<html><body><div><blockquote type="cite"><div class="msg-quote"><table width="600" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="15" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#F2E3CE" class="mce-item-table"><tbody><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mce-item-table"><tbody><tr><td width="56%" class="blue" style="font-size: 15px;" data-mce-style="font-size: 15px;">IER News Brief 04/03/16</td><td width="40%" align="right"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/ieruk" class="blue" style="font-size: 15px;" data-mce-href="http://www.twitter.com/ieruk" data-mce-style="font-size: 15px;">Follow us on Twitter</a></td><td width="4%" align="right"> </td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="15" cellspacing="0" class="mce-item-table"><tbody><tr><td width="75%" bgcolor="#66667f"><div class="heading1"><a name="Top of page" class="mce-item-anchor"></a>news brief</div><div class="heading2">Friday 04th March 2016</div></td><td width="25%" bgcolor="#66667f"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/997c189a-d400-43b4-b5ee-2018a5e7887b.gif" data-mce-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/997c189a-d400-43b4-b5ee-2018a5e7887b.gif"></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="15" class="mce-item-table"><tbody><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="mce-item-table"><tbody><tr><td class="auto-style2">The unions have this week begun to announce their policy on the EU ahead of this summer's referendum, with <a href="http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-4ae9-Well-vote-to-leave-to-save-Britains-rail#.VtmlDfmLTrc" data-mce-href="http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-4ae9-Well-vote-to-leave-to-save-Britains-rail#.VtmlDfmLTrc"> <span class="auto-style13">ASLEF coming out in favour of Brexit</span></a>, and UNISON has <a href="https://www.unison.org.uk/news/unison-branch-consultation-on-the-eu-referendum/" data-mce-href="https://www.unison.org.uk/news/unison-branch-consultation-on-the-eu-referendum/"> <span class="auto-style13">launched a branch consultation</span></a> to survey its members' views. <br><br>So is Brexit good or bad for trade unions? Our <a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/eu-developments-has-social-europe-disintegrated-liverpool-0" data-mce-href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/eu-developments-has-social-europe-disintegrated-liverpool-0"> <span class="auto-style13">debate in Liverpool this Wednesday 09 March</span></a> is here to help you decide. We have gathered experts from across academic, law and the labour movement to give their views on the debate and inform the opinions of our delegates. There are still a few spaces left so <a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/eu-developments-has-social-europe-disintegrated-liverpool-0" data-mce-href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/eu-developments-has-social-europe-disintegrated-liverpool-0"> <span class="auto-style13">book now</span></a> to avoid disappointment.<br> <br> Subscribers receive all of our publications free and discount rates on our conferences. <a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/subscribe" data-mce-href="http://www.ier.org.uk/subscribe"> <span class="auto-style13">Subscribe now</span></a></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="mce-item-table"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3" style="height: 51px;" data-mce-style="height: 51px;"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="height: 50px;" data-mce-style="height: 50px;" class="mce-item-table"><tbody><tr><td height="15"></td></tr><tr><td height="15" bgcolor="#A43F65" class="auto-style4"> News and comment</td></tr><tr><td height="5" class="auto-style4"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign="top"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/423eb2f2-4f19-471d-bb47-313eb8d46b8c.jpg" width="99" height="98" alt="Trade Union Bill" data-mce-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/423eb2f2-4f19-471d-bb47-313eb8d46b8c.jpg"></td><td style="width: 4%;" data-mce-style="width: 4%;"></td><td width="82%" valign="top"><span class="auto-style3">Lords highlight positive impact of trade unions on economy</span><br> <span style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;" data-mce-style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;">In the fourth day of Committee Stage of the Trade Union Bill in the House of Lords last week, peers from Labour and the Liberal Democrat Parties highlighted the positive impact trade unions have on the economy. <br> </span><a class="purpleLink" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/lords-highlight-positive-impact-trade-unions-economy" data-mce-href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/lords-highlight-positive-impact-trade-unions-economy"> > click here to read full story</a></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign="top"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/ee3d5f11-51dd-41a3-98bc-5514d517aa2a.jpg" width="99" height="98" alt="EU" data-mce-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/ee3d5f11-51dd-41a3-98bc-5514d517aa2a.jpg"></td><td style="width: 4%;" data-mce-style="width: 4%;"></td><td width="82%" valign="top"><span class="auto-style3">COMMENT: German Judges offer a damning opinion on the European Commission’s proposed Investment Court System (ICS) Bill</span><br> <span style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;" data-mce-style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;">The German Magistrates Association has offered a forthright opinion on the establishment of an investment tribunal in TTIP. </span><br> <a class="purpleLink" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/german-judges-offer-damning-opinion-european-commission’s-proposed-investment-court-system-ics" data-mce-href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/german-judges-offer-damning-opinion-european-commission’s-proposed-investment-court-system-ics"> > click