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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor="#F2E3CE" lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><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"'>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"'>Email not displaying properly? <a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/news-briefs-june-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'></td></tr><tr><td style='background:#F2E3CE;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-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=598 height=138 id="Picture_x0020_0" src="cid:image006.jpg@01CE7407.28198FC0" alt="News Brief.jpg"></span></b></a><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65'><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:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65'>Increasing vulnerability in the workplace<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- Lansley 'wanted to sack whistleblower' (24/06/13)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65'>Pay and Benefits<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- Keep pay low for young people, govt says (27/06/13)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65'>Public Sector<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- Spending review deepens attack on public sector workers (26/06/13)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><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><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white'><span style='font-size:16.5pt;color:#A43F65'><br>News<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><!--[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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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/liverpool-mps-publish-voluntary-code-conduct-zero-hours-contracts"><img border=0 width=144 height=109 src="cid:image003.png@01CE7418.9C210590" align=left hspace=12 alt=Logo.GIF title="" v:shapes="_x0000_s1048"></a><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'>Liverpool MPs publish voluntary code of conduct for zero-hour contracts</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D;font-weight:normal'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext'><br>26 June 2013</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;background:white;font-weight:normal'>A report published by three Labour MPs from the Liverpool area includes six-point voluntary code for employers taking on staff on a zero-hour basis.</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#413839;background:white'> </span><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/liverpool-mps-publish-voluntary-code-conduct-zero-hours-contracts"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Read more...</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></h3><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></h3><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_3" o:spid="_x0000_s1028" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Logo.GIF" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/zero-hour-contracts-used-employers-silence-poorly-treated-workers-study-shows" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:108.15pt;height:82.05pt;z-index:3;visibility:visible;mso-position-horizontal:left;mso-position-vertical:top;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' wrapcoords="-300 0 -300 21324 21560 21324 21560 0 -300 0" o:allowoverlap="f" o:button="t">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/zero-hour-contracts-used-employers-silence-poorly-treated-workers-study-shows"><img border=0 width=144 height=109 src="cid:image002.png@01CE7417.3915E890" align=left hspace=12 alt=Logo.GIF v:shapes="Picture_x0020_3"></a><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'>Zero-hour contracts used by employers to silence poorly treated workers, study shows</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D;font-weight:normal'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext'><br>26 June 2013</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;background:white;font-weight:normal'>A new study from the Resolution Foundation has revealed some employers use zero-hour contracts as a way of scaring their workers into silence in the face of abuses or unfair treatment.</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#413839;background:white;font-weight:normal'> </span><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/zero-hour-contracts-used-employers-silence-poorly-treated-workers-study-shows"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Read more...</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></h3><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></h3><p style='line-height:14.4pt;background:white'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1047" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Logo.GIF" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/spending-review-deepens-attack-public-sector-workers" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:108.15pt;height:82.05pt;z-index:7;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/news/un-special-rapporteur-calls-increased-trade-union-rights-uk"><img border=0 width=145 height=110 src="cid:image011.png@01CE7418.9C210590" align=left hspace=12 alt=Logo.GIF title="" v:shapes="_x0000_s1046"></a><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'>UN Special Rapporteur calls for increased trade union rights in the UK</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></h3><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext'>27 June 2013</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;background:white;font-weight:normal'>Trade union rights in the UK must be strengthened, the United Nations' Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom or peaceful assembly and of association Maina Kiai has said.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#413839;background:white;font-weight:normal'> </span><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;background:white;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/un-special-rapporteur-calls-increased-trade-union-rights-uk"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Read more...</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></h3><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;background:white;font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></h3><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1045" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Logo.GIF" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/human-rights-committee-calls-govt-publish-evidence-uk-cannot-afford-optimum-parental-leave" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:15.45pt;width:111.6pt;height:81.35pt;z-index:9;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:line' o:allowoverlap="f" o:button="t">
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The new code follows consultation with unions, employers, other organisations and individuals. Many of the suggestions of trade unions were taken on board by Acas, including writing in the code that an employee is permitted to take a union official or other companion into settlement meetings; and changes to the list of 'improper behaviour' by employees to include 'unambiguous impropriety'. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65'>Public sector<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In the week that George Osborne's Spending Review announced another attack on public sector workers, there has been more news on the damage the spending cuts have already done. <span style='color:#A43F65'><a href="http://www.tuc.org.uk/economy/tuc-22297-f0.cfm"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Research by the Trades Union Council</span></a> </span>showed that over 180,000 children with a parent working in the public sector will fall into poverty by 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>However, trade unions have also shown their might in the fight back against the cuts, with the NUT and NASUWT <span style='color:#A43F65'><a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/teachers-strike-thousands-walk-out-2004151"><span style='color:#A43F65'>taking thousands of teachers out to strike rallies</span></a> </span>in the North West this week. 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Find out when they will be in a town near you <span style='color:#A43F65'><a href="http://austerityuncovered.org/"><span style='color:#A43F65'>here</span></a></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h4><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:#A43F65'>Raise your voice with the People's Manifesto<o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>Tell People United what is important to you in order to build the People's Manifesto - a charter of the rights and needs of the people of this country designed to burst the Westminster bubble. <o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://thepeopleunited.co.uk/category/manifesto/"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Add to the People's Manifesto here</span></a><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'>Bring Greek National Television Back On Air</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"'>Sign the European Broadcast Union petition to the government of Greece, which demands the reestablishment of state television services in the country. 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