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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><hr size=7 width="100%" noshade style='color:#A0A0A0' align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr style='height:340.6pt'><td width=416 valign=top style='width:11.0cm;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt;height:340.6pt'><h2><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/equality-and-discrimination-what-next-equal-rights-0"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=186 height=141 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CD17E4.35069AA0" alt=IERlogo.gif></span></a><span lang=EN style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><h2><span lang=EN style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:red'>PLACES STILL AVAILABLE<o:p></o:p></span></h2><h2 style='margin-top:0cm'><span lang=EN style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#773B6A'>Equality and Discrimination: what next for equal rights<o:p></o:p></span></h2><h2><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#773B6A'>Wed 4<sup>th</sup> Dec 2013<o:p></o:p></span></h2><h2><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:#773B6A'><br></span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:#773B6A;font-weight:normal'>Unite the Union, London </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:#773B6A'><br>9.30 – 3.30</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#773B6A'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#773B6A'>Sponsored by Bindmans Solicitors</span></i><i><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#773B6A'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/equality-and-discrimination-what-next-equal-rights-0"><span style='color:#773B6A'>Book here</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#773B6A'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=321 style='width:241.0pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt;height:340.6pt'><p><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/equality-and-discrimination-what-next-equal-rights-0"><span style='color:#413839;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=361 height=440 id="Picture_x0020_0" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CEE141.7865E2B0" alt="Equality 4-12-13.png"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=737 colspan=2 style='width:552.85pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><hr size=7 width="100%" noshade style='color:#A0A0A0' align=center></span></div></td></tr><tr><td width=416 valign=top style='width:11.0cm;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><h2><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:#773B6A'>About the Conference<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>On 25th April 2013 the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (ERRA) received Royal Assent, repealing the following equality law legislation:<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 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:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Third-party harassment protection<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 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:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>The right to obtain further information in discrimination cases (through the questionnaire procedure)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Deregulation Bill, which is currently in draft stage, also contains proposals to remove the right for tribunals to make wider recommendations in discrimination cases.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>These are just some of the protections being repealed under the government's so-called 'red tape challenge' on the grounds that they are 'burdens on business'. Mandatory equal pay audits have also been scrapped (although never fully implemented) and an ET can only require an employer to conduct an equal pay audit if they find that the employer has discriminated on pay.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The public sector equality duty, which has been significant in stopping or delaying cuts in public services where they have a disproportionate impact on vulnerable groups and in mainstreaming equality into decision-making by public authorities, is itself under review. The Prime Minister has already told the CBI: 'We are calling a halt on equality impact assessments.' And the EHRC has been weakened. They have seen their budget cut from £70 million in 2007 to core funding of only £17 million by 2015 with a 70% reduction in staff and closure of regional offices. The EHRC says itself that the changes proposed by the ERRA "are significant and will have a substantial impact on individuals pursuing discrimination claims".<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This conference will bring leading equality experts and campaigners together with experts from the law, trade unions and academia to critically assess the changes and anticipate where they will lead us in terms of equality at work.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h2><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:#773B6A'>To Book<o:p></o:p></span></h2><h2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#773B6A'>Click <a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/equality-and-discrimination-what-next-equal-rights-0"><span style='color:#773B6A'>here</span></a> or email <u><a href="mailto:carolyns@ier.org.uk">carolyns@ier.org.uk</a></u> <o:p></o:p></span></h2></td><td width=321 valign=top style='width:241.0pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><h2 style='margin-left:35.05pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Speakers<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='margin-left:35.05pt'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>Professor Sir Bob Hepple QC</span></b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>, <b>Chair of the Equal Rights Trust</b></span><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span></b><i><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Coalition’s record on equality law</span></i><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:35.05pt'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>Aileen McColgan, Matrix Chambers</span></b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><i>An age-old problem: legal developments</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:35.05pt'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>Diana Holland, Ass General Secretary, Unite the Union</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span></b><i><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Campaigning for Equality at Work</span></i><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:35.05pt'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>Nicola Newbegin, Old Square Chambers</span></b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><i>The Public Sector Equality Duty: changes and challenges</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:35.05pt'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>Victoria Phillips, Thompsons Solicitors</span></b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><i>Equality: workplace rights under attack</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:35.05pt'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>Daisy Sands</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>, </span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>Fawcett Society</span></b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span><i><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#404040'>Women and the changing labour market</span></i><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:35.05pt'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>Sally Brett, TUC</span></b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><i>Where next for equality: a view from the TUC</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:35.05pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#763B6A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>