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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/node/1922"><img border=0 width=100 height=74 src="cid:image001.gif@01CF13A4.6D16AA80" align=left hspace=12 alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/ierlogo-newssection.thumbnail.gif" title="" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_1"></a><![endif]><span style='font-size:28.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>News Brief 17/01/2014<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/node/1922"><span style='color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>View in your browser</span></a></span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>This week authored by Laura Ryder<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='line-height:14.4pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'><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:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>IER 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'>The IER is gearing up to an exciting year, in which we will celebrate our 25th anniversary and begin a regional tour with our collective bargaining manifesto, which has already proven very popular in the labour movement.<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'>What's more, we're about to start our events calendar for 2014, with our first conference of the year on equality set for next Wednesday (22nd January) at Liverpool's Adelphi Hotel. There are still a few spaces left and<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/equality-and-discrimination-what-next-equal-rights"><span style='color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>they can be booked here</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;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:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>New on the Coalition Timeline<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/coalition-timeline"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=100 height=67 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CF13A4.6D16AA80" alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Unite%20picture%20with%20shadow.thumbnail.jpg"></span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;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:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/coalition-timeline"><span style='color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>Click here to see the Coalition Timeline</span></a><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'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'><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'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>Trade union rights<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 lfo1'><![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'>Tory backbenchers lobby for end to human rights charter (12/01/2014)<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'>Increasing Vulnerability in the workplace<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:l1 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'>We should be more right-wing on immigration, says Tory (12/01/2014)<o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>Equality Liverpool – 22 January : Book Now!<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_3" o:spid="_x0000_s1048" 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/node/1730" style='position:absolute;left:0;text-align:left;margin-left:267.75pt;margin-top:-281.25pt;width:75pt;height:87.75pt;z-index:-23;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/news/coalition-plans-maternity-pay-could-create-broken-homes-and-rise-depression"><img border=0 width=100 height=74 src="cid:image001.gif@01CF13A4.6D16AA80" align=left hspace=12 alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/ierlogo-newssection.thumbnail.gif" title="" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_5"></a><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;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'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/coalition-plans-maternity-pay-could-create-broken-homes-and-rise-depression"><span style='color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>Coalition plans for maternity pay 'could create broken homes and a rise in depression'</span></a></span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'><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'>A parental charity has appealed to Prime Minister David Cameron and his Deputy Nick Clegg to exclude maternity pay from their proposed cap on welfare.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/coalition-plans-maternity-pay-could-create-broken-homes-and-rise-depression"><span style='color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>Read more...</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>Trade union rights</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_6" o:spid="_x0000_s1045" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/ierlogo-newssection.thumbnail.gif" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/un-lobbying-bill-will-tarnish-britains-democracy" style='position:absolute;left:0;text-align:left;margin-left:267.75pt;margin-top:-283.5pt;width:75pt;height:55.5pt;z-index:-20;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 18681 1296 21016 21600 21016 21600 2335 20304 0 -432 0" o:button="t">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/node/1915"><img border=0 width=100 height=74 src="cid:image021.png@01CF13A4.C170C070" align=left hspace=12 alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/ierlogo-newssection.img_assist_custom.gif" title="" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_8"></a><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;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"'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/node/1915"><span style='color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>7% pay cut and longer shifts cause anger amidst care workers</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'>On Tuesday, (14 January 2014), care workers went on strike outside Glasgow councillors' offices as part of a two-day industrial action to show their discontent at prolonged hours, and more duties at the same time as a massive pay cut.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/node/1915"><span style='color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>Read more...</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_9" o:spid="_x0000_s1042" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/ierlogo-newssection.img_assist_custom.gif" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/drop-inflation-fails-put-brakes-rocketing-cost-living" style='position:absolute;left:0;text-align:left;margin-left:267.75pt;margin-top:-283.5pt;width:75pt;height:55.5pt;z-index:-17;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 18681 1296 21016 21600 21016 21600 2335 20304 0 -432 0" o:button="t">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/labours-aims-could-be-achieved-through-more-effective-collective-bargaining/"><img border=0 width=106 height=74 src="cid:image024.jpg@01CF13A4.C170C070" align=left hspace=12 alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Sarah%20Glenister.img_assist_custom.jpg" title="" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_16"></a><![endif]><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/labours-aims-could-be-achieved-through-more-effective-collective-bargaining"><span style='color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>Labour's aims could be achieved through more effective collective bargaining</span></a></span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'><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</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'>In the run-up to the General Election next year, the Labour Party has begun to spell out its policies, hoping – it seems – to attract voters from all classes. The Institute of Employment Rights (IER) reiterates that more effective collective bargaining on a national scale is the solution Labour is looking for to achieve its aims.