Employment Law Update - The Latest Position

Introduction

This highly interactive in-person workshop covers the most important recent changes to all aspects of employment law. Whilst the content at each session will vary depending on what is topical... it is a ‘must attend’ seminar for the busy practitioner and HR professional covering all the need-to-know cases and legislation.

Employment expert Kate Shepherd will also guide you through the changes and what lies ahead.

What You Will Learn

This course will cover the following:

• What are Labour’s plans for employment law - including the Employment Rights Act
• Key changes to the Working Time Regulations, TUPE, and the Equality Act
• Employment status - the latest position
• Contracts of employment
• Unfair dismissal and redundancy - new laws protecting employees from redundancy for pregnancy, family leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave
• The latest position on fire and rehire and plans for unfair dismissal rights from the first day of employment
• Discrimination and the Equality Act 2010 and recent changes
• Family friendly rights including amendments to flexible working laws, changes to paternity leave, Carer’s Leave Act 2023 and plans for parental rights from the first day of employment
• Neonatal (Leave and Pay) Act
• TUPE - the reforms
• What else is in the pipeline