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<a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/news-briefs-may-2013">View it in your brower</a></span></b><o:p></o:p></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@01CE4D8D.F25F1C50" alt="News_Brief_10_05_131368193523.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'>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65'>Health and safety<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- Self-employed to be exempt from H&S laws (08/05/13)<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><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span 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='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65'>News </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br></span></b><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f">
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style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/justice-deferred-critical-guide-coalitions-employment-tribunal-reforms"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Justice deferred: a critical guide to the Coalition's employment tribunals</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>, followed by a related book of essays by some of the UK's top law experts </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/access-justice-employment-disputes-surveying-terrain"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Access to justice in employment disputes: surveying the terrain</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'> in May; and now you can order June's release </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/political-attack-workplace-representation-legal-response"><span style='color:#A43F65'>The political attack on workplace representation - a legal response</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>, which is the latest offering from renowned Professor of Public Law, and President of the IER, Keith Ewing; and Oxford lecturer in law Alan Bogg.<o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>We are excited about the positive feedback we have received for these publications, from critics and readers alike, and intend to keep up the momentum with our forthcoming events on Health and Safety this </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/health-and-safety-work"><span style='color:#A43F65'>June</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'> and </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/health-and-safety-work-0"><span style='color:#A43F65'>July</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>.<o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>In the coming weeks we will also be providing a comprehensive resource on the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act, which has undermined workers' right in several areas and which was granted Royal Assent at the end of April.<o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>We ask our mailing list subscribers to remember that the Institute of Employment Rights is a charitable organisation that relies largely on donations to continue providing news, debate and interactive resources to the labour movement. A large number of our resources are free - including our popular Coalition Timeline and In Conversation debates - and all others are kept at as low a cost as possible. <o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>If you find our work useful and would like to help us continue, please </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=7G9WKBKFAPFUU"><span style='color:#A43F65'>donate however little you can afford to our organisation</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'>In Conversation: Frances O'Grady & Sharan Burrow</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='color:#1F497D'><br></span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1031" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="In Conversation cover.jpg" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/%E2%80%98-conversation%E2%80%99-%E2%80%93-evening-event" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:158.25pt;height:116.05pt;z-index:8;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square;mso-wrap-distance-left:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:left;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:top;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f" o:button="t">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/%E2%80%98-conversation%E2%80%99-%E2%80%93-evening-event"><img border=0 width=211 height=155 src="cid:image027.jpg@01CE4D97.40B35CA0" align=left hspace=12 alt="In Conversation cover.jpg" title="" v:shapes="_x0000_s1031"></a><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'>FREE ENTRY<o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'>14 May 2013, London</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></h4><p style='line-height:14.4pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A33F65'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A33F65'><a href="mailto:office@ier.org.uk?subject=In%20Conversation%20Booking"><span style='color:#A33F65'>Book your place now</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A33F65'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/%E2%80%98-conversation%E2%80%99-%E2%80%93-evening-event"><span style='color:#A33F65'>Get low-cost CPD points for just £10!</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Workers around the world are suffering from and struggling against the impact of austerity measures imposed on them by governments, financial bodies and employers. At the same time, the rights of trade unions to represent their members and negotiate collective agreements are under attack around the globe.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt;background:white;orphans: auto;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Two people who understand these problems more than most and who are tasked with protecting workers and promoting an alternative agenda are the general secretaries of the trade union centres in Britain and at the international level.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h4><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>In this</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'> <a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/%E2%80%98-conversation%E2%80%99-%E2%80%93-evening-event"><span style='color:#A43F65'>2013 ‘In Conversation’</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt'> Frances O'Grady, General Secretary of the TUC, and Sharan Burrow, General Secretary of the ITUC, will outline their priorities in this period of austerity.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='color:#A43F65'>Take Action</span><span style='color:#A33F65'><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'>Support the Haldane Society campaign against Legal Aid cuts<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"'>Legal Aid cuts brought in on April 2013 were followed immediately by proposals by the Ministry of Justice for further slashes. 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