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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/node/1712"><img border=0 width=117 height=80 src="cid:image002.png@01CEB0A1.BBF60990" align=left hspace=12 alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/ierlogo-news.gif" title="" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_1"></a><![endif]><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>News Brief 13/09/2013<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/node/1712">View it in your browser</a></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>IER at the 2013 Trades Union Congress<br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal'>Many thanks to everybody who came over to our stall or attended our fringe meeting at the Trades Union Congress this week. We were pleased to meet you all and delighted to hear that our resources - including this News Brief! - have been found valuable.<br><br>Our fringe meeting this year -<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/reconstruction-after-crisis-manifesto-collective-bargaining">Reconstruction after the Crisis: a manifesto for collective bargaining</a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>- was a big event for us as it was there we launched our latest publication (of the same name). The book provides a historical, political and legal background to collective bargaining before laying out detailed proposals for the implementation of more effective and widespread collective bargaining in this country. It concludes with a ten-point manifesto for collective bargaining, which encapsulates all of the main points made by authors Professor Keith Ewing and John Hendy QC. The publication is already selling quickly, so make sure you<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/reconstruction-after-crisis-manifesto-collective-bargaining">get your copy here</a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>before we run out.<br><br>And of course, many thanks to all those who came to see Keith and John speak at the fringe meeting on Sunday 08 September, alongside our guest speakers Len McCluskey, Bob Crow and Christine Blower. Apologies to those who were forced to stand, but the our meeting room was not able to match the popularity of the event!<br><br>Welcome also to those of you who signed up to this mailing list at the fringe, and who were in turn entered in our prize draw for a brand new Kindle Fire.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/winner-ier-kindle-fire-competition-revealed">Click here to find out about our lucky winner</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></h2><h2 style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Lobbying Bill<br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal'>Our latest on the Lobbying Bill includes a briefing by Professor Keith Ewing on the human rights implications of the proposals, and an explanation of the many issues associated with the Trade Union Administration part of the Bill.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td width="50%" valign=top style='width:50.0%;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_2" o:spid="_x0000_s1037" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Transparency%20of%20Lobbying%20Bill%20etc%20A%20Note%20on%20Potential%20Human%20Rights%20Implications.thumbnail.jpg" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/ier-president-professor-keith-ewing-analyses-human-rights-implications-lobbying-bill" style='position:absolute;margin-left:1.45pt;margin-top:0;width:55.55pt;height:74.8pt;z-index:-12;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="-583 0 -583 21225 21581 21225 21581 0 -583 0" o:button="t">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/ier-president-professor-keith-ewing-analyses-human-rights-implications-lobbying-bill"><img border=0 width=74 height=100 src="cid:image003.jpg@01CEB0A1.BBF60990" align=left hspace=12 alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Transparency%20of%20Lobbying%20Bill%20etc%20A%20Note%20on%20Potential%20Human%20Rights%20Implications.thumbnail.jpg" title="" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_2"></a><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/ier-president-professor-keith-ewing-analyses-human-rights-implications-lobbying-bill">Transparency of Lobbying Bill etc. - A Note on Potential Human Rights Implications</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>By Keith Ewing</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>A unique approach to the Bill through the lens of international human rights law, which demonstrates yet another reason why this flawed legislation should be scrapped.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="50%" valign=top style='width:50.0%;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_3" o:spid="_x0000_s1036" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Logo.thumbnail.GIF" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/significant-problems-lobbying-bill-trade-union-administration-proposals-go-under-debate" style='position:absolute;margin-left:1.45pt;margin-top:0;width:74.5pt;height:57.05pt;z-index:-11;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="-435 0 -435 21013 21745 21013 21745 0 -435 0" o:button="t">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/significant-problems-lobbying-bill-trade-union-administration-proposals-go-under-debate"><img border=0 width=99 height=76 src="cid:image004.gif@01CEB0A1.BBF60990" align=left hspace=12 alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Logo.thumbnail.GIF" title="" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_3"></a><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/significant-problems-lobbying-bill-trade-union-administration-proposals-go-under-debate">Significant problems with Lobbying Bill Trade Union Administration proposals go under debate</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>On Wednesday (13 September 2013), Parliament met for the Second Reading of Part 3 of the Lobbying Bill, which concerns Trade Union Administration. During the debate, Labour MPs highlighted a number of significant problems relating to the Bill, and the way the government has introduced it to parliament.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><h2 style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Collective Bargaining<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Just after the launch of our Manifesto for Collective Bargaining, support for very similar ideas was voiced in Parliament.