here to read full story</a></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign="top" style="height: 98px;" data-mce-style="height: 98px;"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/283836b7-1b86-4c9c-a45b-dd988837f166.jpg" width="99" height="98" alt="Professor Mark Freedland" data-mce-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/283836b7-1b86-4c9c-a45b-dd988837f166.jpg"></td><td style="width: 4%; height: 98px;" data-mce-style="width: 4%; height: 98px;"></td><td width="82%" valign="top" style="height: 98px;" data-mce-style="height: 98px;"><span class="auto-style3">COMMENT: The Deane Review of Self-employment</span><br> <span style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;" data-mce-style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;">Professor Mark Freedland QC analyses a recently published report on self employment commissioned by the Prime Minister and notes that it does not go far enough to highlight the instability inherent in 'bogus self employment' - for instance in the construction industry. </span><br> <a class="purpleLink" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/deane-review-self-employment" data-mce-href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/deane-review-self-employment"> > click here to read full story</a></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign="top"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/b5006053-e400-4ded-ab4d-efe9a7c37a82.jpg" width="99" height="98" alt="New Economics Foundation" data-mce-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/b5006053-e400-4ded-ab4d-efe9a7c37a82.jpg"></td><td style="width: 4%;" data-mce-style="width: 4%;"></td><td width="82%" valign="top"><span class="auto-style3">COMMENT: The threat to our democracy you didn’t see coming </span><br> <span style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;" data-mce-style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;">Stephen Devlin of think tank the New Economics Foundation explains how this week's announcement of further cuts to so-called "red tape" put the needs of business ahead those of the population.</span><br> <a class="purpleLink" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/threat-our-democracy-you-didn%25E2%2580%2599t-see-coming" data-mce-href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/threat-our-democracy-you-didn%25E2%2580%2599t-see-coming"> > click here to read full story</a></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign="top"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/7084e9ab-f511-4295-9d4e-bf07d690a452.jpg" width="99" height="98" alt="Professor Keith Ewing" data-mce-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/7084e9ab-f511-4295-9d4e-bf07d690a452.jpg"></td><td style="width: 4%;" data-mce-style="width: 4%;"></td><td width="82%" valign="top"><span class="auto-style3">COMMENT:Select Committee's recommendations on Trade Union Bill don't go far enough </span><br> <span class="auto-style11">IER President Keith Ewing explains why the recommendations of the Select Commitee tasked to look into the sections of the Trade Union Bill concerning unions' political fund do not go far enough; and calls on Labour to fight back. </span><br> <a class="purpleLink" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/select-committees-recommendations-trade-union-bill-dont-go-far-enough" data-mce-href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/select-committees-recommendations-trade-union-bill-dont-go-far-enough"> > click here to read full story</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="mce-item-table"><tbody><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="mce-item-table"><tbody><tr><td height="15"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="mce-item-table"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="mce-item-table"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3" style="height: 51px;" data-mce-style="height: 51px;"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="height: 50px;" data-mce-style="height: 50px;" class="mce-item-table"><tbody><tr><td height="15" class="auto-style8"> </td></tr><tr><td height="15" bgcolor="#5bafac" class="auto-style4"> Publications</td></tr><tr><td height="5"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign="top"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/51127fd5-35bb-421a-b789-6da240c746e6.jpg" width="99" height="142" alt="Kill the Bill" data-mce-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/51127fd5-35bb-421a-b789-6da240c746e6.jpg"></td><td style="width: 4%;" data-mce-style="width: 4%;"></td><td width="82%" valign="top"><span class="auto-style5">Labour Law Highlights 2015: £8</span><br> <span style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;" data-mce-style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;"> <span style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;" data-mce-style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;"> <b>By Rebecca Tuck, Stuart Brittenden, Betsan Criddle & Claire Bowsher-Murray</b></span><br>This year’s Labour Law Highlights provides a timely summary of the government’s priority labour law policy areas. No surprise then that it starts with an overview and critical analysis of the Trade Union Bill, including its restrictions on the right to strike and proposals to remove long established check-off and facility time arrangements.