jpg@01CDBE8E.746FF460" alt="Coalition Timeline.jpg"></span></b></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'>What have we learned from the Coalition Timeline so far? <span style='color:#A33F65'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/node/1385"><span style='color:#A33F65'>Find out in the IER's latest series of articles</span></a></span><span style='color:#1F497D'>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A33F65'>Public sector<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- Hardline Tories behind Taxpayers' Alliance (30/10/12)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 1.7% spending cut for councils in 2013 (19/12/12)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- Judicial reviews plans "unBritish" (19/12/12)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- Govt advisers found moonlighting at Ofsted (20/12/12)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A33F65'>Increasing worker vulnerability <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- Fallon vows to cut regulation further and faster (17/12/12) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A33F65'>Redundancy</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A33F65'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- Mass redundancy consultations halved (18/12/12)<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><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>News:<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#A33F65'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/govt-plans-judicial-reviews-are-contrary-british-tradition"><span style='color:#A33F65'>Govt plans for judicial reviews are "contrary to<br>British tradition"</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Blog:<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#A33F65'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/public-sector-equality-duty-review-launched-all-wrong-reasons"><span style='color:#A33F65'>Public Sector Equality Duty review launched for all the wrong reasons</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Blog:<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#A33F65'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/collective-redundancy-consultation-cut-miserable-christmas-present-uk-workforce"><span style='color:#A33F65'>Collective redundancy consultation cut a miserable Christmas present to the UK workforce</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Blog:<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#A33F65'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/womens-workplace-rights-opportunities-and-threats"><span style='color:#A33F65'>Women's workplace rights: opportunities and threats</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Blog:<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#A33F65'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/michael-scrooge-gove-gives-turkey-head-teachers"><span style='color:#A33F65'>Michael "scrooge" Gove gives a turkey to Head Teachers</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Blog:<span style='color:#A33F65'> </span></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#A33F65'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/evasion-law-sodexo-demonstrates-short-sightedness-collective-redundancy-consultation-period-cut"><span style='color:#A33F65'>Evasion of law by Sodexo demonstrates short-sightedness of collective redundancy consultation period cuts</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Blog:<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#A33F65'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/not-bad-news-all-public-servants-christmas"><span style='color:#A33F65'>Not bad news for all public servants this Christmas</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Blog:<span style='color:#A33F65'> </span></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#A33F65'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/how-uk%E2%80%99s-weak-labour-laws-leave-uk-workers-more-vulnerable-those-greece"><span style='color:#A33F65'>How the UK's weak labour laws leave UK workers more vulnerable than those in Greece</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Blog:<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#A33F65'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/what-has-coalition-timeline-taught-us-so-far"><span style='color:#A33F65'>What has the Coalition Timeline taught us so far?</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Blog:<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#A33F65'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/ministers-resent-equality-laws"><span style='color:#A33F65'>Ministers resent equality 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