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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/high-rates-non-payment-compensation-employers-shows-how-damaging-coalitions-reforms-will-be-wor"><img border=0 width=100 height=108 src="cid:image006.jpg@01CEDCA3.91F781E0" align=left hspace=12 alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/David%20Renton.img_assist_custom.jpg" title="" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_6"></a><![endif]><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/high-rates-non-payment-compensation-employers-shows-how-damaging-coalitions-reforms-will-be-wor"><span style='color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>High rates of non-payment of compensation by employers shows how damaging the Coalition's reforms will be to workers</span></a></span></i></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>By David Renton, Garden Court Chambers</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'>The publication of research showing a significant proportion of employers do not pay the compensation they owe to successful claimants at employment tribunal shows the promise that workers' fees for justice will be reimbursed if they win their case means nothing. What we need to see the government now is action to readdress the balance.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_7" o:spid="_x0000_s1036" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Access%20to%20Justice%20London.img_assist_custom.jpg" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/access-justice-1" style='position:absolute;margin-left:251.25pt;margin-top:-261pt;width:75pt;height:87.75pt;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="-432 0 -432 21415 21600 21415 21600 0 -432 0" o:button="t">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/access-justice-1"><img border=0 width=100 height=117 src="cid:image007.jpg@01CEDCA3.91F781E0" align=left hspace=12 alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Access%20to%20Justice%20London.img_assist_custom.jpg" title="" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_7"></a><![endif]><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/access-justice-1"><span style='color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>Access to Justice</span></a></span></i></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><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'>David Renton will be one of the speakers at our forthcoming conference in<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/access-justice-1"><span style='color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>London</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>and<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/access-justice-0"><span style='color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>Liverpool</span></a>.<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'> <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'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_8" o:spid="_x0000_s1035" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Justice%20Deferred%20Publication%20cover.img_assist_custom.jpg" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/justice-deferred-critical-guide-coalitions-employment-tribunal-reforms" style='position:absolute;margin-left:251.25pt;margin-top:-261pt;width:75pt;height:100.5pt;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="-432 0 -432 21278 21600 21278 21600 0 -432 0" o:button="t">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/equality-and-discrimination-what-next-equal-rights-0"><img border=0 width=100 height=117 src="cid:image014.jpg@01CEDCA3.91F781E0" align=left hspace=12 alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Equality%20and%20Discrimination%20cover%20London.img_assist_custom.jpg" title="" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_14"></a><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Wednesday 04 December 2013</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'><br><i>A one-day conference</i><br>Unite the Union, London<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'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_15" o:spid="_x0000_s1028" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Equality%20and%20Discrimination%20cover.img_assist_custom.jpg" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/equality-and-discrimination-what-next-equal-rights" style='position:absolute;left:0;text-align:left;margin-left:153pt;margin-top:-261pt;width:75pt;height:87.75pt;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:absolute;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:text' wrapcoords="-432 0 -432 21415 21600 21415 21600 0 -432 0" o:button="t">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/equality-and-discrimination-what-next-equal-rights"><img border=0 width=100 height=117 src="cid:image015.jpg@01CEDCA3.91F781E0" align=left hspace=12 alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Equality%20and%20Discrimination%20cover.img_assist_custom.jpg" title="" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_15"></a><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Wednesday 22 January 2014</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'><br><i>A one-day conference</i><br>Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool<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'> <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'>Pensions: Changes and challenges<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_16" o:spid="_x0000_s1027" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Pensions%20London.img_assist_custom.jpg" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/pensions-changes-and-challenges" style='position:absolute;left:0;text-align:left;margin-left:153pt;margin-top:-261pt;width:75pt;height:88.5pt;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="-432 0 -432 21234 21600 21234 21600 0 -432 0" o:button="t">
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