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</span><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>Trade Union rights<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;mso-line-height-alt: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:14.5pt;color:#413839'>Gagging act becomes law (19/9/2014)<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:14.5pt;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;mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt;mso-list:l0 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:14.5pt;color:#413839'>Sports Direct to be sued by ZHC workers (18/9/2014)<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;mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt;mso-list:l0 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:14.5pt;color:#413839'>Business leaders call for a higher minimum wage (18/9/2014)<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:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>Welfare<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;mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6'><![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:14.5pt;color:#413839'>73% of the people hit by the Benefit Cap are children (19/9/2014)<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;mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6'><![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:14.5pt;color:#413839'>Shocking PIP delays (18/9/2014)<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:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>Other<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;mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8'><![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:14.5pt;color:#413839'>£2,500 to access top Tories at conference (18/9/2014)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'> </span><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:17.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>Latest ET Statistics Confirm Loss of Access to Justice for Workers<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='margin-right:6.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;float:left'><p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1031" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/latest-et-statistics-confirm-loss-access-justice-workers" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:102pt;height:102pt;z-index:251656192;mso-position-horizontal:left;mso-position-vertical:top;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f" o:button="t">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/unison-launch-new-judicial-review"><img border=0 width=100 height=74 src="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/ierlogo-newssection.thumbnail.gif" align=left hspace=12 v:shapes="_x0000_s1032"></a><![endif]><o:p></o:p></p></div><p style='mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'>Unison have applied to submit new evidence in their appeal against the dismissal of their judicial review application against Employment Tribunal (ET) fees. The Lord Chancellor agreed that a new hearing should take place, taking into consideration new evidence. Unison will file a new judicial review application to include the most recent statistics on ET fees, which show an 81% drop in claims compared to the same quarter in 2013. Since the introduction of fees in July 2013, there has been an 86% drop in sex discrimination claims, and a 80% drop in Equal Pay claims. General secretary Dave Prentis said: “The union welcomes today’s decision of the Court of Appeal to stay proceedings while a new High Court claim is brought”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/unison-launch-new-judicial-review"><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:17.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>Business leaders call for a higher minimum wage</span><span style='font-size:17.0pt;font-family:"MS Gothic";color:#66667F'>
</span><span style='font-size:17.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><div style='margin-right:6.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;float:left'><p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1033" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/business-leaders-call-higher-minimum-wage%E2%80%A8%E2%80%A8" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:75pt;height:55.5pt;z-index:251658240;mso-position-horizontal:left;mso-position-vertical:top;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f" o:button="t">
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</span><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'> The letter stated, “Now, as the economy recovers, we believe the minimum wage should rise faster than it has in the recent past. A stronger minimum wage will benefit businesses, improve public finances, and help tackle low pay. The economy is growing again. But we must ensure that all employees are benefiting from the recovery – especially the lowest paid in society who find it hardest to make ends meet.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/business-leaders-call-higher-minimum-wage%E2%80%A8%E2%80%A8"><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:17.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>NHS workers vote in favour of strike action<o:p></o:p></span></h2><div style='margin-right:6.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;float:left'><p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1034" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/nhs-workers-vote-favour-strike-action" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:75pt;height:55.5pt;z-index:251659264;mso-position-horizontal:left;mso-position-vertical:top;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f" o:button="t">
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</span><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'> Members of UNISON were balloted in response to the Government ignoring the independent Pay Review Body’s recommendations for an across-the-board rise. As such, 60% of NHS staff and 70% of nurses won’t get a pay rise for the next two years.68% of those who voted were in favour of a strike, while 32% were not. 88% were in favour of action short of strike action, while 12% voted against it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/nhs-workers-vote-favour-strike-action"><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:17.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>Publications<o:p></o:p></span></h2><div style='margin-right:6.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;float:left'><p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1035" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:75pt;height:102pt;z-index:251660288;mso-position-horizontal:left;mso-position-vertical:top;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f">
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