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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:360.0pt;background:#F2E3CE'><tr><td style='padding:9.0pt 9.0pt 9.0pt 9.0pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td width="56%" style='width:56.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>IER News Brief 30/06/17<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="40%" style='width:40.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=98f0a46211&e=71131c031b"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#66667F'>Follow us on Twitter</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE;display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td width="75%" style='width:75.0%;background:#66667F;padding:9.0pt 9.0pt 9.0pt 9.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><a name="Top_of_page"></a><b><span style='font-size:42.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'>news brief<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:4.8pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'>Friday 30th June 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td><td width="25%" style='width:25.0%;background:#66667F;padding:9.0pt 9.0pt 9.0pt 9.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/42bef9e9-0080-4d3d-9334-2e260fdb3b8d.gif"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='padding:9.0pt 9.0pt 9.0pt 9.0pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=auto-style2 style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Last year, the government initiated its review into workplace exploitation and the "gig economy" and invited former adviser to Tony Blair Matthew Taylor to lead it. The Institute of Employment Rights has warned throughout Taylor's investigation that the results of his review are unlikely to be the robust and effective protections that workers need.<br><br>Indeed, earlier this week, Taylor appeared to <a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=f8d9b7cb4f&e=71131c031b">come out in support of the gig economy</a> in his speech at a TUC Conference, saying the UK is the "envy" of Europe because of its "flexible" workforce.<br><br>The IER reminds readers that the UK is the most unequal country in Europe in terms of wage inequality; the average Briton workers longer hours a day, more days a week, more years in their lifetime, and receives a lower pension when they retire than most of their European counterparts; and can expect lower levels of education and training, fewer paid holidays, and lower compensation for redundancy, sick and parental leave.<br><br>A greater proportion of UK workers live in poverty than on the mainland, and the state is forced to subsidise wages more so than anywhere else in Europe.<br><br>Taylor's review is expected to be published in the coming weeks and he has previously revealed he will recommend policies such as the right to request guaranteed hours - a proposal <a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=b0b7de4be6&e=71131c031b">roundly criticised for being "virtually worthless"</a> to workers in jobs so insecure that they avoid rocking the boat for fear of dismissal.<br><br>Elsewhere this week, <a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=81003ba157&e=71131c031b">the Tories cheered as they voted down much-needed pay rises for emergency service workers</a>, while Scotland promised to end the public sector pay cap.<br><br>Uncertainty continues for EU Nationals after it was revealed Theresa May's proposed deal <a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=9a8eb67897&e=71131c031b">only offers them a limited right to remain</a>. This comes as <a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=880a5ac9fa&e=71131c031b">more than one million EU workers plan to leave the UK</a>, potentially leaving the country in a skills crisis.<br><br>But what of workers' rights for those who stay in the UK after the exit from Europe? Seats are booking up fast for our conference analysing <a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=18bdc30475&e=71131c031b">Post-Brexit Employment Rights and Trade Deals in London on 19 July</a>, our experts will debate the risks to and opportunities for workers' and trade union rights from Brexit and trade deals. <a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=d6a17ba863&e=71131c031b">Book your place now to avoid disappointment</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=auto-style2><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Subscribers receive all of our publications free and discount rates on our conferences. <a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=1cd7a8972a&e=71131c031b"><span class=auto-style131>Subscribe now</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:30.6pt'><td colspan=3 style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:30.6pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:9.0pt'><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:9.0pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:9.0pt'><td style='background:#A43F65;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:9.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-line-height-alt:9.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'> News and comment<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr style='height:3.0pt'><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:3.0pt'></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr style='height:58.8pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=98 id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/e80db0b0-be8d-47c8-8d7d-05383e5cbcb3.png" alt="Public Sector"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Scotland scraps public sector pay cap; Tories cheer its continuation in Westminster</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>Holyrood promised to scrapped the public sector pay cap in Scotland one day after Tory MPs cheered in Westminster because an amendment to end the cap and give emergency services a fair pay rise was voted down.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=60ade687a4&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>> click here to read full story</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:58.8pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=98 id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/b1c726de-bf3c-454c-9dd0-50d42672c9ff.png" alt="Workers' rights"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tories vote down Labour motion to 'end austerity and make society more equal'</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>Tory MPs yesterday voted down a Labour motion to “end austerity … and make society more equal”.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=b71266251c&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>> click here to read full story</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:58.8pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=98 id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/e80db0b0-be8d-47c8-8d7d-05383e5cbcb3.png" alt="Public Sector"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Public opinion shifts against austerity, study shows</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>The Tories' jubilation over the continued freeze on emergency service workers' pay reveals the party is out of touch with public opinion, as a new study shows the tide has turned against austerity.