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The Annual Conference: Employment Law and Practice

09:20
Chair's welcome
Paul Secher, Head of JSB's Employment Law Faculty
09:30
Employment Contracts
Michael Bradshaw, Partner, Charles Russell
  • Employment status – new cases
  • Agency workers regulations – preparing for new law
  • Working time accrual of holiday during sickness absence
  • Right to request time off for training
  • Restrictive: covenants and confidentiality
  • Vetting and barring - the employer’s responsibilities under new rules
  • Contract illegality and sham terms
10:30
Coffee
10:45
Discrimination and Parental rights

Audrey Williams, Partner, Human Resources Group, Head of Discrimination Law, Eversheds

  • The Equality Act 2010: key areas of change
  • Equal pay – effect of new rules
  • Pre-employment health questionnaires
  • Age discrimination - key cases and update on the default retirement age
  • Recent case law on religion, race, disability and sex discrimination
  • Cases on new paternity rights
12:00
TUPE

Jonathan Hearn, Legal Director, DLA Piper

  • An overview of TUPE law
  • TUPE tactics involved in outsourcing parts of your business
  • TUPE issues when bidding for contracts
  • TUPE tactics in buying or selling a business
  • What's different about transfers involving the public sector
  • Pensions issues
  • Claims you might inherit, and how to protect against these
  • Rules about employee data, consultation and trade unions
  • How to change terms and conditions or make redundancies around a TUPE transfer
12:45
Lunch
13:45
HR Case study: Managing attendance and sickness

Russell Turner, Operations Manager, Marks and Spencer 

  • Immediate OH implications of the Black Report
  • How can they be aligned with a strategic corporate wellbeing plan
  • Looking forward - potential long term implications 
14:30
Dismissal law update

Mark Mansell, Partner, Allen and Overy

  • Acas code of practice
  • Compromise agreements - latest changes
  • The recession and tribunal trends
  • Latest case law developments
15:15
Coffee
15:30
Social media and the employment relationship

Will Winch, Solicitor, Mishcon de Reya

  • Contracts of employment – getting them right
  • Express terms and implied terms – implied term of trust and confidence, fidelity and good faith
  • Discrimination, harassment and bullying in the workplace via web 2.0
  • Vicarious liability of employers in the social networking arena
  • Discipline and dismissal issues
  • Social media and your Internet use policy
  • Data protection and information management
16:15
New government, new employment law?

Paul Callaghan, Partner, Taylor Wessing

  • Reducing the burden of regulation
  • Simplifying employment law
  • Withdrawing from the Social Chapter
  • No more EWCs, Works Councils, Paternity Leave?
16:45
Chairs closing remarks and close of conference
17:00
Wine and cheese reception
Join us for our wine and cheese reception providing an excellent opportunity to network with your HR peers.

 

 
 
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I enjoyed the event and the variety of topics and speakers throughout the two days!

— Susan Holmes, Head of HR,
The Pension Protection Fund

The Conference covered an excellent range of topics bringing my Employment Law knowledge right up to date. A very enjoyable two days.

— Alison Neville, HR and Training Manager,
Ascot Underwriting Ltd

It was an excellent event with speakers who were very knowledgeable in their field. A very useful update and an opportunity to make useful contacts.

— Delegate,
The Annual Conference 2006