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now turns to breaking up the NHS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 0cm 0cm 0cm;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><img border=0 width=564 height=333 style='width:5.875in;height:3.4687in' id="_x0000_i1036" src="https://mcusercontent.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/1de35744-bbc8-458c-06bb-e32ebf493bde.jpg"></span><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:6.75pt 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:-2.25pt;margin-right:-2.25pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td width=600 valign=top style='width:450.0pt;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 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020'>On Monday (05 July 2021), <a href="https://www.ier.org.uk/news/mps-vote-in-favour-of-the-policing-bill/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#007C89'>the Police, Crime, Courts and Sentencing Bill was voted through the House of Commons</span></a> and passed to the House of Lords for further scrutiny.<br><br>365 MPs, including all Conservative MPs, voted in favour of the legislation, which will strengthen the power of the police to place conditions on peaceful protests – including their location, size and duration – and impose severe penalties, including prison sentences, against participants who cause “annoyance” such as by making too much noise.<br><br>All Labour Party, Green Party, Plaid Cymru, SNP and Liberal Democrat MPs were among the 265 who voted in opposition of the Bill.<br><br>And the government shows no signs of slowing down when it comes to pushing through increasingly controversial new laws, even in the face of widespread opposition.<br><br>The very next day (Tuesday 06 July 2021), it <a href="https://www.ier.org.uk/news/nhs-bill-opens-the-door-to-increased-privatisation/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#007C89'>launched its new Health and Care Bill</span></a>, which will divide the health service into 42 Integrated Care Systems (ICS).<br><br>Although the Bill has been touted by the government as the end of competition-based services and the privatisation of the NHS, campaigners and experts warned it actually opens the door to increased interference from the private sector.<br><br>Private firms, including US-based health insurance companies, will be invited onto the boards of ICSs and have a say in who is awarded contracts. Meanwhile, the Secretary of State for Health will be given additional powers to meddle with health system, raising fears among NHS providers that everyday services will be subject to political interference. <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;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;-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%;background:white;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td width=546 valign=top style='width:409.5pt;padding:13.5pt 13.5pt 0cm 13.5pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><h2>WATCH: Trade Unions , unemployment and workers’ rights<o:p></o:p></h2></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 0cm 0cm 0cm;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><a href="https://youtu.be/NLJEzluZ9qo" title=""Institute of Employment Rights Webinar - Trade Unions , unemployment and workers’ rights" t "><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=564 height=317 style='width:5.875in;height:3.302in' id="_x0000_i1035" src="https://mcusercontent.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/video_thumbnails_new/98de2999afed0f221f3ad52cce092013.png"></span></a></span><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:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 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style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><div align=center><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:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:6.75pt 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" 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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 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#73A533;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt;border-radius: 4px;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://www.ier.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/IER.AdvertisingSheet.V7.Feb21.pdf" target="_blank" title="Read more"><b><span style='color:white;text-decoration:none'>Read more</span></b></a> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></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:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><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:0cm 6.75pt 0cm 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=264 style='width:198.0pt;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 align=center style='text-align:center'><img border=0 width=264 height=156 style='width:2.75in;height:1.625in' id="_x0000_i1033" src="https://mcusercontent.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/7520481c-24de-99c7-2500-d2c2fcd08e36.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=264 style='width:198.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><h4>MPs vote in favour of the Policing Bill<o:p></o:p></h4><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020'>The Policing Bill has passed through the House of commons with the support of every single Conservative Party MP.<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 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#73A533;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt;border-radius: 4px;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://www.ier.org.uk/news/mps-vote-in-favour-of-the-policing-bill/" target="_blank" title="Read full story"><b><span style='color:white;text-decoration:none'>Read full story</span></b></a> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></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:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><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:0cm 6.75pt 0cm 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=264 style='width:198.0pt;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 align=center style='text-align:center'><img border=0 width=264 height=159 style='width:2.75in;height:1.6562in' id="_x0000_i1032" src="https://mcusercontent.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/38746020-9796-4f09-a487-4c584de14e39.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=264 style='width:198.