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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><b><o:p> </o:p></b></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><b><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></b></p></td><td width=190 valign=top style='width:142.5pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><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></b></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></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 style='font-size:25.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#202020;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=600 height=138 id="Picture_x0020_0" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CE3D0F.914931A0" alt="News_Brief_19_04_131366380227.jpg"></span></b></a><b><span style='font-size:25.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#202020'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><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' id=templateBody><tr><td width=400 valign=top style='width:300.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=400 style='width:300.0pt'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=400 style='width:300.0pt'><tr><td valign=top style='background:white;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable 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:16.5pt;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><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><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'>. </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Final article of the series now up: <span style='color:#A33F65'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/access-justice-only-rich"><span style='color:#A33F65'>Access to justice: only for the rich</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><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><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A33F65'>Redundancy and grievances<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- MPs reinstate unpopular shares for rights plans (16/04/2013)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p 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style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'> </span></b><b><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></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:21.4pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:16.5pt;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'> <br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>News -<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span></span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A33F65'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/attend-peoples-assembly-against-austerity"><span style='color:#A33F65'>Attend the People's Assembly 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It will be officially released on May 1st 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>Since its launch yesterday, the book has already proven extremely popular.<o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>The collection of five essays by some of the UK's leading experts in employment tribunals and disputes includes work by John Hendy QC, the go-to lawyer for major trade union cases and the IER's Chair, and renowned academic Linda Dickens MBE. <o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>We have limited stock available, so </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A33F65'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/access-justice-employment-disputes-surveying-terrain"><span style='color:#A33F65'>pre-order your copy now</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>.<o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='color:#A43F65'>Take Action</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:#A43F65'><o:p></o:p></span></h4><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A33F65'>Become a 'Friend' of the Ken Gill Memorial Fund </span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A 'Friends" application form can be found <span style='color:#A43F65'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/Friends%20of%20the%20Ken%20Gill%20Memorial%20Fund%20for%20SO%20on%20back.pdf"><span style='color:#A43F65'>here</span></a></span>.<br><br>You can find out more about the Fund, and Ken's life including video and audio material, at <span style='color:#A43F65'><a href="http://www.kengillmemorial.org"><span style='color:#A43F65'>www.kengillmemorial.org</span></a></span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A33F65'>Register for the People's Assembly Against Austerity<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The People's Assembly Against Austerity brings together trade unions, campaigners, grassroots organisations, and anyone passionate about fighting the Coalition's cuts at a large-scale forum in <b><span style='color:#A33F65'>London on June 22nd</span></b>.<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"'>Actors and comedians, as well as trade union leaders, solicitors and other organisations have already signed up.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal 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e-petition up to the requisite 100,000 signatures to be considered for discussion in parliament.<o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/35394"><span style='color:#A43F65'>http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/35394</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h4><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:21.4pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:21.4pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65'>Public sector: cuts, privatisation and employment law</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:21.4pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Many thanks to all of the 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