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--></style></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'> <o:p></o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:450.0pt;background:#F2E3CE'><tr><td style='padding:11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt'><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><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#66667F'>IER News Brief 30/07/18<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='text-align:right'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=ec0f5f19a7&e=71131c031b"><span style='font-size:11.5pt;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='text-align:right'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='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:11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><a name="Top_of_page"></a><b><span style='font-size:52.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white'>news brief<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white'>Monday 30th July 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td><td width="25%" style='width:25.0%;background:#66667F;padding:11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=125 height=85 style='width:1.302in;height:.8854in' id="_x0000_i1048" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/42bef9e9-0080-4d3d-9334-2e260fdb3b8d.gif" alt="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/42bef9e9-0080-4d3d-9334-2e260fdb3b8d.gif"></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='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 style='padding:11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=auto-style9 style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Around 500 people packed into the Tolpuddle Marquee last weekend to watch the Institute of Employment Rights (IER) and Campaign for Trade Union Freedom's (CTUF) <a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=c2dd35a67c&e=71131c031b">fringe meeting</a>.<br><br>On the panel were Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, IER and CTUF President Professor Keith Ewing, ASLEF General Secretary Mick Whelan, South West Regional Secretary of Unite Peter Hughes, and McStriker Shen Batmaz - who received a standing ovation for her heartfelt speech describing the struggle of being a single parent on a zero-hours contract.<br><br>Professor Ewing set out some of the key recommendations the IER has put forth for employment law reform as part of its <a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=402c57448c&e=71131c031b">Manifesto for Labour Law</a>, including establishing a Ministry of Labour to ensure workers' voices are heard in Westminster; reinstate sectoral collective bargaining to raise wages and conditions across the board; and legislate to prevent the exploitation of workers through precarious contracts.<br><br>John McDonnell told the audience that the Labour Party had drawn upon the IER's Manifesto in the development of its own 20-point plan for a fair deal at work, which was published as part of its 2017 Election Manifesto For the Many, Not the Few. He vowed that Labour, which he said could be in government by the autumn, would restore trade union rights, to cheers and applause from the crowd.<br><br>The news this week only goes to demonstrate the urgency of reform to labour law, in particular around the vital matter of enforcement. <a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=efe5615662&e=71131c031b">Over two million workers</a> have had their holiday pay withheld and <a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=0740af1a5b&e=71131c031b">sexual harassment is rampant in the workplace</a>, with experts pointing to a failure to enforce the law - and to uphold international obligations - as the cause of both trends. <br><br>Meanwhile, a low pay crisis is becoming apparent, with <a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=189e9ae0e4&e=71131c031b">over half of homeless families in work</a>, those in the 'gig' economy <a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=8e55ecb190&e=71131c031b">working for as little as £2 an hour</a>, and public sector workers <a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=244db17e5f&e=71131c031b">offered a derisory pay rise</a> by the government at the last minute before Parliament broke for recess.<br><br>Among the 25 recommendations put forth as part of the Manifesto for Labour Law are proposals for an independent Labour Inspectorate and an improved system of Labour Courts to vastly strengthen the enforcement of the law and of collective agreements; and better trade union rights, including the reinstatement of sectoral collective bargaining, as this has been demonstrated to be the best way to improve wages and conditions for all.<br><br>The News Brief will now take its traditional August holiday, but we'll be back in September with a TUC Special in the run-up to Congress, in which we will announce exciting new developments to our Manifesto for Labour Law. Keep up with what we're up to over the summer by following us on <a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=f72a1e5544&e=71131c031b">Twitter</a> or <a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=db99eb909c&e=71131c031b">Facebook</a>, where we'll be making some important announcements over the next month.<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=1235a8f222&e=71131c031b">Click here to read more about our Manifesto for Labour Law</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="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=6075de6704&e=71131c031b"><span class=auto-style131>Subscribe now</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='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 style='height:38.25pt'><td colspan=3 style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:38.25pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:11.25pt'><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:11.25pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:11.25pt'><td style='background:#A43F65;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:11.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white'> News and comment<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr style='height:3.75pt'><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:3.75pt'></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr style='height:73.5pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=93 style='width:1.0312in;height:.9687in' id="_x0000_i1047" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/a445c496-c0c6-489d-86d5-33336f0515d9.jpg" alt="30th anniversary"></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Support the IER in its 30th Anniversary year</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#777777'>This year we are celebrating our forthcoming 30th Anniversary and we're appealing for your support. We hope to raise £30,000 to celebrate our 30 years and with these funds we will modernise our website and communications; promote our ideas through meetings, education packs, videos and animations; and establish a reserve to avoid repeat fundraising.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=2f1823a7ec&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;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:73.5pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=68 style='width:1.0312in;height:.7083in' id="_x0000_i1046" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/42bef9e9-0080-4d3d-9334-2e260fdb3b8d.gif" alt="IER logo"></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Get free access to music festivals and support the work of IER</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#777777'>The IER has teamed up with the Workers Beer Company to provide us with some much needed cash and our supporters with free festival tickets to popular events across the UK. Every hour of bar work volunteered by our supporters triggers a donation to the IER, which will help us continue to develop and raise awareness of our Manifesto for Labour Law. Volunteer bar workers also receive free beer tokens! </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="mailto:office@ier.org.uk"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>> click here to email our office and express your interest</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:73.5pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=98 style='width:1.0312in;height:1.0208in' id="_x0000_i1045" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/95a3f90d-83e6-4ce0-b186-b01b05cc2f77.png" alt=Manifesto></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>500 pack tent for IER/CTUF Tolpuddle event </span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#777777'>Nearly 500 people attended the Fringe Marquee at Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival to hear the case for a dedicated government department for labour and trade union rights.