Employment Law Update

Objectives

To familiarise delegates with the recent and upcoming reforms to employment law.

To cover other key employment law cases in the last 12 months, explaining their practical implications.

Key Topics

• The Employment Rights Act 2025 – the impact generally; what to expect and when
• Zero hour and agency workers – the new rights
• Reform of SSP, and other payroll developments
• Family Friendly Reforms – what has happened and what is planned
• Unlawful discrimination – changes in the Act as well as a case law round-up, including recent developments around disability and mental health, gender status and neurodiversity along with age discrimination in a partnership
• Unfair Dismissal – some pitfalls and what to expect from the reforms

Who Should Attend 

Partners and managers involved in providing payroll and other professional advice for SMEs and/or who are employers themselves