<o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td width="50%" valign=top style='width:50.0%;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_4" o:spid="_x0000_s1035" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Collective%20Bargaining%20infographic.thumbnail.jpg" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/reconstruction-after-crisis-manifesto-collective-bargaining" style='position:absolute;margin-left:1.45pt;margin-top:0;width:74.5pt;height:74.8pt;z-index:-10;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="-435 0 -435 21225 21745 21225 21745 0 -435 0" o:button="t">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/reconstruction-after-crisis-manifesto-collective-bargaining"><img border=0 width=99 height=100 src="cid:image005.jpg@01CEB0A1.BBF60990" align=left hspace=12 alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Collective%20Bargaining%20infographic.thumbnail.jpg" title="" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_4"></a><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/reconstruction-after-crisis-manifesto-collective-bargaining">Reconstruction after the crisis: A manifesto for collective bargaining</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Read all about the manifesto and the nine major unions that support it, and buy your own copy of the publication.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="50%" valign=top style='width:50.0%;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_5" o:spid="_x0000_s1034" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Logo.thumbnail.GIF" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/commons-debate-trade-unions-and-employers-should-work-together" style='position:absolute;margin-left:1.45pt;margin-top:0;width:74.5pt;height:57.05pt;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:absolute;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:text' wrapcoords="-435 0 -435 21013 21745 21013 21745 0 -435 0" o:button="t">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/commons-debate-trade-unions-and-employers-should-work-together"><img border=0 width=99 height=76 src="cid:image004.gif@01CEB0A1.BBF60990" align=left hspace=12 alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Logo.thumbnail.GIF" title="" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_5"></a><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/commons-debate-trade-unions-and-employers-should-work-together">Commons debate: Trade unions and employers should work together</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A debate on employment rights was held in parliament, with support shown for a combined effort from trade unions and employers to improve labour conditions.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td width="50%" valign=top style='width:50.0%;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><h2><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Zero-hours contracts<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_6" o:spid="_x0000_s1033" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Logo.thumbnail.GIF" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/inquiry-launched-zero-hours-contracts" style='position:absolute;margin-left:1.5pt;margin-top:-.05pt;width:74.4pt;height:57.05pt;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:absolute;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:text' wrapcoords="-435 0 -435 21013 21774 21013 21774 0 -435 0" o:button="t">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/buy-access-justice-and-get-justice-deferred-half-price"><img border=0 width=74 height=100 src="cid:image007.jpg@01CEB0A1.BBF60990" align=left hspace=12 alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Access%20to%20Justice%20cover.thumbnail.jpg" title="" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_8"></a><![endif]><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The Institute of Employment Rights is offering a special offer for a<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>limited period only</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>on our latest publications looking at the Coalition's reforms of employment tribunals.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_9" o:spid="_x0000_s1030" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Justice%20Deferred%20Publication%20cover.thumbnail.jpg" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/buy-access-justice-and-get-justice-deferred-half-price" style='position:absolute;margin-left:1.5pt;margin-top:0;width:55.55pt;height:74.7pt;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="-583 0 -583 21253 21581 21253 21581 0 -583 0" o:button="t">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/buy-access-justice-and-get-justice-deferred-half-price"><img border=0 width=74 height=100 src="cid:image008.jpg@01CEB0A1.BBF60990" align=left hspace=12 alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Justice%20Deferred%20Publication%20cover.thumbnail.jpg" title="" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_9"></a><![endif]><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Access to Justice consists of essays on workers' current restraints from making claims authored by the UK's leading experts, including John Hendy QC and Emeritus Professor of Industrial Relations Linda Dickens.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>When purchasing Access to Justice, readers will also receive Justice Deferred - our most popular publication of 2013 - from just £5. Solicitors David Renton and Anna Macey provide a critical guide to the Coalition's employment tribunal reforms in an easy-to-read analysis of changes that have already been introduced, and those still to come.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/buy-access-justice-and-get-justice-deferred-half-price">Click here to access the offer for a limited time only</a><o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Forthcoming events<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Our autumn events are our most popular and are already selling out, so make sure you book in early!<o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Employment Law Update 2013<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_10" o:spid="_x0000_s1029" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/ELU%20London%20cover%20website.thumbnail.jpg" href="http://" style='position:absolute;margin-left:1.5pt;margin-top:0;width:63.05pt;height:74.7pt;z-index:-4;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="-514 0 -514 21253 21583 21253 21583 0 -514 0" o:button="t">
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