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=b9af9d51e7&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;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:73.5pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=98 style='width:1.0312in;height:1.0208in' id="_x0000_i1044" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/c9de063b-cd73-4fc5-8d13-fb67b7e3e040.png" alt="Low pay"></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Over half of homeless families in England are in work, new research shows</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#777777'>New research has confirmed that work does not pay for a significant proportion of people in England, as over half of homeless families are found to be employed.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=ef754b4c72&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;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:73.5pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=98 style='width:1.0312in;height:1.0208in' id="_x0000_i1043" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/b1c726de-bf3c-454c-9dd0-50d42672c9ff.png" alt="Workers' rights"></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Hotel workers claim exploitation on booming Isle of Skye</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#777777'>Hotel workers on the Isle of Skye, which is currently experiencing a tourism boom, have complained that they are being denied their employment rights.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=33e5ea3879&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;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:73.5pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=98 style='width:1.0312in;height:1.0208in' id="_x0000_i1042" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/c9de063b-cd73-4fc5-8d13-fb67b7e3e040.png" alt="Low pay"></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Labour will reinstate Agricultural Wages Board, Corbyn tells Tolpuddle</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#777777'>Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn told the Tolpuddle Festival yesterday (Sunday 22 July) that his party would bring back the Agricultural Wages Board (AGW).</span><span 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class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Deliveroo couriers 'earn £2 an hour and sometimes work for free', inquiry finds </span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#777777'>Couriers working for Deliveroo earn as little as £2 per hour and sometimes don't get paid at all for the tasks they undertake, a new report from MP Frank Field has found. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=988d368f4e&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;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:73.5pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=98 style='width:1.0312in;height:1.0208in' id="_x0000_i1040" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/4af5273a-321f-46c2-b0ad-932606fe318b.png" alt=Blacklisting></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>State spied on, blacklisted and smeared trade unionists, records reveal </span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#777777'>Newly released records have revealed that the Thatcher and Wilson governments spied on trade unionists, according to the Guardian. 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class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Independent review launched into Modern Slavery Act </span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#777777'>An independent review has been launched into the Modern Slavery Act after a cross-party report revealed the extent of economic and social costs related to the crime. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=2e47fdf02b&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;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:73.5pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=98 style='width:1.0312in;height:1.0208in' id="_x0000_i1038" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/b1c726de-bf3c-454c-9dd0-50d42672c9ff.png" alt="Workers' rights"></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Over 2m workers have holiday pay withheld, research shows </span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#777777'>New TUC research estimates that 2.2 million workers do not receive the paid annual leave they are entitled to, losing out on nearly £3 billion worth of holiday pay per year. </span><span 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class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Govt committee proposes maximum workplace temperature laws </span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#777777'>The Environmental Audit Committee has published a report recommending that the government consider instituting maximum workplace temperature requirements in response to recent heatwaves. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=c1acfe01f1&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;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:73.5pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=98 style='width:1.0312in;height:1.0208in' id="_x0000_i1036" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/e80db0b0-be8d-47c8-8d7d-05383e5cbcb3.png" alt="Public sector"></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Weak public sector pay rises bashed by unions </span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#777777'>An announcement last week that public sector workers will see pay rises below inflation, and that the wage increases may have to come out of existing budgets, 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London</span></strong></span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#777777'><br>At this popular annual conference, leading lawyers, academics and trade unionists will discuss how employment law has developed over the year so far, how it can be expected to change in the future, and how workers can best be protected.<br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Speakers include Ian Hodson, Paul Scholey, Tim Roache, Prof Alan Bogg, Neill Todd, Dr Jo Grady, Dr Ewan McGaughey and Prof Keith Ewing</span></strong></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=6b7b7a9ca3&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>> click here to read more and book your place</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:73.5pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 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style='height:3.75pt'><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:3.75pt'></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr style='height:73.5pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=142 style='width:1.0312in;height:1.4791in' id="_x0000_i1029" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/83275f98-1622-49e2-9a36-0ac77fd205ea.jpg" alt="Labour Law Highlights 2017"></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style51><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Labour Law Highlights 2017: £8</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#777777'>Edited by Rebecca Tuck</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#777777'>Catch up with the most important case law developments in 2017 in the latest of our popular Labour Law Highlights series.<br><br>In this year’s Labour Law Highlights, a team of barristers from Old Square Chambers returns to assess how each of these events has impacted upon case law in the last 12 months, including clarification from the courts on the requirements of the Trade Union Act in practice, the flurry of tribunal hearings regarding ‘gig’ workers, and further decisions on the rights of workers required to take "sleep-in" shifts. 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the bloc.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=ebfa111169&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;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:73.5pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=142 style='width:1.0312in;height:1.4791in' id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/f5cd005c-17c2-4c04-bd1f-452d91c64d61.jpg" alt="CB in Social Care"></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 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