[IER] IER News Brief 13/05/2016

Fri May 13 13:13:30 BST 2016

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Friday 13th May 2016
It's your last chance to pick the brains of our human rights experts, with our Liverpool conference (http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=b3a50c3c9b&e=d6817ec71e) fast approaching on Thursday 19 May. There is some suspicion that the government will introduce the British Bill of Rights following the referendum, should the UK vote to stay in the EU, as a means of placating right-wing Brexiters.

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News and comment
Human rights Committee warns against “unnecessary” British Bill of Rights
The House of Lords’ EU Justice Committee today (09 May 2016) published a report on its inquiry into the government’s plans for a British Bill of Rights, warning that there is little justification for the change and that it poses a risk to the British constitution.
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Low pay Universal Credit means more stress, less training, and surveillance, research shows
New research from the University of York into the recent Universal Credit (UC) pilot has found the benefit regime has a negative impact on claimants and does not succeed at helping people increase their income.
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Public sector Most senior civil servants forced to work unpaid
An unsustainable long-hours culture is emerging among senior civil servants, demonstrating how government policy has worsened working conditions in the sector it uses as its “guinea pig” for reform.
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Blacklisting Amount of money owed to workers more than tripled last year
There was a substantial increase in reports of employers not paying National Minimum Wage in 2015-16, according to a new report from the National Audit Office.
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Human rights IER report: Repeal of Human Rights Act will undermine whistleblowers
Whistleblowers will lose the protection of Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights - the Right to Expression - if the UK government repeals the Human Rights Act.
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Adrian Weir COMMENT: Remain or Leave - trade deals still pose major threats to workers
Adrian Weir of Unite explains how TTIP and similar international trade deals will continue to be a threat regardless of the outcome of the EU referendum, and must therefore be fought on a separate battleground.
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European Conventions protect workers in a number of ways: the right not to be forced into labour – a growing concern with the roll out of Universal Credit; the right to respect for private and family life; freedom of expression without interference by public authorities; freedom of assembly and association - protections that trade unions used to argue against the Trade Union Bill; and the right not to be discriminated against at work.

These basic rights form the basis of any civilised society so how can we ensure that these protections are included in any British Bill of Rights?

Speakers include Professor Keith Ewing, (IER, KCL); Jo Seery, (Thompsons Solicitors); Robert Knox, (University of Liverpool); Hannah Reed, (TUC); Paul Draycott, (Doughty Street Chambers); David Whyte & Stefanie Khoury, (University of Liverpool).
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Publications
EU Developments Access to Justice: Exposing the myths: £6
By Andrew Moretta
In the second of IER’s series of Mythbusters, Andrew Moretta considers the many myths surrounding access to justice, including the narrative surrounding the “red tape” and “burdens on business” ideology, which he believes paved the way for systematic attacks on the tribunal system.
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Kill the Bill 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 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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Keithe Ewing 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
EU Developments LONDON: Public Sector cuts, Privatisation and Employment Rights
15 June 2016 - 09:30 - 15:30
Unite the Union, London
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?
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EU Developments LIVERPOOL: Public Sector cuts, Privatisation and Employment Rights
05 July 2016 - 09:30 - 15:30
Unite the Union, Liverpool
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?
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