</span><br> <a class="purpleLink" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/labour-law-highlights-2015" data-mce-href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/labour-law-highlights-2015"> > click here to read more and purchase</a></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign="top"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/988a0170-f7ba-42fa-b68b-9a8c917b694e.jpg" width="99" height="142" alt="Kill the Bill" data-mce-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/988a0170-f7ba-42fa-b68b-9a8c917b694e.jpg"></td><td style="width: 4%;" data-mce-style="width: 4%;"></td><td width="82%" valign="top"><span class="auto-style5">Protect the right to strike: kill the bill: £5</span><br> <span style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;" data-mce-style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;"> <span style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;" data-mce-style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;"> <b>By John Hendy QC & Professor Keith Ewing</b></span><br>Two leading experts on trade union rights – Professor Keith Ewing and John Hendy QC – publish a short but comprehensive overview of the Trade Union Bill and its implications.</span><br> <a class="purpleLink" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/protect-right-strike-kill-bill" data-mce-href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/protect-right-strike-kill-bill"> > click here to read more and purchase</a></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign="top"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/5e057daa-89f5-4a04-afd5-8208eecf6dcd.jpg" width="99" height="142" alt="Ballot Thresholds" data-mce-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/5e057daa-89f5-4a04-afd5-8208eecf6dcd.jpg"></td><td style="width: 4%;" data-mce-style="width: 4%;"></td><td width="82%" valign="top"><span class="auto-style5">The Conservative Government’s proposed strike ballot thresholds: The challenge to trade unions: from £6</span><br> <span style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;" data-mce-style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;"> <b>By Professor Ralph Darlington and Dr John Dobson</b><br>According to the authors of this timely report, the government is attempting to rush into law ‘the most sweeping and radical tightening of rules on industrial action since the Thatcher era of the 1980’s’. They warn that such proposals could result in ‘the biggest showdown over industrial relations for a generation’.</span><br> <a class="purpleLink" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/conservative-government%E2%80%99s-proposed-strike-ballot-thresholds-challenge-trade-unions-0" data-mce-href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/conservative-government%E2%80%99s-proposed-strike-ballot-thresholds-challenge-trade-unions-0"> > click here to read more and purchase</a></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign="top"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/722873b6-ea46-48bc-b3a7-8e240524bddb.jpg" width="99" height="141" alt="Keithe Ewing" data-mce-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/722873b6-ea46-48bc-b3a7-8e240524bddb.jpg"></td><td style="width: 4%;" data-mce-style="width: 4%;"></td><td width="82%" valign="top"><span class="auto-style5">The mythology of business: from £6<br> <span style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;" data-mce-style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;"> <b>By David Whyte</b></span></span><br> <span style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;" data-mce-style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;">The ‘myths’ that this publication takes into consideration are the kind of things that politicians now routinely say without thinking. Yet these 10 myths have very little foundation in reality and are rarely, if ever, accompanied with any concrete evidence to support them.</span><br> <a class="purpleLink" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/mythology-business" data-mce-href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/mythology-business"> > click here to read more and purchase</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="mce-item-table"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3" style="height: 51px;" data-mce-style="height: 51px;"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="height: 50px;" data-mce-style="height: 50px;" class="mce-item-table"><tbody><tr><td height="15" class="auto-style8"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="mce-item-table"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td height="15" bgcolor="#773b6a" class="auto-style4"> Events</td></tr><tr><td height="5"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign="top"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/7c7375b9-117a-46b7-9902-eb2df87df038.jpg" width="99" height="117" alt="EU Developments" data-mce-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/7c7375b9-117a-46b7-9902-eb2df87df038.jpg"></td><td style="width: 4%;" data-mce-style="width: 4%;"></td><td width="82%" valign="top"><span class="auto-style6">LIVERPOOL: EU Developments: has social Europe disintegrated?</span><br> <span style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;" data-mce-style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;"><strong>09 March 2016 - 09:30 - 15:30<br>Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool</strong><br>Does the EU protect our rights at work and promote prosperity and jobs? Or is it a ‘bosses club’ that places freedom of capital over workers’ rights? Come along to this conference where we hope to inform your decision.</span><br> <a class="purpleLink" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/eu-developments-has-social-europe-disintegrated-liverpool-0" data-mce-href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/eu-developments-has-social-europe-disintegrated-liverpool-0"> > click here to read more</a></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign="top"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/411e21ce-2ae6-4b49-a85c-c92c47165955.jpg" width="99" height="117" alt="EU Developments" data-mce-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/411e21ce-2ae6-4b49-a85c-c92c47165955.jpg"></td><td style="width: 4%;" data-mce-style="width: 4%;"></td><td width="82%" valign="top"><span class="auto-style6">LONDON: Human Rights vs. Bill of Rights: What's in it for workers?