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><h4>NHS Bill ‘opens the door to increased privatisation’<o:p></o:p></h4><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020'>Private companies, including US-based insurance firms, will have a say on the provision of services.<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 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#73A533;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt;border-radius: 4px;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://www.ier.org.uk/news/nhs-bill-opens-the-door-to-increased-privatisation/" target="_blank" title="Read full story"><b><span style='color:white;text-decoration:none'>Read full story</span></b></a> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></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:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><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:0cm 6.75pt 0cm 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=264 style='width:198.0pt;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 align=center style='text-align:center'><img border=0 width=264 height=174 style='width:2.75in;height:1.8125in' id="_x0000_i1031" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/da32e515-014f-41d9-b156-a407eea5479e.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=264 style='width:198.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><h4>“Absolutely no justification” for human rights reform<o:p></o:p></h4><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020'>The Joint Commmitee on Human Rights has warned the government to abandon plans to "update" the Human Rights Act.<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 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#73A533;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt;border-radius: 4px;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://www.ier.org.uk/news/absolutely-no-justification-for-human-rights-reform/" target="_blank" title="Read full story"><b><span style='color:white;text-decoration:none'>Read full story</span></b></a> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></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:6.75pt 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;-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:#0090AC;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td width=546 valign=top style='width:409.5pt;padding:13.5pt 13.5pt 0cm 13.5pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><h2 align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:white'>Featured publication</span><o:p></o:p></h2></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 0cm 0cm 0cm;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><a href="https://www.ier.org.uk/product/labour-law-highlights-2021/" title=""" t "><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=564 height=797 style='width:5.875in;height:8.302in' id="_x0000_i1030" src="https://mcusercontent.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/7fa2bf37-02da-3dcb-b250-b8ddf1be1cbb.jpg"></span></a></span><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:6.75pt 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:-2.25pt;margin-right:-2.25pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td width=600 valign=top style='width:450.0pt;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 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020'>Our Labour Law Highlights publication takes a stroll through the main judicial and statutory highlights of the previous year. In this case, the year under review will be for ever remembered as the Covid year.<br><br>The public health crisis and the ensuing lockdowns go someway to explaining the relative brevity of this year’s report: politicians were focused on the pandemic and keeping the economy turning, while the number of court cases was substantially reduced as courts – like many workplaces – adjusted to working on-line.<br><br>Covid-19 also helped expose some of the fundamental weaknesses in the UK’s employment law and our authors turn their legal eyes to a range of these issues including industrial action, redundancy, TUPE, whistleblowing and equalities.<br><br>Of particular interest this year is the question of the employment status of workers in the gig economy. Issues reflected upon include the exclusion of gig workers from the job retention scheme (furlough), whether gig workers should be covered by health and safety protections and, in a case that went all the way up to the Supreme Court, how the definition of ‘worker’ should be determined, the outcome of which decides who is entitled to the minimum wage, paid holidays and rest breaks.<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 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#73A533;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt;border-radius: 4px;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://www.ier.org.uk/product/labour-law-highlights-2021/" target="_blank" title="Read more"><b><span style='color:white;text-decoration:none'>Read more</span></b></a> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></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:6.75pt 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;-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%;background:white;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td width=546 valign=top style='width:409.5pt;padding:13.5pt 13.5pt 0cm 13.5pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><h1>EVENT: Human rights and employment rights<o:p></o:p></h1></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 0cm 0cm 0cm;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><img border=0 width=564 height=317 style='width:5.875in;height:3.302in' id="_x0000_i1029" src="https://mcusercontent.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/f369c953-7f2f-a09c-d44a-c560e848f717.jpg"></span><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:6.75pt 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:-2.25pt;margin-right:-2.25pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td width=600 valign=top style='width:450.0pt;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 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt'><h2> <o:p></o:p></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020'>21 July 2021 – 7:00pm</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020'><br>FREE <o:p></o:p></span></p><h2><br>About this event<o:p></o:p></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020'>Human rights at work and the right to privacy are rising to the forefront of workers' concerns, with employers often taking advantage of weak laws to intrude further in to the personal lives of their staff. The employer intends to squeeze more out of its workforce and artificially boost productivity, but little or no thought is given to whether this is sustainable for the worker, their lifestyle, or their mental health.