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Tue Mar 16 17:11:43 GMT 2021

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WATCH: All the latest video resources from the IER 

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Since early in the Covid-19 pandemic, the IER adapted its traditional events calendar to online audiences so that delegates could continue to learn and debate topical employment law issues.

We have recorded all of these events and made them available on our website. Below are some of those that have been broadcast to thousands of viewers in the first few months of 2021.

Our next event is also now open for registration and promises to be an extremely timely debate. Following the launch of our HSE and Covid at work: a case of regulatory failure report, our authors will provide a detailed briefing on the multitude of failings in government and the HSE that their investigation uncovered.

Read more and book below. 

Join our authors for a detailed briefing on the report

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Tuesday 30th March 2021 – 10:00 am - 1:30 pm

Workplace infections account for a significant proportion of all Covid cases. An analysis of PHE data conducted by Professor Rory O’Neill, one of the co-authors of  <https://www.ier.org.uk/product/hse-and-covid-at-work-a-case-of-regulatory-failure/> HSE and Covid at work, revealed that 40% of people testing positive for Covid-19 reported prior ‘workplace or education’ activity.

Meanwhile, a survey of call centre workers by co-author Professor Phil Taylor revealed that over one in three (35.4%) were seated less than two metres away from their colleagues in contravention of social distancing rules. This is despite a warning from the government’s own SAGE advisors that reducing social distancing to one metre rather than two could increase transmission ten-fold.

In May 2020, the government declared workplaces “Covid-secure” and reassured workers that this would be enforced through a £14m package for HSE ‘spot checks’. But IER’s analysis found strong evidence that risk was not sufficiently mitigated in workplaces because Covid-19 rules were not adequately enforced due to an underfunded, light-touch approach through an understaffed agency that failed to regulate the risk to workers and communities.

The magnitude of this risk has since been tragically borne out by large workplace outbreaks such as that seen at the DVLA’s Swansea offices, while the government’s underwhelming response is reflected in the complete absence of prosecutions of employers known to be breaking Covid rules.

Learn more about the report, the project, and be part of the debate by joining us at this full-morning event. 

 <https://www.ier.org.uk/events/health-safety-law-and-enforcement-fit-to-protect-the-workers-of-the-21st-century/> Book your place 

WATCH: Launch of HSE and Covid at Work

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WATCH: Redundancy and Covid-19 – Are our redundancy laws strong enough?

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 <https://www.ier.org.uk/product/watch-redundancy-and-covid-19-are-our-redundancy-laws-strong-enough-2/> WATCH: Redundancy and Covid-19 

WATCH: Resisting anti-union activity, resisting anti-union employers

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WATCH: Racism at work (Part 2)

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IER and Covid-19

Due to the rapid spread of the coronavirus disease and the need to keep our staff, supporters and speakers safe, IER is holding all events online until further notice.

IER staff will continue to work, but remotely from home. We will answer emails, produce publications and circulate our weekly News Briefs and other on-line information. However, phone calls to the office or mail sent by post will not receive immediate attention.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused and wish you all best wishes during this difficult time.

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