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=3048ca981e&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>> click here to read full story</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:58.8pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=98 id="_x0000_i1029" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/c9de063b-cd73-4fc5-8d13-fb67b7e3e040.png" alt="Low pay"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>BoE economist blames 'low productivity' firms for wage squeeze</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>Bank of England Economist Andy Haldane told BBC's Newsnight that the growth of "low productivity businesses" has been a key factor driving the fall in real wages across the UK.</span><span 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style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>NHS blood service admits couriers are "workers"</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>In the latest in a string of cases contesting the employment status of people taking jobs as part of the so-called "gig economy", an NHS blood service provider has admitted its couriers were unlawfully misclassified as "independent contractors".</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=6560cf05ce&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>> click here to read full story</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:58.8pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=98 id="_x0000_i1031" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/b1c726de-bf3c-454c-9dd0-50d42672c9ff.png" alt="Workers' Rights"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Taylor 'supports continuation of gig economy'</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>Government jobs tsar Matthew Taylor has told the Trades Union Congress that the UK’s labour market is the “envy” of other European countries, according to the Telegraph.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=294bb83194&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>> click here to read full story</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:58.8pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=98 id="_x0000_i1032" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/e0a0f4fb-1680-43ea-b085-d284ec1737b4.jpg" alt="Steve Tombs"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>COMMENT: Dangerous Times: health and safety protections under attack</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>Professor of Criminology at the Open University, Steve Tombs, outlines the deregulation of health and safety since the Blair years and proposes solutions as part of the IER's Manifesto for Labour Law.</span><span 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0cm;height:58.8pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=142 id="_x0000_i1034" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/815fda47-e4b4-4148-a3e2-81af67efe0a4.jpg" alt=LLH2016><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span class=auto-style51><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Labour Law Highlights 2016: £8</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>Edited by Rebecca Tuck</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>This year’s Labour Law Highlights is produced against the backdrop of a Brexit vote in the UK and a Trump victory in the USA. It promises to be a bumpy ride ahead!</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=41f0e1ec73&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>> click here to read more and purchase</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:58.8pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=142 id="_x0000_i1035" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/afdba51d-b908-42ab-8241-ddca46df52ce.jpg" alt="Health and Safety Time for Change"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span class=auto-style51><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Health and Safety at Work Act: Time for Change: £10</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>By Phil James and David Walters</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>The world of work is changing. Fast. But the framework of law tasked with protecting the health, safety and well being of workers is now 50 years old and – according to the authors of this report – no longer fit for purpose. The authors put forth proposals for reform</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=80a0bc3c42&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>> click here to read more and purchase</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:58.8pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=142 id="_x0000_i1036" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/fb25d1db-2c1e-4d50-8d47-17dc166f146f.jpeg" alt="EU Developments"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span class=auto-style51><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Access to Justice: Exposing the myths: £6</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>By Andrew Moretta</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>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.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=12332d67fe&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>> click here to read more and purchase</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=142 id="_x0000_i1037" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/3a996d1c-1459-4dfb-81b8-8901488dad8a.jpg" alt="Kill the Bill"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span class=auto-style51><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Protect the right to strike: kill the bill: £5</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>By John Hendy QC & Professor Keith Ewing</span></b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'><br>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.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=32e10288fd&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>> click here to read more and purchase</span></b></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=142 id="_x0000_i1038" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/cee8b19e-c2dc-452d-a284-b14209fbf568.jpg" alt="Ballot Thresholds"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span class=auto-style51><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Conservative Government’s proposed strike ballot thresholds: The challenge to trade unions: from £6</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>By Professor Ralph Darlington and Dr John Dobson</span></b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'><br>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.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=c80ada4d5f&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>> click here to read more and purchase</span></b></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=141 id="_x0000_i1039" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/6ac2ddd4-6bd6-4c3f-81ad-06fdb882171c.jpg" alt="Keithe Ewing"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span class=auto-style51><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The mythology of business: from £6</span></span><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5BAFAC'><br></span></b><span class=auto-style51><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>By David Whyte</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>The ‘myths’ that this publication takes into consideration are the kind of things that politicians now routinely say without thinking. 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