[IER] IER News Brief 15/01/2016

[Sarah Glenister]

IER News Brief 15/01/16

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Friday 15th January 2016

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Welcome to our new look Friday News Brief from the Institute of Employment Rights! Each Friday afternoon, we will update you on the latest in employment and trade union rights news, analysis, publications and events.

This week: The Trade Union Bill, whistleblowers, surveillance and your chance to air your views on pay and employment rights on the BBC. 

Also, take a look at our  <http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=ae0db196bc&e=71131c031b> Spring Rally for trade union rights this February, and don't forget to sign up for our  <http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=781b77c71b&e=71131c031b> debate on the EU - are you in, or are you out? Do you feel informed ahead of the referendum? Our experts will discuss the pros and cons at this unique event.
 
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 News and comment

	

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	Audience members required for BBC Two programme
BBC Two are looking for 100 people across the pay spectrum who are engaged in issues regarding wages and employment rights to contribute to an audience-led discussion on these issues. To apply as a participant, please email  <mailto:heloise.beaton01 at bbc.co.uk> heloise.beaton01 at bbc.co.uk or phone 0303 080 7945 as soon as possible, detailing your opinions and experience. The programme will be filmed in Salford on Saturday 27th February, but to ensure people across the UK can be represented, the BBC will cover reasonable travel expenses.     


 Trade Union Bill <https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/0ea7f23a-e0ed-4d17-8098-a246cd6c59b2.jpg> 

	Lords' second reading of the Trade Union Bill
The second reading of the Trade Union Bill occured in the House of Lords on Monday 11th January 2016. We have selected some of the best speeches from the debate and publish the full video of the event.
 <http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/lords-second-reading-trade-union-bill> > click here to read full story 


 Trade Union Bill <https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/0ea7f23a-e0ed-4d17-8098-a246cd6c59b2.jpg> 

	Lords' proposed amendments to Trade Union Bill
Our rundown of the most significant amendments to the Trade Union Bill proposed following the Lords' debate.
 <http://www.ier.org.uk/news/lords-proposed-amendments-trade-union-bill> > click here to read full story


 Keith Ewing and John Hendy <https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/8f54db10-6631-4088-bd1a-54743e28d754.jpg> 

	COMMENT: Do the Lords have the stomach to fight the Trade Union Bill?
Our Chair John Hendy QC and President Professor Keith Ewing discuss potential responses to the Trade Union Bill, both from the House of Lords and from Trade Unions.
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 Dave Lewis <https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/d6988d8a-3f6f-406f-8fd9-a4e16e2e23aa.jpg> 

	COMMENT: Trade unions have the power to make a difference for whistleblowers
Professor Dave Lewis explains how trade unions can maximise the benefits to their members', society and even employers within the current legal framework by consulting on whistleblowing procedures. Dave has also published a free e-book on whistleblowing research available here <http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=7a7a48e236&e=71131c031b>  and invites any person with further queries on whistleblowing to contact him on D.B.Lewis at mdx.ac.uk.
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 Paul Scholey <https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/cef00ba4-8102-4e36-83d5-cd85793e16f4.jpg> 

	COMMENT: Privacy in the Workplace – the Bărbulescu decision
Paul Scholey, Head of Morrish Solicitors' Employment Rights Team, discusses employers' surveillance activities in the workplace and argues for the right to privacy following a recent case in which a worker was dismissed for using instant messenger for personal messages at his workplace.
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  WATCH: John Hendy & Keith Ewing on the Trade Union Bill

	

 



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  Publications

	

 Kill the Bill <https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/223db49b-0f33-41a3-885e-b63684f7df3c.jpg> 

	Protect the right to strike: kill the bill: £5
By John Hendy QC & Professor Keith Ewing
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.
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 Ballot Thresholds <https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/9b4fa418-1ec5-4370-894d-1e31d47de3d6.jpg> 

	The Conservative Government’s proposed strike ballot thresholds: The challenge to trade unions: from £6
By Professor Ralph Darlington and Dr John Dobson
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’ and go on to drill down into one aspect of the government’s proposals – strike ballots.
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	The mythology of business: from £6
By David Whyte
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.
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  Events

	

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	LONDON: EU Developments: has social Europe disintegrated? 
09 February 2016 - 09:30 - 15:30
GMB, London
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? Is social Europe growing or withering? Can the EU be democratised and transformed or is it doomed to fail? Still undecided on whether to vote yes or no in the referendum? Come along to this conference where we hope to inform your decision.
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	SPRING RALLY: The Trade Union Bill and Beyond - Fighting the Anti-Union Laws
11 February 2016 - 6.30pm
Mander Hall, NUT, London
Supporting the TUC's Heart Unions Week, we will be holding a FREE Spring Rally in conjunction with the Campaign for Trade Union Freedom in London.
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	LIVERPOOL: EU Developments: has social Europe disintegrated?
09 March 2016 - 09:30 - 15:30
Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool
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? Is social Europe growing or withering? Can the EU be democratised and transformed or is it doomed to fail? Still undecided on whether to vote yes or no in the referendum? Come along to this conference where we hope to inform your decision.
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