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Over the past few decades, a sector like administration and support activities with under 10% unionisation rates has seen its labour share decline, while a sector like education with a unionisation rate close to 50% has seen its labour share rise."<br><br>The last ten years have been historically unusual, he added, in that employment has risen but pay has not followed.<br><br>Indeed, workers are feeling the pinch across the UK and some of those in the most insecure types of jobs are taking a stand.<br><br><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=a5f0d23ab2&e=71131c031b">Hundreds of Uber drivers protested outside the company's London headquarters</a> to demand fair pay and conditions this week, following in the footsteps of last week's day of action among precarious workers at Deliveroo, Uber Eats, Wetherspoons, TGI Friday's and McDonald's, which is being described as "unprecedented".<br><br>One reason the recent so-called "McStrikes" are being hailed as a turning point for the labour movement is that insecure workers have historically been difficult to unionise, as have younger workers, who make up a significant proportion of those joining recent action.<br><br>How did this come about? General Secretary of GMB Union, Tim Roache, and President of the BFAWU, Ian Hodson, explained what went into their tremendously successful campaigns at the IER's sold-out Employment Law Update on Wednesday. All presentations given on the day are summarised in <a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=8a469fdf0a&e=71131c031b">a report from Roger Jeary</a> - a delegate and IER blogger - and presentations and papers are available to <a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=835e7ba3bc&e=71131c031b">download for free</a>.<br><br>Missed this event but want a chance to watch it live and participate in questions and answer sessions? We will be holding the conference one more time in Liverpool on Thursday 15 November. <a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=852111626e&e=71131c031b">Read more and book here</a>. <br><br>Finally, following his impressive speech at the London Employment Law Update, we're pleased to share details of a forthcoming book launch that Dr Ewan McGaughey will be chairing. <a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=a169a27d29&e=71131c031b">Click here to read more and attend the free event</a>, which launches The Rise of the Working Class Shareholder by Professor David Webber.<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=ff127b9569&e=71131c031b"><span class=auto-style131>Subscribe now</span></a> 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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 id="_x0000_i1031" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/a445c496-c0c6-489d-86d5-33336f0515d9.jpg" alt="30th anniversary"><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"'>Support the IER in its 30th Anniversary year</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'>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-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'> <br><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=b365f4e413&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/8a74e5d2-ba66-4faf-a08d-e7b95ed9b73b.png" alt="Union 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"'>Weakening of trade unions behind pay stagnation, says Bank of England’s Chief Economist</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'>Andrew Haldane, Chief Economist at the Bank of England, has pointed squarely at the decline of trade unionism as a key reason for the stagnation in real wages over the last ten years. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=e78b0cb0c2&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_i1033" 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"'>Hundreds of Uber drivers strike at London HQ </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'>Hundreds of Uber drivers protested outside of the company’s London headquarters earlier this week over poor pay and working conditions. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=680d066ad2&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_i1034" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/b2c03606-1ca0-42dd-b5d2-e6271b972144.png" alt="Health and safety"><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"'>440 serious health and safety incidents at Amazon’s UK warehouses in last three years</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'>As many as 440 serious health and safety incidents have been reported at Amazon’s UK warehouses in the last three years.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'> <br><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=a2d28b5af9&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_i1035" 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"'>Prisoners ‘taking over’ understaffed prisons </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'>A former Prisons Watchdog has told MPs that prisoners are filling the vacuum left by experienced staff. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=bfec1c5f0b&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_i1036" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/41d5d27b-969b-4b55-bcb8-9a0e910471e3.png" alt=Equality><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"'>Government consults on race pay gap reporting duty</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 government has launched a consultation into imposing a duty on employers to report the pay gap between workers of differing ethnicities. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=729b0cde9f&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_i1037" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/d6c7a78f-ff04-4256-bce3-1b3991cd3d8c.jpg" alt="Lydia Hayes"><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: Mencap v Tomlinson-Blake: a disaster for the sustainability of social care? </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'>Dr Lydia Hayes analyses the impact of a new judgment that overturns the right of care workers to claim the minimum wage for sleep-in shifts. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=4ca2992138&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_i1038" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/f8adddd4-db51-4bb2-b0aa-7f43800b8d57.jpg" alt="Ewan McGaughey"><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: Workers on boards and 'inclusive ownership funds': How should it be written into law? </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'>Dr Ewan McGauyghey takes a detailed look at John McDonnell's proposal to make workers shareholders in the organisations they work for. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=a6f8c3a6f1&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 id="_x0000_i1039" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/49093be1-709a-43d4-aea1-53ca459191aa.jpg" alt="Art 11 briefing"><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"'>BRIEFING: Article 11(3) of the European Convention on Human Rights </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'>John Hendy QC and Professor Keith Ewing take a critical look at the way in which the right to Freedom of Association has been implemented by the European Court for Human Rights. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=f3b3eaf260&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 id="_x0000_i1040" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/ad60a515-67d7-48b9-84df-247847f20a95.jpg" alt="Tackling illegal working consultation"><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"'>CONSULTATION RESPONSE: An inspection of how the Home Office is tackling illegal working </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 Sonia McKay responds to a Home Office consultation regarding the treatment of migrant workers, stating that current immigration policies are neither effective nor efficient. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=8675246f20&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></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><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 style='height:9.0pt'><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:9.0pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td colspan=3 style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:9.0pt'><td style='background:#773B6A;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'> Events <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 height=117 id="_x0000_i1041" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/af589531-1f0b-40bc-8d16-163f37c79fcb.jpg" alt="Employment Law Update: Liverpool"><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"'>Liverpool: Employment Law Update 2018</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'> <br></span><strong><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>15 November 2018 - 09:30 - 15:00</span></strong><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Unite the Union, Liverpool</span></strong></span></b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;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, Prof Alan Bogg, Neill Todd, Prof David Whyte, Catherine Hobby</span></strong></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'> <br><a 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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 2017: £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'>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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