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style='width:100.0%;border:none;border-bottom:solid #505050 4.5pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><div><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:.05pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5BAFAC'>Special offer: </span><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5BAFAC'>Public Interest Whistleblowing: Twelve Years of the Public Interest Disclosure Act</span><span style='font-size:30.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5BAFAC'><o:p></o:p></span></h1></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><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;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=180 valign=top style='width:135.0pt;background:#FDFDFD;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" 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style='font-size:7.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4F81BD'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt;background:white'><strong><u><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5BAFAC;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/public-interest-whistleblowing-twelve-years-public-interest-disclosure-act-1998"><b><span style='color:#5BAFAC'>Buy it now</span></b></a></span></u></strong><strong><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#5BAFAC;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></u></strong></p><p style='mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt;background:white'><strong><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Author: Catherine Hobby<br></span></strong><strong><i><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839;font-weight:normal'>Senior Lecturer at the University of East London's School of Law and Social Sciences</span></i></strong><b><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white'><span style='font-size:17.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5BAFAC'>Now on special offer - just £5!<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt;background:white;orphans: auto;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td><td valign=top style='background:#FDFDFD;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Changes to whistleblowing law introduced through the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act (ERRA) came into effect yesterday (25 June 2013). <span style='color:#5BAFAC'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/whistleblowing-changes-come-effect"><span style='color:#5BAFAC'>Click here for more information</span></a></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Catherine Hobby, who helped to found whistleblowing charity Public Concern at Work, authored an analysis of the impact of the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 through the Institute of Employment Rights. It is now on sale for £5.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In it, Hobby argues for: </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:24.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:14.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>a public information campaign promoting the Act- there is little recognition of what it means;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:24.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:14.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>the public interest in disclosure needs recognition. Trade unions have a strong role in nurturing understanding of the law in the workplace.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:14.4pt;background:white'><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>“One in four employees is aware of misconduct in the workplace, but more than half of them (52%) keep silent. Illegality and dangerous practice will continue unchecked if a workplace suppresses dissent. Whistleblowing is clearly an activity in the public interest and for the collective good. An urgent review of the area and the provisions of PIDA in particular should be undertaken in recognition of this," she says.</span></i><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Since the changes to the law were introduced by the ERRA, the Catherine has taken part in a public consultation, in which she wrote <span style='color:#5BAFAC'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/response-whistleblowing-commission-strengthening-law-and-policy"><span style='color:#5BAFAC'>this response on behalf of the IER</span></a></span>.<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></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><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;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='border:none;border-top:solid #909090 2.25pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td colspan=2 style='background:white;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:125%'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#707070'> <a href="http://Twitter+Account+not+yet+Authorized" target="_blank"><span style='color:#336699'>follow on Twitter</span></a> | <a href="#13cd95d4fa399bcb_"><span style='color:#336699'>friend on Facebook</span></a> | <a href="http://us5.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=bfce15d9bb37b64de42086ad2&id=65c8330066&e=f3c546ffe5" target="_blank"><span style='color:#336699'>forward to a friend</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=350 valign=top style='width:262.5pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:125%'><em><span style='font-size:8.5pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#707070'>Copyright © 2013 IER, All rights reserved.</span></em><span style='font-size:8.5pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#707070'> <br>You are receiving this email because you signed up to our mailing list on our website or at one of our events. <br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Our mailing address is:</span></strong> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:125%'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#707070'>IER<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:125%'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#707070'>4th Floor<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:125%'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#707070'>Jack Jones House, 1 Islington<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:125%'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#707070'>Liverpool, Eng L3 8EG <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:125%'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#707070'>United Kingdom<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:125%'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#707070'><br><a href="http://ier.us5.list-manage.com/vcard?u=bfce15d9bb37b64de42086ad2&id=c042dcd768" target="_blank">Add us to your address book</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></td><td width=190 valign=top style='width:142.5pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:125%'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#707070'><a href="http://www.mailchimp.com/monkey-rewards/?utm_source=freemium_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=monkey_rewards&aid=bfce15d9bb37b64de42086ad2&afl=1" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=139 height=54 id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/monkey_rewards/MC_MonkeyReward_15.png" alt="Email Marketing Powered by MailChimp"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style='background:#FAFAFA;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:125%'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#707070'> </span><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To unsubscribe, please follow the instructions in the footer. 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