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 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 amendments to flexible working laws, changes to paternity leave , the Carer’s Leave Act 2023 and plans for parental rights from the first day of employment
• Equal pay claims
• Settlement agreements
• Whistleblowing decisions
• TUPE - the reforms and changes to consultation requirements
• What’s in the pipeline