</span><br> <span style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;" data-mce-style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;"><strong>27 April 2016 - 09:30 - 15:30<br>Unite the Union, London</strong><br>How far has the Government gone towards its promised British Bill of Rights? More importantly, how would such changes impact on the rights of UK citizens at work, in society and in the economy?</span><br> <a class="purpleLink" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/node/2943" data-mce-href="http://www.ier.org.uk/node/2943"> > click here to read more</a></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign="top"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/23383fa4-6828-42b8-bfe9-16abc17fb1cc.jpg" width="99" height="117" alt="EU Developments" data-mce-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/23383fa4-6828-42b8-bfe9-16abc17fb1cc.jpg"></td><td style="width: 4%;" data-mce-style="width: 4%;"></td><td width="82%" valign="top"><span class="auto-style6">LIVERPOOL: Human Rights vs. Bill of Rights: What's in it for workers?</span><br> <span style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;" data-mce-style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;"><strong>19 May 2016 - 09:30 - 15:30<br>Unite the Union, Liverpool</strong><br>How far has the Government gone towards its promised British Bill of Rights? More importantly, how would such changes impact on the rights of UK citizens at work, in society and in the economy?</span><br> <a class="purpleLink" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/node/2944" data-mce-href="http://www.ier.org.uk/node/2944"> > click here to read more</a></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign="top"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/2b69d45a-9c99-4400-8124-d1a0e8280e27.jpg" width="99" height="117" alt="EU Developments" data-mce-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/2b69d45a-9c99-4400-8124-d1a0e8280e27.jpg"></td><td style="width: 4%;" data-mce-style="width: 4%;"></td><td width="82%" valign="top"><span class="auto-style6">LONDON: Public Sector cuts, Privatisation and Employment Rights</span><br> <span style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;" data-mce-style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;"><strong>15 June 2016 - 09:30 - 15:30<br>Unite the Union, London</strong><br>How far has the Government gone towards its promised British Bill of Rights? More importantly, how would such changes impact on the rights of UK citizens at work, in society and in the economy?</span><br> <a class="purpleLink" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/public-sector-cuts-privatisation-and-employment-rights-london" data-mce-href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/public-sector-cuts-privatisation-and-employment-rights-london"> > click here to read more</a></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign="top"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/f9f1e90f-26c5-47e7-8129-24f583d604bb.jpg" width="99" height="117" alt="EU Developments" data-mce-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/f9f1e90f-26c5-47e7-8129-24f583d604bb.jpg"></td><td style="width: 4%;" data-mce-style="width: 4%;"></td><td width="82%" valign="top"><span class="auto-style6">LIVERPOOL: Public Sector cuts, Privatisation and Employment Rights</span><br> <span style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;" data-mce-style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;"><strong>05 July 2016 - 09:30 - 15:30<br>Unite the Union, Liverpool</strong><br>How far has the Government gone towards its promised British Bill of Rights? More importantly, how would such changes impact on the rights of UK citizens at work, in society and in the economy?</span><br> <a class="purpleLink" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/public-sector-cuts-privatisation-and-employment-rights-liverpool" data-mce-href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/public-sector-cuts-privatisation-and-employment-rights-liverpool"> > click here to read more</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td height="15"></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="mce-item-table"><tbody><tr><td width="64%" valign="top"><span style="font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold;" class="blue" data-mce-style="font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold;">To unsubscribe, please contact <a href="mailto:sarah@ier.org.uk?subject=Unsubscribe" data-mce-href="mailto:sarah@ier.org.uk?subject=Unsubscribe">sarah@ier.org.uk</a>.</span><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="mce-item-table"><tbody><tr><td height="15"></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="right" valign="top"><table width="88%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="mce-item-table"><tbody><tr><td><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9px;" data-mce-style="color: #333333; font-size: 9px;">Produced by:<br> Institute of Employment Rights,<br> 4th Floor, Jack Jones House<br> 1 Islington<br> Liverpool L3 8EG<br> 0151 207 5265<br> <a href="http://www.ier.org.uk" class="blueLink" data-mce-href="http://www.ier.org.uk">www.ier.org.uk</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="mce-item-table"><tbody><tr><td height="20"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><center><br><br><style type="text/css"></style></center><style class="existing-message-styles" type="text/css">div.msg-quote , td, th {font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206);}
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