[IER] Meet the experts: Health and safety

Wed Jun 5 14:39:18 BST 2013

Please join us on June 12th in London or July 3rd in Liverpool to explore
current health and safety law and debate the next step for trade unions

A return to the Victorian era?

The recently passed Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act - details of which
can be found here
<http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/enterprise-and-regulatory-reform-act-resour
ce>  - has taken another step toward crippling the laws that protect the
health and safety of employees in the workplace. In the Act, employers'
114-year-old civil liability for workers' health and safety has been
removed, leaving it up to injured workers or the family of the deceased to
prove negligence on the employer's part, rather than the usual procedure of
the employer providing evidence that they have followed the law.

Elsewhere, legal aid is set to be cut for a second time, with the Ministry
of Justice's consultation on another waves of slashes closed this week. And
the government's forthcoming Deregulation Bill aims to exclude some
self-employed people from health and safety law altogether, in what may be
the most bizarre and unnecessary move they have made in this area so far.

This is on top of previous changes to health and safety law, including
banning workplace inspections in some industries, unless a worker is injured
or dies and cutting funding to the Health and Safety Executive and reviewing
its very resistance.

The Institute of Employment Rights has remained one of the only
organisation's providing up-to-date and expert news and debate on the
complex issue of health and safety law, and now we provide our supporters
with two conferences on the matter. Both the events - held in London and
Liverpool - feature some of the UK's leading experts and most passionate
campaigners in the health and safety field.

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Take a look at what previous delegates have said...

"Superb Day! Please do a follow up!"

"Case studies are hard-hitting and memorable"

"Excellent research"

"Very informative and enlightening"

Delegate feedback, 2012 health and safety conference

Our expert speakers:

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Hilda Palmer, Hazards Campaign

Speaking in London and Liverpool

One of our most popular speakers, Hilda Palmer is a passionate campaigner
against workplace hazards and is our go-to expert on health and safety
issues, particularly when it comes to case studies, up-to-date statistics,
and critique of the latest government proposals.

She has worked at Greater Manchester Hazards Centre since it was set up in
1987, and is the Acting Chair of the Hazards Campaign. Hilda also
facilitates Families Against Corporate Killers, that was set up in 2006.

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_custom.jpgDavid Whyte, Liverpool University

Speaking in London and Liverpool

David Whyte never fails to wow delegates with his original and unique take
on the perversity of health and safety law in the UK. An academic, and a
consistently engaging speaker at IER events, we are delighted to invite
David back this year.

He is reader in Sociology at the University of Liverpool where he teaches
and researches state and corporate power. He has written extensively on
safety crimes, death and injury at work and enforcement issues. He was
co-author of the Institute's publication <http://www.ier.org.uk/node/491>
Regulatory Surrender: death, injury and the non-enforcement of the law with
Steve Tombs.

Tickets

Payment up front

£75 Subscribers and members
£90 trade unions
£220 Commercial

Payment by invoice

£80 Subscribers and members
£100 trade unions
£240 Commercial

Three easy ways to pay

London, June 12th 2013

1.     Book online <http://www.ier.org.uk/events/health-and-safety-work>
with Paypal or a credit/debit card

2.     Book by post by filling in
<http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/Health%20and%20Safety%20London
%20flyer.pdf> our flyer and sending it back with a cheque

3.     Book by invoice by
<http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/Health%20and%20Safety%20London
%20flyer.pdf> filling in our booking form and posting us your order

Liverpool, July 3rd, 2013

1.     Book online <http://www.ier.org.uk/events/health-and-safety-work-0>
with Paypal or a credit/debit card

2.     Book by cheque by filling in our
<http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/Flyer%20Health%20and%20Safety%
20Liverpool%203-7-13.pdf> booking form

3.     Book by invoice by filling in our
<http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/Flyer%20Health%20and%20Safety%
20Liverpool%203-7-13.pdf> booking form

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Ben McBride

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Ben started as a trainee at Thompsons in Liverpool nearly 20 years ago. He
currently works at Congress House, where he has also served as the GMB staff
representative. He specialises in personal injury law on behalf of union
members injured at work and has had exceptional success with "stress at
work" claims. He has taught law as a part-time lecturer at Westminster Law
School, and he enjoys sporting holidays, where he has had first-hand cause
to reflect on the balance to be struck between enjoyment and safety!

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Steve Cottingham, OH Parsons

Speaking in Liverpool and London

Steve joined OH Parsons for the first time in 1988. After leaving the
practice for a few years he then re-joined the practice.

He worked with the NUM during the 1984/5 miners strike. In the aftermath of
the strike he represented miners in the Yorkshire area in unfair dismissal
claims. He also set up the personal injury claims service for members of the
Nottingham NUM.

He has pursued accident claims for employees building the Channel Tunnel in
Kent.

He undertakes personal injury work on behalf of employees and workers
injured at work as well as those suffering from work related illnesses.

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Tony Lennon, Bectu

Speaking in London

Tony Lennon, Research Officer and Former President of BECTU, will speak to
delegates about the implications for casualised and self-employed labour of
forthcoming changes to health and safety law, which could see
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Simon Hester, Prospect

Speaking in London

Simon Hester is Chair of Prospect HSE Branch, which represents 1,300
inspectors, scientists and policy staff. He is a longstanding HSE inspector
currently working in a frontline construction team in London.

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Andy Fisher, UCATT

Speaking in Liverpool

A health and safety conference would not be complete without a
representative from construction union UCATT, which serves the workers of an
industry particularly vulnerable to health and safety hazards. This year,
the North West Regional Secretary of UCATT Andy Fisher will present to
delegates on how the issue of workplace accidents and injuries - and how
workers can be protected from harm - continues to be a major one for
construction unions.

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Philip Liptrot

Speaking in Liverpool

Representatives of Thompsons Solicitors speak regularly at our events and
are consistently praised by delegates for their in-depth explanations of
employment law updates and the practical advice they can provide to trade
unionists. This year, solicitor Philip Liptrot will join us from the firm to
share a presentation he calls "Fifty shades of Grayling", providing an
in-depth view and discussion on the way justice has been denied to injured
workers.

Neil Hope-Collins, Prospect HSE Branch

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Speaking in Liverpool

Neil Hope-Collins has been much-praised for his well-structured and in-depth
presentations, in which he shares his expertise as a member of Prospect and
inspector. You can see an example of a previous presentation Neil gave at an
IER conference
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Sarah Glenister

IT Development and Communications Assistant

Institute of Employment Rights

4th Floor, Jack Jones House, 1 Islington, Liverpool, L3 8EG

0151 207 5265

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