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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/node/1766"><img border=0 width=125 height=85 src="cid:image001.gif@01CEC11B.9C136E80" 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:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>News Brief 04/10/2013<o:p></o:p></span></h1><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><div style='margin-right:6.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;float:left'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/node/1755"><span style='color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>View in your browser</span></a></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'><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 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width="60%" valign=top style='width:60.0%;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:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>In the news this week<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>This week's major news event was the Conservative Party Conference, and the inevitable mass protests that it brings. More than 50,000 people are estimated to have joined the weekend's impressive demonstration against the privatisation of the NHS, which snaked its way through Manchester on Sunday 29 September 2013 and at some points reached a mile long. Unfortunately, it seems many mass media outlets missed this, as coverage was disproportionately scarce following the event, and<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://metro.co.uk/2013/09/29/50000-rally-outside-tory-conference-amid-censorship-row-4127508/"><span style='color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>the Metro reported</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>that BBC Political Correspondent Norman Smith was told by security staff at the Conference that he was not allowed to film the protest live from the balcony. No reason for this was given.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>As expected, union bashing has been one of the themes of the Conference, with both Michael Gove and Grant Shapps giving anti-union speeches.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Elsewhere, as the Tories continue to celebrate a mediocre rise in the economy, research suggests that for most of us, it really makes no difference. XpertHR's Annual Review of Pay trends showed that companies the average worker actually received a real-term cut in pay. In the 12 months to the end of August 2013, the average pay settlement was 2%, dropping far behind inflation at 3.3% (as measured by the Retail Prices Index).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>But not only did workers find their living standards falling, they were also treated more poorly this year - when the economy is supposed to have grown - compared with last year. In the 12 months to August 2013, the median pay increase was 2%, compared with 2.3% in the 12 months to August 2012.Health and safety in GPs' offices was also given a black mark this week after it was revealed that one-third of the family doctors do not have access to Occupational Health support. The research, conducted by GP trade magazine Pulse, found that 32% of primary care trusts providing information to the publication had no contracts in place to provide occupational health to GPs and those they work with. One GP partaking in the study admitted he had spent £2,000 on private psychotherapy to help him stay well at work.<o:p></o:p></span></p><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'><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>Collective bargaining<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>As regular readers will know, the Institute of Employment Rights is currently promoting its latest policy proposals<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/reconstruction-after-crisis-manifesto-collective-bargaining"><span style='color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>Reconstruction after the Crisis: a manifesto for collective bargaining</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>and further resources have been added this week.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_2" o:spid="_x0000_s1042" 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/watch-experts" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:8.25pt;width:75pt;height:75pt;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:left;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:text' wrapcoords="-432 0 -432 21168 21600 21168 21600 0 -432 0" o:button="t">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/gove-perpetuates-predictable-anti-union-sentiment"><img border=0 width=100 height=76 src="cid:image003.gif@01CEC11B.9C136E80" 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]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0C3A6E'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/un-derecognises-all-trade-unions"><span style='color:#0C3A6E;text-decoration:none'>Gove perpetuates predictable anti-union sentiment</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Education Secretary Michael Gove is hardly a friend of the unions, having made attacks on teaching unions NUT and NASUWT plenty of times before. At the Conservative Party Conference this week he persisted with his anti-worker ideology.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='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:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>Blacklisting<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_6" o:spid="_x0000_s1038" 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/day-action-announced-campaign-against-blacklisting-practices-uk" style='position:absolute;margin-left:243.75pt;margin-top:-96pt;width:75pt;height:57pt;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="-432 0 -432 21032 21600 21032 21600 0 -432 0" o:button="t">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/day-action-announced-campaign-against-blacklisting-practices-uk"><img border=0 width=100 height=76 src="cid:image003.gif@01CEC11B.9C136E80" align=left hspace=12 alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Logo.thumbnail.GIF" title="" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_6"></a><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0C3A6E'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/day-action-announced-campaign-against-blacklisting-practices-uk"><span style='color:#0C3A6E;text-decoration:none'>Day of action announced to campaign against blacklisting practices in the UK</span></a></span></b><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0C3A6E'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>The TUC has announced a day of action next month to protest against blacklisting practices and the companies which used them to lock out trade unionists from the construction industry.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='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:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>Workplace rights<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-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'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_7" o:spid="_x0000_s1037" 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/employment-law-changes-week-cuts-health-and-safety-and-equality-law-and-more-dreary-pay-uks-poo" style='position:absolute;margin-left:1.5pt;margin-top:-93pt;width:75pt;height:57pt;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="-432 0 -432 21032 21600 21032 21600 0 -432 0" o:button="t">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/human-rights-we-stand-lose-tory-government"><img border=0 width=100 height=70 src="cid:image004.jpg@01CEC11B.9C136E80" align=left hspace=12 alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Sarah%20Glenister.thumbnail.jpg" title="" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_8"></a><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0C3A6E'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/human-rights-we-stand-lose-tory-government"><span style='color:#0C3A6E;text-decoration:none'>The human rights we stand to lose from a Tory government</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>By Sarah Glenister, IER Staff</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>David Cameron told the BBC's Andrew Marr this weekend that he would withdraw the UK from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) if he thought such an action was necessary to "keep our country safe".<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='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:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>Pay and benefits<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-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'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0C3A6E'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/we-must-fight-care-workers-earn-least-national-minimum-wage"><span style='color:#0C3A6E;text-decoration:none'>We must fight for care workers to earn at least the National Minimum Wage</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_9" o:spid="_x0000_s1035" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Matthew%20Egan.thumbnail.jpg" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/we-must-fight-care-workers-earn-least-national-minimum-wage" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:-26.25pt;width:75pt;height: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="-432 0 -432 21168 21600 21168 21600 0 -432 0" o:button="t">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/we-must-fight-care-workers-earn-least-national-minimum-wage"><img border=0 width=100 height=100 src="cid:image005.jpg@01CEC11B.9C136E80" align=left hspace=12 alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Matthew%20Egan.thumbnail.jpg" title="" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_9"></a><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>By Matthew Egan, assistant national officer for Unison</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>It is conservatively estimated that around 150-200,000 homecare workers are routinely paid less than the National Minimum Wage mainly because they are not paid for the time they spend travelling between the homes of the people they care for.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='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:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>Equality<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-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'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_10" 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/advocate-general-ecj-says-intended-mothers-surrogate-children-should-receive-maternity-rights" style='position:absolute;margin-left:1.5pt;margin-top:3pt;width:75pt;height:57pt;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="-432 0 -432 21032 21600 21032 21600 0 -432 0" o:button="t">
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0C3A6E'>NEW ON THE COALITION TIMELINE!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/coalition-timeline"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=313 height=151 id="Picture_x0020_25" src="cid:image014.jpg@01CEC11B.9C136E80" alt="Coalition Timeline.jpg"></span></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0C3A6E'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/coalition-timeline"><span style='color:#0C3A6E'>Click here to see the Coalition Timeline</span></a></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0C3A6E'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p 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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>Pay and benefits<o:p></o:p></span></h3><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 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#413839'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Pay barely increases (01/10/2013)<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'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>Equality<o:p></o:p></span></h3><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:l3 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#413839'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Employers no longer liable for third-party harassment (01/10/2013)<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'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>Health and safety<o:p></o:p></span></h3><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:l4 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#413839'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>RIDDOR and first-aid protection cut (01/10/2013)<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Sarah Glenister<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>IT Development and Communications Assistant<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>Institute of Employment Rights<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>4th Floor, Jack Jones House, 1 Islington, Liverpool, L3 8EG<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>0151 207 5265<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>