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30-Minute Briefings: Key Changes in Employment Rights

30-Minute Briefings: Key Changes in Employment Rights

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Date and time:

Start: March 26, 2025, 9:30 AM GMT

End: May 8, 2025, 10:00 AM GMT

Location:
Zoom

We are pleased to invite you to our new webinar series: "30-Minute Briefings: Key Changes in Employment Rights". We have designed this series to offer concise yet impactful guidance, ensuring you stay informed about the key changes being ushered in by the Employment Rights Bill and other important legislative changes that could affect your organisation. Sign – up here!

The series comprises seven distinct sessions, each focusing on unpacking various critical aspects of the Employment Rights Bill and other changes. You have full flexibility to attend the sessions that align most closely with your interests and professional and business needs:


Unfair dismissal and probationary periods	26 March, 9:30 –10:00 GMT	Our first session will explore the proposal to make unfair dismissal protection a "day-one" right, subject in most cases to an initial period of employment, which will essentially be a statutory probationary period.
Family leave rights and enhanced protection from dismissal	1 April, 9:30 – 10:00 GMT	The Employment Rights Bill, if passed, would introduce several changes to family leave rights: introduce "day-one" rights to paternity leave and parental leave; extend who may take statutory bereavement leave; and strengthen protection for pregnant employees and those on or returning from maternity and statutory family leave. This session will look at these proposals, along with the forthcoming introduction of statutory neonatal care leave and pay.
Collective consultation and fire and rehire	3 April, 9:30 – 10:00 GMT	In this session, we will update you on the government's proposal to change the circumstances in which the obligation to consult collectively over proposed redundancies is triggered. We will also analyse the proposal to make it automatically unfair to dismiss an employee for refusing to agree a change in their contract of employment.
Flexible working, equality action plans and menopause	29 April, 9:30 – 10:00 GMT	This session will cover the proposals to: make flexible working the default from day one of employment; and require large employers to publish an equality action plan covering how they plan to address gender pay gaps and support for employees through the menopause.
Sexual harassment and third-party harassment	1 May, 9:30 – 10:00 GMT	This session will focus on the proposals to: extend the relatively new duty to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment; reintroduce liability for harassment by third parties; and make it clear that a disclosure about sexual harassment will qualify for whistleblowing protection.
Trade unions and industrial relations	6 May, 9:30 – 10:00 GMT	Our penultimate session will bring you up to speed with the proposed changes to the industrial relations framework, including the government's response to its consultation on various aspects of the proposals.
Statutory sick pay, tribunal time limits and the Fair Work Agency	8 May, 9:30 – 10:00 GMT	The final session will concentrate on: the proposal to remove the three-day waiting period for SSP entitlement and the lower earnings limit qualification; the plan to establish a Fair Work Agency to make enforcement of employment rights simpler; and the proposal to extend the time limit for bringing tribunal claims from three months to six months.

These sessions are tailored for busy professionals who need to stay informed. Whether you are an HR manager or legal professional, these briefings will provide you with the knowledge necessary to navigate the evolving legal landscape confidently.