Agency Workers: Law and HR Best Practice
| 08:30 |
Registration and Welcome |
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| 09:20 |
Chair’s Welcome |
| 09:30 |
Keynote address: Stepping stone or dead end: The future of temporary labour in the UKKevin Green, Chief Executive, Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC)
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| 10:00 |
Reviewing the Agency Workers Directive (AWD): Understanding the directive and its implications for your businessAngus Menzies, Senior Associate in Employment and Pensions, McGrigors
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| 10:45 |
Coffee |
| 11:00 |
The Agency Workers Directive – a permanent end to temps? A trade union perspectiveSarah Veale, Head of Equality and Employment Rights Department, TUC
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| 11:45 |
Avoiding implied contracts: responding to recent case law and clarifying employment statusMichael Powner, Partner, Charles Russell
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| 12:30 |
Lunch |
| 13:30 |
Best Practice HR case study: How does NHS Professionals manage its temporary and interim workforce?Janet Martin, Associate Director of HR, NHS Professionals
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| 14:15 |
HR case study: How does Swindon Borough Council optimise the use of temporary staff?Jack Markiewicz, Director of HR and Change, Swindon Borough Council
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| 14:45 |
Best Practice Guidance: Exploring the relationship and respective responsibilities of the end user and the supplierAnn Swain, CEO, Association of Technology Staffing Companies (ATSCo)
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| 15:30 |
Tea |
| 15:45 |
Panel session: “Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalise on what comes.” Addressing practical issues surrounding agency workersAnn Swain, Chief Executive, ATSCo Michael Powner, Partner, Charles Russell Angus Menzies, Senior Associate in Employment and Pensions, McGrigors Janet Martin, Associate Director of HR, NHS Professionals
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| 16:30 |
Chairs closing remarks and close of conference |