<a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/labours-aims-could-be-achieved-through-more-effective-collective-bargaining"><span style='color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>Read more...</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>New publications<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_17" o:spid="_x0000_s1034" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Labour%20Migration%20in%20Hard%20Times.img_assist_custom.jpg" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/labour-migration-hard-times-reforming-labour-market-regulation" style='position:absolute;left:0;text-align:left;margin-left:164.25pt;margin-top:-283.5pt;width:75pt;height:102pt;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="-432 0 -432 21282 21600 21282 21600 0 -432 0" o:button="t">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/justice-deferred-critical-guide-coalitions-employment-tribunal-reforms"><img border=0 width=100 height=134 src="cid:image014.jpg@01CF13A4.6D16AA80" align=left hspace=12 alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Justice%20Deferred%20Publication%20cover.img_assist_custom.jpg" title="" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_18"></a><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;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'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/justice-deferred-critical-guide-coalitions-employment-tribunal-reforms"><span style='color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>Justice Deferred: a critical guide to the Coalition's employment tribunal reforms</span></a></span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'><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 David Renton and Anna Macey</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'>Justice Deferred maps out in a concise, easy to read, accessible style and language, the ideologically driven path being pursued by the Coalition Government. It provides a critical guide to changes in employment tribunal rules and procedures.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_19" o:spid="_x0000_s1032" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Manifesto%20book%20cover%20shadow.thumbnail.jpg" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/reconstruction-after-crisis-manifesto-collective-bargaining" style='position:absolute;left:0;text-align:left;margin-left:174pt;margin-top:-283.5pt;width:54.75pt;height:75pt;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:absolute;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:text' wrapcoords="-592 0 -592 21168 21896 21168 21896 0 -592 0" o:button="t">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/labour-law-highlights-2013"><img border=0 width=73 height=100 src="cid:image016.jpg@01CF13A4.6D16AA80" align=left hspace=12 alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Labour%20Law%20Highlights%202013%20cover%20website.thumbnail.jpg" title="" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_20"></a><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;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:#66667F'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/labour-law-highlights-2013"><span style='color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>Labour Law Highlights 1013</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 Rebecca Tuck, Betsan Criddle & Stuart Brittenden</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'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>SPECIAL OFFER</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>– 4 for the price of 1! Buy Labour Law Highlights 2013 and get Labour Law Highlights 2012, 2011, and 2010 for free! Already got past copies of Labour Law Highlights? You can still buy this year’s copy on its own for the usual price of £8.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>Forthcoming events<o:p></o:p></span></h2><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>Equality and Discrimination: What next for equal rights?<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_21" o:spid="_x0000_s1030" 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;margin-left:0;margin-top:17.65pt;width:75pt;height:87.75pt;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:left;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:image003.jpg@01CF13A4.6D16AA80" 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_21"></a><![endif]><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><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'> </span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>Pensions: Changes and challenges<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_22" o:spid="_x0000_s1029" 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;margin-left:0;margin-top:1.15pt;width:75pt;height:88.5pt;z-index:-1;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 21234 21600 21234 21600 0 -432 0" o:button="t">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/pensions-changes-and-challenges"><img border=0 width=100 height=118 src="cid:image017.jpg@01CF13A4.6D16AA80" align=left hspace=12 alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Pensions%20London.img_assist_custom.jpg" title="" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_22"></a><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Wednesday 12 February 2014</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 class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_23" o:spid="_x0000_s1028" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Pensions%20Liverpool.img_assist_custom.jpg" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/pensions-changes-and-challenges-0" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:20.65pt;width:75pt;height:88.5pt;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:left;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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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/pensions-changes-and-challenges-0"><img border=0 width=100 height=118 src="cid:image018.jpg@01CF13A4.6D16AA80" align=left hspace=12 alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Pensions%20Liverpool.img_assist_custom.jpg" title="" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_23"></a><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Wednesday 26 February 2014</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'><br>A one-day conference<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><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>Access to Justice</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_24" o:spid="_x0000_s1027" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Access%20to%20Justice%20Liverpool.img_assist_custom.jpg" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/access-justice-0" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:19.15pt;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:left;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-0"><img border=0 width=100 height=117 src="cid:image019.jpg@01CF13A4.6D16AA80" align=left hspace=12 alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Access%20to%20Justice%20Liverpool.img_assist_custom.jpg" title="" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_24"></a><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Wednesday 05 March 2014</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'><br>A one-day conference<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><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'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_25" o:spid="_x0000_s1026" 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:1.5pt;margin-top:14.25pt;width:75pt;height:87.75pt;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 21415 21600 21415 21600 0 -432 0" o:button="t">
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