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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='line-height:14.4pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-element-top:.05pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";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='line-height:14.4pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-element-top:.05pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";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='line-height:14.4pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-element-top:.05pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";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.</span><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="32%" valign=top style='width:32.64%;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:14.4pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-element-top:.05pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#990033'>Wednesday July 3rd, Liverpool<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:14.4pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-element-top:.05pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/health-and-safety-work-0"><b><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=351 height=414 id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image008.jpg@01CE6CFD.20BA9EB0" alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Health%20and%20Safety%20at%20Work%20Liverpoool%20Cover.img_assist_custom.jpg"></span></b></a><b><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-element-top:.05pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Take a look at what previous delegates have said...</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-element-top:.05pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#990033'>"Superb Day! Please do a follow up!"</span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-element-top:.05pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#990033'>"Case studies are hard-hitting and memorable"</span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-element-top:.05pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#990033'>"Excellent research"</span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-element-top:.05pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#990033'>"Very informative and enlightening"</span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";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;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-element-top:.05pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839;font-weight:normal'>Delegate feedback, 2012 health and safety conference</span></i><span style='font-size:17.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#990033;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h2></td><td width="34%" valign=top style='width:34.02%;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;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-element-top:.05pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><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 style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-element-top:.05pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_2" o:spid="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Hilda%20Palmer.img_assist_custom.jpg" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:108.45pt;height:110.55pt;z-index:-7;visibility:visible;mso-position-horizontal:left;mso-position-vertical:top;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' wrapcoords="-268 0 -268 21328 21466 21328 21466 0 -268 0" o:allowoverlap="f">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=145 height=147 src="cid:image002.jpg@01CE61FA.75893E50" align=left hspace=12 alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Hilda%20Palmer.img_assist_custom.jpg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_2"><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-element-top:.05pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#990033;font-weight:normal'>Hilda Palmer, Hazards Campaign</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style='line-height:14.4pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-element-top:.05pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>One of our most popular speakers, Hilda Palmer is a passionate campaigner against workplace hazards and is our go-to expert on health and safety issues, particularly when it comes to case studies, up-to-date statistics, and critique of the latest government proposals.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-element-top:.05pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>She has worked at Greater Manchester Hazards Centre since it was set up in 1987, and is the Acting Chair of the Hazards Campaign. Hilda also facilitates Families Against Corporate Killers, that was set up in 2006.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-element-top:.05pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_6" o:spid="_x0000_s1027" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/David%20Whyte.img_assist_custom.jpg" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:112.05pt;height:149.85pt;z-index:-6;visibility:visible;mso-position-horizontal:left;mso-position-vertical:top;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' wrapcoords="-289 0 -289 21405 21687 21405 21687 0 -289 0" o:allowoverlap="f">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=149 height=200 src="cid:image004.jpg@01CE61FA.75893E50" align=left hspace=12 alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/David%20Whyte.img_assist_custom.jpg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_6"><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#990033'>David Whyte, Liverpool University</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-element-top:.05pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>David Whyte never fails to wow delegates with his original and unique take on the perversity of health and safety law in the UK. 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='line-height:14.4pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-element-top:.05pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";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.</span><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width="33%" valign=top style='width:33.34%;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;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-element-top:.05pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><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 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style='mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-element-top:.05pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><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;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-element-top:.05pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><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:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#990033;font-weight:normal'> </span><span style='font-size:17.