Current developments in employment law

Who should attend

This course is aimed at experienced HR professionals and in-house lawyers. It is assumed that delegates have a working knowledge of employment law.

Synopsis

With a new UK Prime Minister, employment law proposals are on the renewed agenda, from reducing “red tape” for businesses in a challenging global climate, to re-appraising “levelling-up” and re-visiting existing strike laws. The UK courts have also experienced a particularly busy period.

However, the post-pandemic working landscape remains quite different from the one which proceeded it and continues to pose considerable human resources challenges for employers whether in recruitment or reducing headcount. New ways of working, including greater hybrid working, are requiring new interpretations of established redundancy or restructuring practices and principles, such as, “what is the relevant place of work” and “what constitutes an establishment”? Issues around age and discrimination are also particularly prevalent in a volatile employment market, as is employment litigation, with class actions surging and setting a very different pace and agenda for employers.

Join our experienced employment lawyers online for a vital refresh of redundancy and restructuring requirements and practices in the post-pandemic environment and insight into some of the emerging age-related issues around work and how to approach them. Responding to class actions effectively requires a well thought-out, co-ordinated approach. Our dedicated employment litigators will explain the rise in this litigation and suggest practical strategic steps. We also cover the latest employment law developments in terms of the legislative changes proposed under a new Prime Minister and significant court decisions, each of which will shape working practices in the months to come.

Programme

09.30 start; 11:30 close (UK time)

introduction and welcome
redundancy and restructuring
the rise of class actions
emerging age-related workplace issues
case law developments
a look ahead

Please note that a comfort break will be provided part way through this session.

Cost: £225

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