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</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#413839'>The Department for Work and Pension’s handling of benefits has been criticised by both an independent report and a parliamentary select committee this week, with urgent reviews being recommended for both Jobseekers Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance systems.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#413839'>These failings of the social security system are in part responsible for the proliferation of precarious working conditions including Zero Hours Contracts, as Zoe Adams and Simon Deakin argue in the forthcoming IER publication, “Re-Regulating Zero Hours Contracts”, due to be released in August. The book also says that the issue of exclusivity contracts, set to be abolished as outlined in the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill, is a “red herring”.<br>For more information on our <a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/node/%E2%80%9Chttp:/www.ier.org.uk/publications/re-regulating-zero-hours-contracts%E2%80%9D" target="_blank"><span style='color:#66667F'>forthcoming book</span></a> on Zero Hours Contracts continue reading….<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='color:#413839'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse;z-index:auto'><tr><td width="60%" valign=top style='width:60.0%;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;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;line-height:115%'><span 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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/small-business-enterprise-and-employment-bill-passes-second-reading" target="_blank"><img border=0 width=100 height=74 src="cid:image003.gif@01CFA85D.A033FBE0" align=left hspace=12 alt="cid:FD6EB1E1-7E2A-4C77-8F0B-CC047A5EC14A@cable.virginmedia.net" v:shapes="_x0035_52F54B4-7514-4EB4-9C4B-AFB345EEC9E8"></a><![endif]><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#413839'>The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill passed its second reading in the House of Commons this week. The bill will ban the exclusivity clauses for zero-hours contracts that prevent employees working for another employer when no hours are guaranteed. <a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/re-regulating-zero-hours-contracts" target="_blank"><span style='color:#66667F'>A new publication by the IER </span></a>however, says that the issue of exclusivity clauses is no more than a “red herring”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#413839'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/small-business-enterprise-and-employment-bill-passes-second-reading" target="_blank"><span style='color:#66667F'>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;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>JSA Failures Criticised By Independent Report<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#413839'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0036_6BB6C8C-BE31-4102-B6AE-0F00378364D8" o:spid="_x0000_s1033" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="cid:FD6EB1E1-7E2A-4C77-8F0B-CC047A5EC14A@cable.virginmedia.net" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/jsa-failures-criticised-independent-report" target="_blank" style='position:absolute;margin-left:1.55pt;margin-top:.2pt;width:74.7pt;height:55.25pt;z-index:251660288;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' o:button="t">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/jsa-failures-criticised-independent-report" target="_blank"><img border=0 width=100 height=74 src="cid:image003.gif@01CFA85D.A033FBE0" align=left hspace=12 alt="cid:FD6EB1E1-7E2A-4C77-8F0B-CC047A5EC14A@cable.virginmedia.net" v:shapes="_x0036_6BB6C8C-BE31-4102-B6AE-0F00378364D8"></a><![endif]><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#413839'>The DWP is failing to communicate with those on mandatory back-to-work schemes, resulting in cruel and unfair sanctions. An independent report into Job Seekers Allowance (JSA) claimants forced on back-to-work schemes was published on the 22nd of July. The report, commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and authored by Matthew Oakley, former head of social policy at center-right think tank Policy Exchange, found that the system was incomprehensible to many claimants, with sanctions often imposed on the most vulnerable due to their difficulties with understanding the “complex” and “legalistic” style of correspondence.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#413839'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/jsa-failures-criticised-independent-report" target="_blank"><span style='color:#66667F'>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;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","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;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>Employment Law Update 2014, Unite the Union, London<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#413839'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0038_DD00690-E7B6-4EE9-8B62-3600CB47090A" o:spid="_x0000_s1032" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="cid:70EF33EF-8400-4F07-B06F-1DC9FF2F17F4@cable.virginmedia.net" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/employment-law-update-2014-london" target="_blank" style='position:absolute;margin-left:1.55pt;margin-top:.3pt;width:74.7pt;height:90.4pt;z-index:251659264;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' o:button="t">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/employment-law-update-2014-london" target="_blank"><img border=0 width=100 height=121 src="cid:image004.jpg@01CFA85D.A033FBE0" align=left hspace=12 alt="cid:70EF33EF-8400-4F07-B06F-1DC9FF2F17F4@cable.virginmedia.net" v:shapes="_x0038_DD00690-E7B6-4EE9-8B62-3600CB47090A"></a><![endif]><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span class=aqj><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Tuesday 7 October 2014</span></b></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='color:#413839'>This 10th annual IER conference is designed to ensure trade union representatives are kept up to date and well-informed about developments in employment law. It is a must go to event for anyone with an interest in employment law and the protection of collective and individual workers’ rights.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='color:#413839'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='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;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>Employment Law Update 2014, Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0036_E5EC720-E2CC-4A15-96A7-A7FA7FECC717" o:spid="_x0000_s1031" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="cid:image003.jpg@01CFA85B.B8DB8C00" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/employment-law-update-2014-liverpool-0" target="_blank" style='position:absolute;margin-left:1.55pt;margin-top:-.4pt;width:74.7pt;height:90.4pt;z-index:251658240;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' 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-1" target="_blank"><img border=0 width=110 height=134 src="cid:image006.jpg@01CFA85D.A033FBE0" align=left hspace=12 alt="cid:image004.jpg@01CFA85B.B8DB8C00" v:shapes="_x0037_6247724-7499-4580-B672-8A80538824E7"></a><![endif]><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span class=aqj><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Wednesday 19 November 2014</span></b></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#413839'><br>Four years after the introduction of the Equality Act and where are we now? Leading equality experts from the law, trade unions and academia will come together to critically assess the latest case law, precedents and evidence and anticipate where they will lead us in terms of ensuring fairness at work for all.