<br><br>This situation has been worsened by the increasing ubiquity of social media, with posts made by workers used as ammunition against them by bad employers both during recruitment, disciplinaries and dismissals.<br><br>Despite a human right to privacy within one's home, employers have been monitoring staff working remotely during the pandemic using technologies such as keystroke logging software, instant messaging applications, and webcams.<br><br>Other more broad implications for human rights arise out of potential infringements on human rights through exploitative clauses in trade deals.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020'>Join us to discuss these problems and potential solutions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h2>Speakers<o:p></o:p></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020'>Dr Philippa Collins, University of Bristol</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020'> will be discussing <em><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>The Human Right to privacy and the future of work</span></em>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020'>Professor Keith Ewing, IER President</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020'> will be talking on <em><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Trade & Cooperation agreement & future of labour law</span></em>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020'>Josie Irwin, UNISON National Womens Officer</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020'> is going to talk on <em><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Women, equality and working from home: Bargaining for the best homeworking arrangements</span></em>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020'>Chaired by <strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Carolyn Jones</span></strong>, IER Director<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 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#73A533;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt;border-radius: 4px;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RygS-rfTSZKwVSPrpRZFPA" target="_blank" title="Book your place"><b><span style='color:white;text-decoration:none'>Book your place</span></b></a> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></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:6.75pt 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;-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%;background:white;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td width=546 valign=top style='width:409.5pt;padding:13.5pt 13.5pt 0cm 13.5pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><h1>EVENT: In Conversation: 'The Shadow of the Mine'<o:p></o:p></h1></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 0cm 0cm 0cm;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><img border=0 width=564 height=317 style='width:5.875in;height:3.302in' id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://mcusercontent.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/9c3db946-0e05-7078-8a8b-0c4d1bb7ec50.jpg"></span><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:6.75pt 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:-2.25pt;margin-right:-2.25pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td width=600 valign=top style='width:450.0pt;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 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt'><h2> <o:p></o:p></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020'>29 July 2021 – 6:00 pm</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020'><br>FREE <o:p></o:p></span></p><h2><br>About this event<o:p></o:p></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020'>No one personified the age of industry more than the miners. A new book tells the story of King Coal in its heyday – and what happened to mining communities after the last pits closed. British politics now revolves around the coalfield constituencies that have lent their votes to the Conservatives. What will the future bring?<br><br>Come and join the conversation between the author and two giants of the labour movement.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h2>Speakers<o:p></o:p></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020'>Professor Huw Beynon</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020'>, Cardiff University and author of The Shadow of the Mine<br><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Professor Keith Ewing</span></strong>, IER President<br><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Lord John Hendy QC</span></strong>, IER Chair<br><br>Chaired by <strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Carolyn Jones</span></strong>, IER Director<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 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#73A533;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt;border-radius: 4px;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4ZMi2rIpSvO1tUatCLu7cw" target="_blank" title="Book your place"><b><span style='color:white;text-decoration:none'>Book your place</span></b></a> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></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;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><div align=center><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:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:6.75pt 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#0090AC;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100% !important;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:18.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#F2F2F2'>IER and Covid-19</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#F2F2F2'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#F2F2F2'>Due to the rapid spread of the coronavirus disease and the need to keep our staff, supporters and speakers safe, IER is holding all events online until further notice.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#F2F2F2'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#F2F2F2'>IER staff will continue to work, but remotely from home. 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