Against the Backdrop of recent hostile decisions in the European Court of Justice, what national and international steps can unions take to promote fair rights and free unions?

Join us for our annual Fringe Meeting at TUC Congress in Brighton

5:30PM or end of afternoon session

Meeting Room 1 Hall B West, Brighton Centre

Chaired by John Hendy, QC, Chair, IER

• Speakers include:
  1. Tony Benn, Vice President, United Campaign
  2. Christine Blower, Acting Gen Sec NUT
  3. Brian Caton, Gen Sec POA,
  4. Bob Crow, Gen Sec RMT and United Campaign Chair

Join us for our 2nd fringe meeting at TUC Congress.

1PM or end of morning session

MEETING ROOM 4 3rd Floor Room 3

• Speakers confirmed include:
  1. Margie Jaffe, Unison
  2. Kamaljeet Jandu, GMB
  3. Sanjiv Sachdev, Kingston University and author of IER publication, The Impact of Contracting Out on Employment Relations in Public Services (2005)

DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND, THIS EVENT IS NOW FULL
You can still register for our North West Employment Law Update conference
Booking details here

Wednesday 15th October 2008
9.30am – 4.15pm
at Scope
6 Market Road, London N7 9PW Nearest tube: Caledonian Rd

Our annual conference
organised by The Institute of Employment Rights
in association with the TUC and Old Square Chambers

about the conference

One of a new series of events in the North West

Wednesday 22nd October 2008
Adelphi Hotel,Liverpool

Sponsored by Unite North West Region and Thompsons Solicitors

While we have travelled a long way in terms of equalities legislation in recent years, the complexity of discrimination legislation still makes it very difficult to tackle the deep-set issues of inequality in the workplace.

A conference
Wednesday 5th November
9:15- 4:00pm
At the NUT, Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London WC1H 9BD

About the conference

What has neo-liberalism ever done for us? That’s a question increasingly being asked by more and more workers and their unions.

Part of the North West Events programme

Wednesday 12th November 2008, at the Adephi Hotel, Lime Street, Liverpool

Sponsored by UNITE North West Region, Thompsons Solicitors, Fire Brigades Union, National Union of Teachers

With the local elections over and a general election looming within two years, trade unions and their members are looking to the future. What do we want and expect from a Labour government looking for a fourth term in office? What is required to make UK laws compliant with our international obligations?

Women at Work: 90 Years Since the Representation of the People Act 1918
a conference
Wednesday 3rd December 2008
10.00am – 4.00pm
at the NUT Hamilton House,
Mabledon Place, London WC1H 9BD
organised by
The Institute of Employment Rights

About the conference

Open Meeting on Viking Laval Ruffert Luxemburg
“The Greatest Attack on Workers’ Rights since the Thatcher anti-union laws of the 1980s”

6pm, Wednesday 10th December, 2008

Speakers:

Prof Keith Ewing, President, Institute of Employment Rights

Hannah Reed, Senior Employment Rights Officer, TUC

Leading TU speaker (TBC)

Venue:

Congress House, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3LS
Underground: Tottenham Court Road and Russell Square

Stress: Still a Workplace Killer
a seminar
Wednesday 14th January 2009
1:30pm – 4:00pm
at the NUT
Hamilton House,
Mabledon Place, London WC1H 9BD
organised by
The Institute of Employment Rights

programme

• 1:30 Registration
  1. 1:50 Introduction from Chair, Carolyn Jones, Director IER
  2. 2:00 Stress in the Workplace- bad for workers and bad for business

Ian Draper, UK Stress Network

A North West Event

Tuesday 24th February 2009, the Adelphi Hotel, Lime Street, Liverpool

Sponsored by UNITE the Union (Region 6) and Thompsons Solicitors

The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations, known as TUPE, govern how workers are treated following the transfer of a business or a change in service provision. The original aim of the Regulations was to strengthen the rights of workers involved in transfers, providing them with continuity of employment and the same terms and conditions as they had prior to the transfer.

A half-day seminar.

A Seminar
Wednesday 4th March 2009
1:30pm – 4:00pm

at the Clore Lecture Theatre,
Birkbeck College, 25 Torrington Square,
London WC1E 7JL
map here

organised by
The Institute of Employment Rights
funded by
Unison’s General Political Fund

About the Seminar

Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool
map here

In this conference, delegates will be able to examine some of the most commonly experienced and workplace scenarios including redundancy, pensions and grievance procedures.

Scottish TUC

Lunchtime Fringe Meeting

Tuesday 21st April 2009
Perth Studio Theatre
Refreshments provided thanks to UNITE the Union

a Conference
Wednesday 29th April 2009
9:30am – 4:00pm
at the Clore Lecture Theatre,
Birkbeck College, 25 Torrington Square,
London WC1E 7JL
map here

organised by
The Institute of Employment Rights

About the Conference

The new Employment Act gained Royal Assent early in November 2008 and marks the largest piece of employment legislation in over 5 years.

After the success of last year’s June event, the Morning Star is to host a national conference on Saturday June 20 2009 at the TUC Conference Hall, Congress House, 23-28 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3LS

There will be morning and afternoon plenary sessions, including questions and answers and debate. We also aim to have a number of workshops, covering themes as diverse as the crisis in manufacturing, trade unions and their response to the crisis, housing, health, the environment, peace, the Charter for Women and welfare reform, all to be hosted by guest organisations.

Redundancy and the law: fear and economic uncertainty at work
a seminar
Wednesday 8th July 2009
1:30pm – 4:15pm
NUT Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London WC1H 9BD
map here
organised by
The Institute of Employment Rights

about the seminar

Current redundancy law means that UK workers are among the cheapest to sack in Europe. At the BMW plant in Cowley, the management sacked four shifts, 850 temporary staff at an hour’s notice, with no redundancy pay. How could it get
to this?