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In the Act, employers' 114-year-old civil liability for workers' health and safety has been removed, leaving it up to injured workers or the family of the deceased to prove negligence on the employer's part, rather than the usual procedure of the employer providing evidence that they have followed the law.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'>Elsewhere, legal aid is set to be cut for a second time, with the Ministry of Justice's consultation on another waves of slashes closed this week. And the government's forthcoming Deregulation Bill aims to exclude some self-employed people from health and safety law altogether, in what may be the most bizarre and unnecessary move they have made in this area so far.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'>This is on top of previous changes to health and safety law, including banning workplace inspections in some industries, unless a worker is injured or dies and cutting funding to the Health and Safety Executive and reviewing its very resistance.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'>The Institute of Employment Rights has remained one of the only organisation's providing up-to-date and expert news and debate on the complex issue of health and safety law, and now we provide our supporters with two conferences on the matter. Both the events - held in London and Liverpool - feature some of the UK's leading experts and most passionate campaigners in the health and safety field.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="40%" valign=top style='width:40.0%;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:14.4pt'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/health-and-safety-work"><span style='color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=513 height=602 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CE61FA.75893E50" alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Health%20and%20Safety%20London%20cover.img_assist_custom.jpg"></span></a><b><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'>Take a look at what previous delegates have said...</span></b><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt'><b><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:#990033'>"Superb Day! Please do a follow up!"</span></i></b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt'><b><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:#990033'>"Case studies are hard-hitting and memorable"</span></i></b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt'><b><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:#990033'>"Excellent research"</span></i></b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt'><b><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:#990033'>"Very informative and enlightening"</span></i></b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><i><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'>Delegate feedback, 2012 health and safety conference</span></i><span style='font-size:17.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#990033'><o:p></o:p></span></h2></td><td width="30%" valign=top style='width:30.0%;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:17.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#990033'>Our expert speakers:<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal><!--[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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An academic, and a consistently engaging speaker at IER events, we are delighted to invite David back this year.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'>He is reader in Sociology at the University of Liverpool where he teaches and researches state and corporate power. He has written extensively on safety crimes, death and injury at work and enforcement issues. He was co-author of the Institute's publication<b><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/node/491"><span style='color:#66667F'>Regulatory Surrender: death, injury and the non-enforcement of the law</span></a></b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>with Steve Tombs.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width="30%" valign=top style='width:30.0%;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:17.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#990033;font-weight:normal'>Tickets<o:p></o:p></span></h2><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p style='mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'>Payment up front</span></b><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'>£75 Subscribers and members<br>£90 trade unions<br>£220 Commercial<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p style='mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'>Payment by invoice</span></b><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'>£80 Subscribers and members<br>£100 trade unions<br>£240 Commercial<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:17.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#990033'>Three easy ways to pay<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'>London, June 12th 2013</span></b><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal 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3rd, 2013</span></b><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'>Book <a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/health-and-safety-work-0">online</a> with Paypal or a credit/debit card<o:p></o:p></span></p><form></form><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'>Book by cheque by filling in our <a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/Flyer%20Health%20and%20Safety%20Liverpool%203-7-13.pdf"><span style='color:#66667F'>booking form</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'>Book by invoice by filling in our <a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/Flyer%20Health%20and%20Safety%20Liverpool%203-7-13.pdf"><span style='color:#66667F'>booking form</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="40%" valign=top style='width:40.0%;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/health-and-safety-work-0"><span style='color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=480 height=567 id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image005.jpg@01CE61FA.75893E50" alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Health%20and%20Safety%20at%20Work%20Liverpoool%20Cover.img_assist_custom.jpg"></span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="30%" valign=top style='width:30.0%;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:17.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#990033;font-weight:normal'>Ben McBride</span><span style='font-size:17.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_9" o:spid="_x0000_s1031" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Ben%20McBride.img_assist_custom.jpg" style='position:absolute;margin-left:101.95pt;margin-top:-796.15pt;width:112.05pt;height:163.25pt;z-index:-6;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:absolute;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:text' wrapcoords="-289 0 -289 21435 21687 21435 21687 0 -289 0">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=149 height=218 src="cid:image006.jpg@01CE61FA.75893E50" align=left hspace=12 alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Ben%20McBride.img_assist_custom.jpg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_9"><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'>Speaking in London</span><span style='font-size:17.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'>Ben started as a trainee at Thompsons in Liverpool nearly 20 years ago. He currently works at Congress House, where he has also served as the GMB staff representative. He specialises in personal injury law on behalf of union members injured at work and has had exceptional success with "stress at work" claims. He has taught law as a part-time lecturer at Westminster Law School, and he enjoys sporting holidays, where he has had first-hand cause to reflect on the balance to be struck between enjoyment and safety!<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width="30%" valign=top style='width:30.0%;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_7" o:spid="_x0000_s1030" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Steve%20Cottingham.jpg" style='position:absolute;margin-left:1.5pt;margin-top:0;width:191.8pt;height:120.55pt;z-index:-5;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:absolute;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:text' wrapcoords="-169 0 -169 21233 21623 21233 21623 0 -169 0">
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