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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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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 style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A33F65'>Redundancy and grievances<br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- Over half will be poorer due to new pension plan (14/01/13)<br>- Employment tribunal fees 'may be charged in July' (17/01/13)<b><span style='color:#A33F65'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A33F65'>Trade Union Rights<br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- Workers left out of discussions on the future of construction (15/01/13)<b><span style='color:#A33F65'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A33F65'>Pay and Benefits<br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- Teachers to be paid by performance by September (15/01/13)<br>- Police pay cut (15/01/13)<br>- Govt plays dirty to abolish agricultural minimum wage (17/01/13)<b><span style='color:#A33F65'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A33F65'>Public Sector<br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- Public sector workers 'to be hit hardest by pension plans' (14/01/13)<b><span style='color:#A33F65'><o:p></o:p></span></b></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 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href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/equality-law-reform-bashed-lords"><span style='color:#A33F65'>Equality law reform bashed by Lords</span></a></span><br><b>News </b>-<span style='color:#A33F65'> <a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/merseyside-solidarity-warns-blacklisters"><span style='color:#A33F65'>Merseyside solidarity warns off blacklisters</span></a></span><br><b>News </b>-<span style='color:#A33F65'> <a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/len-mccluskey-calls-civil-disobedience-how-far-can-we-go"><span style='color:#A33F65'>Len McCluskey calls for "civil disobedience" - but how far can we go?</span></a></span><br><b>News </b>- <span style='color:#A33F65'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/len-mccluskey-we-must-fight-courageously-improve-society"><span style='color:#A33F65'>Len McCluskey: We must fight courageously to improve society</span></a></span> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span 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