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News from the Institute of Employment Rights We have 2 new publications- (1) Labour Law Review 2008 By Jennifer Eady QC, Rebecca Tuck and Betsan Criddle (2) Equal Pay, Privatisation and Procurement By Margie Jaffe, Bronwyn McKenna and Liane Venner To order your copy, please contact the Liverpool office on 0151 702 6925 or buy copies here- http://www.ier.org.uk/node/287 Alternatively, please send your cheque made payable to IER to the Institute of Employment Rights, The People’s Centre, 50-54 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool L3 5SD (prices include postage) Images are attached as JPG documents. Labour Law Review 2008 BY JENNIFER EADY QC, REBECCA TUCK AND BETSAN CRIDDLE This year’s edition of Labour Law Review is a timely reminder of how far our framework of law has developed in recent years and how far we still need to go before fairness at work can be achieved. As the authors point out, earlier editions of the Review were slim affairs of around 13 pages, reviewing no more than 50 cases. More recently, the number of cases to be reviewed means it is difficult to keep the Review under 40 pages. The 2008 Review covers areas including industrial action with a particular emphasis on developments in the European Court of Justice, health and safety at work, working time, TUPE, unfair dismissal and all issues relating to discrimination. This year, one of the longer sections of the report, focuses on disability discrimination and the new DDA code of practice in particular. We have no doubt that this edition of Labour Law Review will once again offer an informed and accessible overview of the latest developments in employment law. There are substantial reductions for bulk orders: No. of copies TU Price (each) Others (each) 1-9 £5.00 £10.00 10-24 £3.50 £8.00 25-49 £3.00 £7.00 50-74 £2.50 £6.00 75+ £1.50 £3.00 Equal Pay, Privatisation and Procurement By Margie Jaffe, Bronwyn McKenna and Liane Venner Women working full time are paid on average 17 per cent less than men, rising to 36 per cent for part time workers. Employment tribunal figures show that virtually one in five of all claims in 2006/07 was an equal pay case. Most were multiple claims brought against public sector employers. However, a focus on the public sector masks greater pay inequality in the private sector, where the gender pay gap is nearly double that in the public sector. This timely publication looks behind some of the leading equal pay cases and examines the causes of pay inequality. The authors highlight the link between privatisation, the entrenchment of the disadvantaged position of women at work and the legal hurdles they face trying to manoeuvre between the complexities of equal pay and transfer laws. They conclude with some imaginative proposals for reform. There are substantial reductions for bulk orders: No. of copies TU Price (each) Others (each) 1-9 £6.50 £20.00 10-24 £5.50 £18.00 25-49 £5.00 £16.00 50-74 £4.00 £12.00 75-99 £3.50 £10.00 100+ £3.00 £8.00