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<a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=0d4740f484&e=71131c031b" target="_blank"><span style='color:#007C89'>please click here</span></a> to view it now if you missed out, and our apologies for the inconvenience.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:5.4pt 10.8pt 5.4pt 10.8pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#9D5118;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td width=546 valign=top style='width:327.6pt;padding:10.8pt 10.8pt 0cm 10.8pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><h1><span style='color:lavenderblush'>Millions of workers still getting left behind, reports show</span><o:p></o:p></h1></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:5.4pt 0cm 0cm 0cm;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img border=0 width=564 id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/e5032caf-47fe-4f41-82e6-562c45d10961.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:5.4pt 0cm 0cm 0cm;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-1.8pt;margin-right:-1.8pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td width=600 valign=top style='width:360.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;max-width: 100%;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break:break-word'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 10.8pt 5.4pt 10.8pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#202020'>New reports this week show that millions of workers are still getting left behind in the workplace.<br><br><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=3e5655cfaf&e=71131c031b" target="_blank"><span style='color:#007C89'>Over half of UK workers have witnessed or experienced discrimination on the job</span></a>, whether it come in the form of ageism, racism, or unfair treatment based on someone's gender or LGBTQ status. This marks the UK out against other leading European countries France and Germany, where employers have made more progressive steps to stamp out injustice against protected groups.<br><br>Another subsection of workers hitting the headlines recently have been women going through the menopause, especially after the Labour Party announced it would introduce new protections for those affected by symptoms that interfere with their work. On World Menopause Day - Friday 18 October - both <a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=b877fd2fd3&e=71131c031b" target="_blank"><span style='color:#007C89'>Acas and Unison released new guidance for employers</span></a> on how to best support workers experiencing symptoms.<br><br>But perhaps the largest section of the workforce being left behind in current times is one divided not by their protected characteristics but by their postcode. Public services union, Unison, is raising awareness of <a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=60d9633fd1&e=71131c031b" target="_blank"><span style='color:#007C89'>the pay gap between Northern Irish health workers and their colleagues in other parts of the UK</span></a>. Because the devolved governments of Scotland and Northern Ireland agree pay rises separately to England and Wales, there is always a risk that some NHS workers' wages will fall behind. For NHS workers in Northern Ireland, the pay gap has grown so large that paramedics and nurses can earn around £2,000 less per year than peers doing exactly the same job in Scotland.<br><br>The IER, too, is focusing on pay gaps and other forms of inequality in our series of Equality and Discrimination conferences.<br><br>Our first event was held last week in Liverpool, where a packed room heard from speakers on a wide range of issues - <a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=53d2cd46c4&e=71131c031b" target="_blank"><span style='color:#007C89'>read a report, kindly provided with delegate Charlie Wilson, here</span></a>.<br><br>Our next Equality and Discrimination event will be held in <a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=a2391115f1&e=71131c031b" target="_blank"><span style='color:#007C89'>London on Wednesday November 13</span></a> - book now to avoid disappointment! 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100%'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img border=0 width=352 id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/3b8fc8e5-d83b-4abe-baac-447975a0c77b.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=176 style='width:105.6pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#9D0C46'>The IER's Executive Committee demonstrating their support for an equal workplace by showing racism the red card last week.</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#9D0C46'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 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style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><h3><span style='color:#9D0C46'>ACAS and Unison issue menopausal workers' rights advice</span><o:p></o:p></h3><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:dimgray'>On World Menopause Day (Friday 18 October), both Acas and the public service union, Unison, issued guidance for protecting the rights of workers who are experiencing the menopause.</span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#9D0C46'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 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style='width:158.4pt;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=264 id="_x0000_i1031" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/d4ff82f4-8293-416e-9912-b4b2c2e23bda.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=264 style='width:158.4pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><h3><span style='color:#9D0C46'>McDonald's workers announce 'biggest ever' strike</span><o:p></o:p></h3><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:dimgray'>McDonald's workers across the UK have warned bosses that they are planning to launch the biggest wave of fast food strikes the UK has ever 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class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=264 style='width:158.4pt;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=264 id="_x0000_i1032" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/fe6db599-1709-42dd-889b-26782d5cdd60.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=264 style='width:158.4pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><h3><span style='color:#9D0C46'>Over half of UK workers have witnessed or experienced discrimination, survey finds</span><o:p></o:p></h3><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 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