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The speakers will bring extensive expertise to the subject, as academics, campaigners and trade unionists.<br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Speakers include Keith Ewing, Ralph Darlington, Nicola Countouris, Tonia Novitz and Bob Simpson</span></strong></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333F50'><br><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/employment-law-update-trade-union-act-ballots-important-public-services-liverpool"><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#333F50;text-decoration:none'>> click here to read more and book your place</span></b></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><br><br></span><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/conservative-government%E2%80%99s-proposed-strike-ballot-thresholds-challenge-trade-unions"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=139 height=198 style='width:1.4479in;height:2.0625in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D2C412.27791DB0"></span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=auto-style3><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#C00000'>Free copy of The Conservative government’s proposed strike ballot thresholds: the challenge to trade unions for all attendees!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=auto-style2><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333F50'>A book from two of our leading experts on industrial balloting, which discusses previous historical industrial action ballots and what impact the TU Act thresholds would have had upon them at the time.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br><br><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/conservative-government%E2%80%99s-proposed-strike-ballot-thresholds-challenge-trade-unions">Click here to read more and preview the publication</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" valign=top style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td width="56%" valign=top style='width:56.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=auto-style2 style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333F50'>Full day conference and free book from just £25!</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333F50'><br><br>The Institute of Employment Rights is offering special discounts for our forthcoming Employment Law Update on the Trade Union Act in Liverpool, with <b><u>33% off</u> </b>our usual entry fee and <b><u>66% off</u> </b>for students.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333F50'>General admission is now only <b>£50</b>, or <b>£25</b> with concessions (including students and the unwaged). <br><br>At the conference, leading lawyers, academics and campaigners from across the UK discuss the risks and opportunities since the Trade Union Act became statute.<br><br>In March this year, the widely contested Trade Union Act (TUA) came into effect. Under the draconian new laws, trade unions must secure a 50% turnout on strike ballots, and those in so-called "important" public services must also have the support of 40% of all those eligible to vote. Other regulations designed to make it harder to take industrial action include doubling the notice period unions must give employers, shortening the window in which strike ballots are valid, and imposing more restrictive rules around picketing as well as the information unions must provide on ballot papers and reports.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333F50'>While the unions are being wrapped in red tape, a campaign to break the labour movement is being established through other sections of the Act that serve to drain unions of resources and provide propagandist material for right-wing rags. Public sector organisations must now publish the cost of facility time but are not required to show the benefits – economic and otherwise – of a trade union presence. The Secretary for State also reserves the power to cap facility time through secondary legislation – i.e. without a parliamentary vote – in the future. The Certification Officer (CO) may now investigate allegations about union rule breaching from parties who are not union members, including organisations and individuals who are ideologically motivated to make vexatious complaints. Not only will the labour movement have to foot the bill for the CO's new activities, but the government is now consulting on regulations to allow the CO to fine unions up to £20,000 for rule breaches, making the regulator 'judge, jury and executioner'. Outgoing CO David Cockburn warned government in his final report that this new role may contravene the human right to a fair trial.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=auto-style2 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333F50'>And he is not the only official to have criticised the Act. The Welsh Assembly has now published the Trade Union Bill, which repeals the TUA as far as it pertains to the Welsh public sector, arguing that the anti-trade union laws will lead to poorer employee relations.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=auto-style2 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333F50'><br>Attendees will have the chance to discuss these issues and more with our experts, plus hear from those at the forefront of this issue.<br></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333F50'>All attendees will receive a free copy of the Institute of Employment Rights' book </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/conservative-government%E2%80%99s-proposed-strike-ballot-thresholds-challenge-trade-unions">The Conservative government’s proposed strike ballot thresholds: the challenge to trade unions</a> – </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333F50'>a book from two of our leading experts on industrial balloting.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7C7C7C'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan=3 style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=auto-style2><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/employment-law-update-trade-union-act-ballots-important-public-services-liverpool"><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Book now for our 25 May conference in Liverpool</span></strong></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:30.6pt'><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:30.6pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:9.0pt'><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:9.0pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td width="64%" valign=top style='width:64.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:right;line-height:normal'><span class=blue1><b><span style='font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>To unsubscribe, please contact <a href="mailto:sarah@ier.org.uk?subject=Unsubscribe">sarah@ier.org.uk</a>.</span></b></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:9.0pt'><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:9.0pt'></td></tr></table></td><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div align=right><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="88%" style='width:88.0%'><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:5.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>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" target="_blank"><span style='color:#307EC2;text-decoration:none'>www.ier.org.uk</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:12.0pt'><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:12.0pt'></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>