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td><td width="40%" valign=top style='width:40.0%;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#413839'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%'><a href="http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/law/distance-learning-llm/distance-learning-llm-employment-law?utm_source=IER&utm_medium=banner&utm_content=Employment%20law%20LLM%20apply&utm_campaign=LAW9" target="_blank"><b><span style='color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=300 height=150 id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image007.png@01CFA85D.A033FBE0"></span></b></a><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#66667F'><o:p> </o:p></span></h2><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#66667F'><o:p> </o:p></span></h2><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#66667F'><o:p> </o:p></span></h2><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>Help us to celebrate 25 years of the Institute<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%'><b><span style='color:black'><img border=0 width=200 height=133 id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image008.png@01CFA85D.A033FBE0"></span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Donations are coming in daily to mark the 25th Anniversary of the Institute. If you make a donation, don’t forget to send us a supporting statement about why you support the institute. So, whether you’re an individual or a branch, whether it’s £25 or £250, <a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/node/%E2%80%9Chttp:/www.ier.org.uk/about-us/help-us-celebrate-25-years-institute%22" target="_blank"><span style='color:#66667F'>join in </span></a>and you’ll be included in out monthly draw to win a free place at an IER event!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>IER Manifesto for Collective Bargaining<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="F7A44054-872F-4CC7-B73E-D0F2576B8932" o:spid="_x0000_s1029" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="cid:image007.jpg@01CFA85B.B8DB8C00" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/reconstruction-after-crisis-manifesto-collective-bargaining" target="_blank" style='position:absolute;margin-left:1.85pt;margin-top:-.2pt;width:112.35pt;height:112.2pt;z-index:251656192;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' o:button="t">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/reconstruction-after-crisis-manifesto-collective-bargaining" target="_blank"><img border=0 width=100 height=136 src="cid:image012.jpg@01CFA85D.A033FBE0" align=left hspace=12 alt="cid:image009.jpg@01CFA85B.B8DB8C00" v:shapes="_x0036_A5F6678-9365-4148-B71E-6052328FAA4C"></a><![endif]><span style='color:black'><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;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#66667F'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/reconstruction-after-crisis-manifesto-collective-bargaining" target="_blank"><span style='color:#66667F'>Reconstruction after the crisis: a manifesto for collective bargaining</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#413839'>By Professor Keith Ewing and John Hendy QC</span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#413839'>This publication presents an evidence-based policy proposal for the state encouragement of collective bargaining, and particularly sectoral bargaining, as a tried-and-tested means of reducing income inequality and stimulating the sustainable recovery of a strong and resilient economy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt'><b><span style='color:gray'>Copyright © IER, 2013, All rights reserved.</span></b><span style='color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><b><span style='color:gray'>Our mailing address is:</span></b><span style='color:gray'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><b><span style='color:gray'>Institute of Employment Rights</span></b><span style='color:gray'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><b><span style='color:gray'>4th Floor</span></b><span style='color:gray'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><b><span style='color:gray'>Jack Jones House</span></b><span style='color:gray'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><b><span style='color:gray'>1 Islington</span></b><span style='color:gray'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><b><span style='color:gray'>Liverpool</span></b><span style='color:gray'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><b><span style='color:gray'>L3 8EG</span></b><span style='color:gray'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><u><span style='color:#0433FF'><a href="mailto:office@ier.org.uk" target="_blank"><b><span style='color:#1155CC'>office@ier.org.uk</span></b></a></span></u><span style='color:#0433FF'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='color:gray'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><b><span style='color:gray'>To unsubscribe, please follow the instructions in the footer. If you are unable to see the footer or have problems unsubscribing, please click here or email </span></b><span style='color:black'><a href="mailto:unsubscribe@ier.org.uk" target="_blank"><b><span style='color:#0433FF'>unsubscribe@ier.org.uk</span></b></a></span><b><span style='color:gray'>.</span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='color:gray'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='color:#413839'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='color:#413839'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#413839'><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><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Carolyn Jones<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Director<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Institute of Employment Rights<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>4th Floor<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jack Jones House<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1 Islington<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Liverpool L3 8EG<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>t 0151 207 5265<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>f 0151 207 5264<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>e <a href="mailto:office@ier.org.uk">office@ier.org.uk</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>