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Dear all, Just a reminder relating to the final VOICES AT WORK event (funded by the Leverhulme Trust) which will take place on Saturday 29 June 2013. ‘Voices in and beyond the workplace’* * *Saturday 29 June 2013 * *10 am – 5 pm* *The Work Foundation – 21 Palmer Street, London SW1H 0AD* This daylong conference will report the preliminary findings of a three year Leverhulme Trust project, which has involved comparative study of labour laws and industrial relations systems in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. The day will end with a panel discussion on ‘*Voice in an Age of Austerity’* . Attendance is *FREE* but capacity is limited so *PLEASE CONFIRM A PLACE*by emailing Tonia Novitz: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>. Tea, coffee and still water will be available all day. We regret that we are unable to provide lunch, but there will be an opportunity for you to purchase lunch at nearby shops and cafes. Speakers include: Gordon Anderson, Alan Bogg, Nicola Countouris, Keith Ewing, Anthony Forsyth, Mark Freedland, Gregor Gall, Will Hutton, Andrew Johnston, Bronwyn McKenna, Wanjiru Njoya, Tonia Novitz, Pam Nuttall, Eric Tucker, and Sarah Veale The programme is as follows: * *** * * * * *VOICES AT WORK:* * * *‘VOICES IN AND BEYOND THE WORKPLACE’* WORK FOUNDATION – 21 Palmer Street, London SW1H 0AD Direct Dial No: 020 7976 3584, Fax No: 020 7976 3600 *10am – 10.15am REGISTRATION* *10.15am – 11.15am REGIONAL AND OVER ARCHING THEMES – SOME FINDINGS* Panel discussion: Alan Bogg and Tonia Novitz (co-organisers of the Voices at Work project, UK), Anthony Forsyth (Australia) and Eric Tucker (Canada). *11.30pm – 12.45pm CONTRACTUAL DIMENSIONS OF VOICE* *Common Law and Voice* – Mark Freedland and Nicola Countouris (UK) *The Good Faith Obligation* - Gordon Anderson and Pam Nuttall (NZ) *LUNCH BREAK* *2pm – 3.15pm COLLECTIVE DIMENSIONS OF VOICE* *Public Sector Collective Bargaining* – Gregor Gall (UK) * * *Employee Voice in Corporate Control Transactions* – Andrew Johnston and Wanjiru Njoya (Australia and UK) *3.30pm – 4.45pm * *VOICE IN AN AGE OF AUSTERITY* * * Panel discussion: Will Hutton (Hertford College, Oxford/ The Observer), Sarah Veale (TUC), Bronwyn McKenna (UNISON), Keith Ewing (King’s College, London/Institute of Employment Rights) *4.45pm – 5pm CONCLUDING COMMENTS* * * Tonia Novitz Professor of Labour Law University of Bristol Law School Wills Memorial Building Queens Road Bristol BS8 1RJ UK tel: ++44 117 9545351 fax: ++44 117 9544124 e-mail: [log in to unmask]