[IER] New Brief 11/10/2013

Fri Oct 11 16:59:07 BST 2013

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In the news this week

This week, the widely controversial Lobbying Bill was passed in the House of
Commons and had its first reading in the House of Lords. Elsewhere, another
hardline collection of Coalition proposals in the form of the Immigration
Bill
<http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/10/immigration-bill-would-mean-
identity-checks-for-all> raised a storm in the media.

Thanks to attendees of the Employment Law Update 2013

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und-0>
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Many thanks to everybody who attended our packed-out
<http://www.ier.org.uk/events/employment-law-update-2013-ken-gill-memorial-f
und> Employment Law Update 2013 on Wednesday. We have received very positive
feedback from the event and are proud that we have been able to maintain the
standards of previous installments of our most popular series of
conferences.

<http://www.ier.org.uk/events/employment-law-update-2013-ken-gill-memorial-f
und> You can download all documentation - including slides and papers - from
the event by clicking here

Those in the North West who missed out on the event still have an
opportunity to attend the next Employment Law Update in Liverpool, which
will be held on 06 November 2013.
<http://www.ier.org.uk/events/employment-law-update-2013-ken-gill-memorial-f
und-0> Click here to book your place.

New on the Coalition Timeline

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Coalition Timeline

Trade union rights

·         Tories call firefighters 'reckless' and 'selfish' (11/10/2013)

·         Govt attempts to push Lobbying Bill through at breakneck speed
(09/10/2013)

Equality

·         Tory admits sexist leaning in Party (10/10/2013)

Immigration and Migrant Workers

 <http://www.ier.org.uk/events/labour-migration-hard-times>
http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Labour%20Migration%20in%
20Hard%20Times%20Cover.img_assist_custom.jpgTheresa May this week announced
an Immigration Bill intended to make it more difficult for illegal
immigrants to access public services. The Tories have been accused of
appealing to less tolerant sections of society with their ineffective "Go
Home" vans, and this Bill is likely to stir-up similar emotion.

Despite the government's negative pronouncements on immigration over the
years, research shows that many of those who oppose the movement of workers
into the UK have been misled. For instance,
<http://niesr.ac.uk/sites/default/files/publications/100112_105822.pdf> it
is not true that immigrants are a drain on the UK's resources;
<http://niesr.ac.uk/blog/british-jobs-and-foreign-workers-todays-reports-imm
igration-and-unemployment#.UlV0AobrzBY> nor that migrant workers are a
significant cause of unemployment among British nationals.
<http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/publications/working/2007-04.pdf> It is not even true
to say that the UK is irreversibly segregated along race lines - a popular
myth - but it is true that they are segregated by economic inequality.

The real problem with immigration is the way in which migrants are treated
once they get to this country, with unfair employment laws hitting them much
harder - and in different ways - to the rest of society.

We are excited to host the forthcoming conference Labour Migration in Hard
Times, at which the UK's leading experts on Migrant workplace rights will
speak.  <http://www.ier.org.uk/events/labour-migration-hard-times> Book your
place now by clicking here

Trade union rights

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Controversial Lobbying Bill passed by Commons

The widely controversial Lobbying Bill has been passed by the House of
Commons
and has had its first reading in the House of Lords.

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ck-speed>
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<http://www.ier.org.uk/news/govt-attempts-push-lobbying-bill-through-breakne
ck-speed> Govt attempts to push Lobbying Bill through at breakneck speed

Members of the opposition have spoken out in Parliament after the government
continued in its attempt to push the widely controversial Lobbying Bill
through at such a pace that thorough scrutiny is impossible.

Blacklisting

<http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/ier-welcomes-proposed-compensation-scheme-blackl
isted-workers-not-even-beginning-end>
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<http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/ier-welcomes-proposed-compensation-scheme-blackl
isted-workers-not-even-beginning-end> IER welcomes proposed compensation
scheme for blacklisted workers; but this is not even the beginning of the
end

The Institute of Employment Rights (IER) welcomes the news that eight major
construction firms involved in the blacklisting scandal have admitted wrong
and proposed a joint compensation scheme for those who lost their
livelihoods through the abhorrent practice. But President of the IER
Professor Keith Ewing has warned that this does not mark the end of the
blacklisting scandal.

Workplace rights

 <http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/what-experts-say-employment-law-update>
http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Roger%20Jeary%20shadow.i
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<http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/what-experts-say-employment-law-update> What the
experts say: An Employment Law Update

By Roger Jeary

Roger Jeary, a delegate at the Institute of Employment Rights' Employment
Law Update conference, describes the views and lessons of the UK's leading
lawyers and trade union officials speaking at the event.

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IER Manifesto for Collective Bargaining

<http://www.ier.org.uk/news/aslef-becomes-tenth-union-back-ier-manifesto-col
lective-bargaining>
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20infographic.thumbnail.jpg

<http://www.ier.org.uk/news/aslef-becomes-tenth-union-back-ier-manifesto-col
lective-bargaining> ASLEF becomes tenth union to back IER Manifesto for
Collective Bargaining

Railway union ASLEF has announced its official support for the Institute of
Employment Rights' (IER's) latest package of policy proposals Reconstruction
after Crisis: a manifesto for collective bargaining. This makes the
organisation the tenth union to give the manifesto their backing, including
Unite, Unison, GMB, NUT, PCS, CWU, UCU, RMT and ATL.

 <http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/ten-point-collective-bargaining-manifesto>
Read the ten-point manifesto

<http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/reconstruction-after-crisis-manifesto-co
llective-bargaining> By the book

 <http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/watch-experts> VIDEOS: Watch the experts

 <http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/listen-experts> PODCASTS: Listen to the
experts

New publications

<http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/reconstruction-after-crisis-manifesto-co
llective-bargaining>
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%20shadow.thumbnail.jpg
<http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/reconstruction-after-crisis-manifesto-co
llective-bargaining> Reconstruction after the crisis: a manifesto for
collective bargaining
By Professor Keith Ewing and John Hendy QC

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.

 <http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/labour-law-highlights-2013>
http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Labour%20Law%20Highlight
s%202013%20cover%20website.thumbnail.jpg
<http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/labour-law-highlights-2013> Labour Law
Highlights 2013
By Rebecca Tuck, Betsan Criddle & Stuart Brittenden

SPECIAL OFFER – 4 for the price of 1! Buy Labour Law Highlights 2013 and get
Labour Law Highlights 2012, 2011, and 2010 for free! Already got past copies
of Labour Law Highlights? You can still buy this year’s copy on its own for
the usual price of £8.

Forthcoming events

Our autumn events are our most popular and are already selling out, so make
sure you book in early!

Employment Law Update 2013

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und-0>
http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/ELU%20Liverpool%20cover.
thumbnail.jpgWednesday 06 November 2013
A one-day conference
The Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool

Tupe Update: The New Regulations

Wednesday 23 October 2013
A one-day conference
 <http://www.ier.org.uk/events/tupe-update-new-regulations>
http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/TUPE%20Update%20cover.th
umbnail.jpgUNISON, Euston Road, London

Labour Migration in Hard Times

 <http://www.ier.org.uk/events/labour-migration-hard-times>
http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Labour%20Migration%20in%
20Hard%20Times%20Cover.thumbnail.jpgWednesday 20 November 2013
A one-day conference
Diskus Room, Unite Building, Theobalds Road, London

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