Employment Law Update - Recent Key Changes Explored

Introduction

This highly interactive virtual classroom seminar 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’ session 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 in employment law and what lies ahead.

What You Will Learn

This live and interactive session will cover the following:

• What are Labour’s plans for employment law? Including the new Employment Law Rights Bill and the Equality (Race and Disability) Bill and when these are likely to come into force
• Key changes to the Working Time Regulations, TUPE, and the Equality Act from January 2024
• Employment status - the latest decisions on workers/employee/self-employed status and the gig economy
• 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
• Working time - latest position on overtime, holiday pay, sick pay, rolled up pay, commission payments and on call payments
• Discrimination and the Equality Act 2010 and changes from January 2024
• Family friendly rights including the amendments to flexible working laws, changes to paternity leave and Carer’s Leave Act 2023 and plans for parental rights from the first day of employment
• Menopause - round up of key cases and the latest EHRC’s guidance
• Settlement agreements
• What's in the pipeline - including the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023, Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Act 2023 and Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act 2023

Recording of live sessions: Soon after the Learn Live session has taken place you will be able to go back and access the recording - should you wish to revisit the material discussed.