<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="100%" width="100%" id="bodyTable" class="" style="background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250); border-collapse: collapse; height: 3904px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 678px;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="center" valign="top" id="bodyCell" style="height: 3884px; margin: 0px; padding: 10px; width: 658px; border-top-width: 0px;" class=""><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="templateContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 600px !important; border: 0px;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" id="templatePreheader" style="background-image: none; background-size: cover; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 9px; padding-bottom: 9px; background-position: center center; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" class=""><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="word-break: break-word; color: rgb(101, 101, 101); font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center; padding: 0px 18px 9px;">News brief - 08/04/22 <a href="https://us12.campaign-archive.com/?e=__test_email__&u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=e3989da842" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(101, 101, 101);" class="">View this email in your browser</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr class=""><td valign="top" id="templateHeader" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); 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height: auto; outline: none; vertical-align: bottom; max-width: 427px;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="word-break: break-word; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 18px 9px;"><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 18px;" class=""><em class="">In the last of his three-part discussion on the P&O crisis, IER President Keith Ewing looks at the Government response.</em></span></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 18px;" class="">Grant Shapps’ nine-point plan in response to the P&O affair has been widely criticised as falling well short of what is required to deal not only with the ongoing dispute, but also with its legacy to ensure that this does not happen again. </span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnButtonBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnButtonBlockOuter"><tr class=""><td valign="top" align="center" class="mcnButtonBlockInner" style="padding: 0px 18px 18px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnButtonContentContainer" style="border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; background-color: rgb(115, 165, 51);"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="center" valign="middle" class="mcnButtonContent" style="font-family: Arial; 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height: auto; outline: none; vertical-align: bottom; max-width: 870px;"></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="mcnCaptionRightTextContentContainer" align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="264" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="word-break: break-word; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><h1 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(157, 12, 70); font-size: 26px; line-height: 32.5px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 18px;" class="">P&O Ferries: A roundtable on seafarers, industrial relations and the law</span></h1><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px;" class=""><span class="">Register for a virtual roundtable discussion on the legal and industrial relations implications of the mass sackings by P&O Ferries.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnButtonBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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height: auto; outline: none; vertical-align: bottom; max-width: 870px;"></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="mcnCaptionRightTextContentContainer" align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="264" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="word-break: break-word; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><h1 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(157, 12, 70); font-size: 26px; line-height: 32.5px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 18px;" class="">Minimum wage to increase for UK workers this month</span></h1><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px;" class=""><span class="">Increases in the minimum wage for UK workers came into effect on the 1st of April, benefiting approximately two million people.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnButtonBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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height: auto; outline: none; vertical-align: bottom; max-width: 8256px;"></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="mcnCaptionRightTextContentContainer" align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="264" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="word-break: break-word; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><h1 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(157, 12, 70); font-size: 26px; line-height: 32.5px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 18px;" class="">Statutory sick pay increase still set below ‘survival rate,’ unions warn</span></h1><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px;" class=""><span class="">The minimal increase of £3 in statutory sick pay (SSP) means the essential financial support is still set “below survival rate,” the TUC has warned.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnButtonBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnButtonBlockOuter"><tr class=""><td valign="top" align="center" class="mcnButtonBlockInner" style="padding: 0px 18px 18px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnButtonContentContainer" style="border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; background-color: rgb(115, 165, 51);"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="center" valign="middle" class="mcnButtonContent" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; padding: 18px;"><a class="mcnButton " title="Read more" href="https://www.ier.org.uk/news/statutory-sick-pay-increase-still-set-survival-rate-unions-warn/" target="_blank" style="display: block; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Read more</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnCaptionBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody class="mcnCaptionBlockOuter"><tr class=""><td class="mcnCaptionBlockInner" valign="top" style="padding: 9px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnCaptionRightContentOuter" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="mcnCaptionRightContentInner" style="padding: 0px 9px;"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnCaptionRightImageContentContainer" width="264" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class="mcnCaptionRightImageContent" align="center" valign="top"><img alt="" src="https://mcusercontent.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/_compresseds/fc2ad4b7-11be-ff1f-edec-1f810892aa8c.jpg" width="264" class="mcnImage" style="border: 0px; height: auto; outline: none; vertical-align: bottom; max-width: 6000px;"></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="mcnCaptionRightTextContentContainer" align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="264" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="word-break: break-word; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><h1 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(157, 12, 70); font-size: 26px; line-height: 32.5px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 18px;" class="">Thousands of UK workers to take part in four-day week trial</span></h1><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px;" class=""><span class="">More than 3,000 workers in 60 companies across the UK will test a four-day work week in what is thought to be the world’s largest pilot scheme.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnButtonBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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height: auto; outline: none; vertical-align: bottom; max-width: 1200px;"></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="mcnCaptionRightTextContentContainer" align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="264" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="word-break: break-word; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><h1 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(157, 12, 70); font-size: 26px; line-height: 32.5px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 18px;" class="">The Spirit of ’72: Morning Star Spring Conference</span></h1><dl class=""></dl><section class=""></section><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px;" class=""><span class="">The coming year looks set to pose unparalleled challenges: levels of inflation that will cut deep into living standards, reduced availability of basic services and, most likely, increasingly difficult employment conditions.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnButtonBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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