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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:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>Events update 08/11/17<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="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=19bdc242f4&e=71131c031b"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;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:26.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'>Book now: Employment Law Update 2017<o:p></o:p></span></b></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 width="40%" valign=top style='width:40.0%;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'><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=9ef2b8a6cd&e=71131c031b"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=200 id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/d3ff5388-d0a5-4cdb-8fd4-c249cf319468.jpg"></span></a></span><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Employment Law Update 2017</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><strong><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>06 December 2017 - 09:30 - 16:00</span></strong><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Unite the Union, London</span></strong></span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br><br></span><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Speakers:</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>Rebecca Tuck, Old Square Chambers<br><i>Employment law in 2017: An overview</i> <br><br>Betsan Criddle, Old Square Chambers<br><i>Discrimination law update</i><br><br>Stuart Brittenden, Old Square Chambers<br><i>Redundancy & TUPE</i><br><br>Adam Ross, Old Square Chambers<br><i>Barriers on justice: personal injury in action</i><br><br>Bruno Gil, Old Square Chambers<br><i>Whistleblowing</i><br><br>Paul Scholey, Morrish Solicitors<br><i>Cases from the workplace</i><br><br>Jo Seery, Thompsons Solicitors<br><i>Gender pay reporting: is it working?</i><br><br>John Hendy QC, IER<br><i>The future of employment rights</i></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=auto-style2><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=123156d808&e=71131c031b"><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Book now for London</span></strong></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" valign=top style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td width="56%" valign=top style='width:56.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=auto-style2><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=5bea4c717b&e=71131c031b"><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Book now for London - 06 December</span></strong></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=auto-style2 style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This year has been a landmark one for employment law, with the issue of exploitative working practices reaching public consciousness through repeated scandals at “gig economy” and low-pay employers, prompting political inquiry into reform. At our popular annual employment law update, top lawyers, academics and trade unionists from across the UK meet to discuss the year’s developments in labour law and make proposals for the furthering and protection of workers’ rights.<br><br>Following a raft of court cases that found “gig” workers were being misclassified as "self employed" at companies around the country, the government announced the Taylor Review into modern working practices. Published in July, the key recommendation of this much-anticipated report was to recategorise "workers" as “dependent contractors”, with the ability to “opt out” of the minimum wage. More broadly, the review identified workers’ voice as a cornerstone of stamping out exploitative practices in the workplace, but stopped short of recommending improved trade union rights. <br><br>In a landmark success for access to justice, Unison won its four-year long challenge to the government’s tribunal fee regime in July when the Supreme Court ruled the charges unlawful. The government must now repay millions of pounds to claimants who paid the illegal fees, and case law may now make further progress as the 79% drop in cases taken to tribunal since the fees were introduced is expected to reverse.<br><br>A key section of The Trade Union Act 2016 has been rejected by the Welsh Assembly, which has voted to repeal legislation pertaining to its public services, including the 40% ‘support’ threshold on industrial action ballots, restrictions on the check-off system, and further scrutiny of facility time (with the potential for this to be limited by Westminster). In England, trade unions have met the Act head on, with enthusiastic participation among members, including with October’s 90% support for action at Royal Mail. However, this case also brought to light new challenges for trade unions when the employer obtained an injunction against the strike.<br><br>A landmark year too for equality, with the introduction of gender pay reporting; the publication of the government’s “race disparity audit”, which found significant gaps in employment opportunities between white and BAME candidates; and the latest hearing in the largest-ever equal pay case in the private sector, as mostly female shop workers challenge Asda to provide wages equivalent to their mostly male warehouse colleagues.<br><br>Finally, the shadow of Brexit has thrown the future of employment law into uncertainty, with the potential for the erosion of rights through the government’s controversial “Henry VIII” powers, the overturning of cases won on EU-derived principles, and the pressure to join a race to the bottom on labour law when negotiating new international trade deals.<br><br>With workers’ rights now a key political issue on the agenda of every major party, we look at current trends, successes, challenges, and proposals for better employment law.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=auto-style2><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=fea3478a94&e=71131c031b"><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Book now for London - 06 December</span></strong></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:34.0pt'><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:34.0pt'><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'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";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="64%" valign=top style='width:64.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:normal'><span class=blue1><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To unsubscribe, please contact <a href="mailto:sarah@ier.org.uk?subject=Unsubscribe">sarah@ier.org.uk</a>. </span></b></span><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:9.0pt'><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:9.0pt'></td></tr></table></td><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div align=right><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="88%" style='width:88.0%'><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Produced by:<br>Institute of Employment Rights,<br>4th Floor, Jack Jones House<br>1 Islington<br>Liverpool L3 8EG<br>0151 207 5265<br><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=352be19a92&e=71131c031b" target="_blank"><span style='color:#307EC2;text-decoration:none'>www.ier.org.uk</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:12.0pt'><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:12.0pt'></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br><br><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>