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#990033'> <o:p></o:p></span></h2><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'>Liverpool, July 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:l3 level1 lfo5'><![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 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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><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td><td width="32%" valign=top style='width:32.64%;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;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-element-top:.05pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_7" o:spid="_x0000_s1040" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Steve%20Cottingham.jpg" 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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=102 height=63 src="cid:image016.jpg@01CE6CFD.20BA9EB0" align=left hspace=12 alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Steve%20Cottingham.jpg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_7"><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#990033;font-weight:normal'>Steve Cottingham, OH Parsons<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='line-height:14.4pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-element-top:.05pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Steve joined OH Parsons for the first time in 1988. After leaving the practice for a few years he then re-joined the practice.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-element-top:.05pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>He worked with the NUM during the 1984/5 miners strike. In the aftermath of the strike he represented miners in the Yorkshire area in unfair dismissal claims. He also set up the personal injury claims service for members of the Nottingham NUM.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-element-top:.05pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>He has pursued accident claims for employees building the Channel Tunnel in Kent.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-element-top:.05pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>He undertakes personal injury work on behalf of employees and workers injured at work as well as those suffering from work related illnesses.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-element-top:.05pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-element-top:.05pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_13" o:spid="_x0000_s1039" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Prospect%20Logo.img_assist_custom.jpg" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:4.9pt;width:53.25pt;height:53.25pt;z-index:-1;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:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:text' wrapcoords="-608 0 -608 21296 21904 21296 21904 0 -608 0">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=71 height=71 src="cid:image017.jpg@01CE6CFD.20BA9EB0" align=left hspace=12 alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Prospect%20Logo.img_assist_custom.jpg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_13"><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#990033;font-weight:normal'>Neil Hope-Collins, Prospect HSE Branch<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-element-top:.05pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Neil Hope-Collins has been much-praised for his well-structured and in-depth presentations, in which he shares his expertise as a member of Prospect and inspector. You can see an example of a previous presentation Neil gave at an IER conference<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CC8QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ier.org.uk%2Fsites%2Fier.org.uk%2Ffiles%2FNeil%2520Hope%2520Collins%2C%2520Prospect%2520-%2520Trends%2520in%2520Inspection%2520and%2520Enforcement.ppt&ei=njavUazRJoaMO7WzgIgE&usg=AFQjCNEywPFKSrWO7PNlRKpeiKeaVO3NOQ&sig2=zTElke911enrduZafO6X4w&bvm=bv.47380653,d.ZWU"><span style='color:#66667F'>here</span></a></span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="34%" valign=top style='width:34.02%;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;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-element-top:.05pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_10" o:spid="_x0000_s1038" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/UCATT%20logo.img_assist_custom.jpg" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:-4.1pt;width:53.25pt;height:78.75pt;z-index:-3;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:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:text' wrapcoords="-608 0 -608 21394 21904 21394 21904 0 -608 0">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=71 height=105 src="cid:image018.jpg@01CE6CFD.20BA9EB0" align=left hspace=12 alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/UCATT%20logo.img_assist_custom.jpg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_10"><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#990033;font-weight:normal'>Andy Fisher, UCATT<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='line-height:14.4pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-element-top:.05pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>A health and safety conference would not be complete without a representative from construction union UCATT, which serves the workers of an industry particularly vulnerable to health and safety hazards. This year, the North West Regional Secretary of UCATT Andy Fisher will present to delegates on how the issue of workplace accidents and injuries - and how workers can be protected from harm - continues to be a major one for construction unions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-element-top:.05pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_11" o:spid="_x0000_s1037" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Thompsons%20Logo.img_assist_custom.jpg" style='position:absolute;margin-left:1.5pt;margin-top:0;width:81pt;height:34.5pt;z-index:-2;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="-400 0 -400 20661 21600 20661 21600 0 -400 0">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=108 height=46 src="cid:image019.jpg@01CE6CFD.20BA9EB0" align=left hspace=12 alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Thompsons%20Logo.img_assist_custom.jpg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_11"><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#990033;font-weight:normal'>Philip Liptrot<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='line-height:14.4pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-element-top:.05pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Representatives of Thompsons Solicitors speak regularly at our events and are consistently praised by delegates for their in-depth explanations of employment law updates and the practical advice they can provide to trade unionists. This year, solicitor Philip Liptrot will join us from the firm to share a presentation he calls "Fifty shades of Grayling", providing an in-depth view and discussion on the way justice has been denied to injured workers.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>