Webinar
Employment Rights Bill: How HR can get ahead of the changes
Now that the Government has published the wide-ranging Employment Rights Bill, HR professionals are bracing themselves for the biggest upheaval in employment law in many decades.
In this webinar:
In this webinar, Brightmine legal editors Stephen Simpson and Zeba Sayed will explain what the changes are going to be, what employers can do now to begin preparing and the potential timelines for implementation.
Among the multitude of proposals, the Employment Rights Bill paves the way for:
- The removal of the two-year service requirement to bring an unfair dismissal claim
- Paternity leave to become a day-one employment right
- A new statutory right to bereavement leave
- Enhanced protection against dismissal for pregnant employees and maternity leave returners
- Requirement for large employers to develop and publish action plans to address their gender pay gap and support employees going through the menopause
- A requirement for employers to accommodate flexible working requests as far as reasonably feasible
- Safeguards for workers who work variable hours, including zero hours workers
- Greater protection for employees against “fire and rehire”
- Changes to eligibility requirements for statutory sick pay
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About the speakers
Robert Shore
HR Markets Insights Editor, Brightmine
Robert has over 20 years’ experience of publishing and journalism. At Brightmine he creates and commissions content for webinars and podcasts and for the Commentary and insights tool.
He has a Graduate Diploma in Law from the University of Law. He was formerly an International employment law editor at Brightmine, and prior to that worked as an arts journalist.
Connect with Robert on LinkedIn.
Zeba Sayed
Senior Legal Editor, Brightmine
Zeba is a former practicing employment solicitor with more than 17 years’ experience in employment law.
Zeba joined Brightmine in 2017 and is a senior legal editor in the employment law and compliance team. In this role, she is responsible for content across Policies and procedures, Letters and forms and Contract clauses. She is also responsible for ensuring that allocated chapters of the employment law guide are kept updated. She has a special interest in the implications of AI in the employment field.
Zeba holds a degree in Law and completed her LPC at the College of Law in Chester. Prior to joining Brightmine, Zeba was an associate solicitor at Lyons Davidson Solicitors in the London office. She advised both individuals and employers on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious employment law matters and delivered training to clients nationally. Zeba has also worked in conjunction with Acas London to deliver training on their behalf. She is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association.
Connect with Zeba on LinkedIn.
Stephen Simpson
Principal Editor – Employment Law and Compliance, Brightmine
Stephen is a principal editor who has worked on the Brightmine employment law and leading practice resources for over 20 years. After growing up in Northern Ireland in the 1980s, he trained as a solicitor in England in the 1990s but soon moved into legal publishing. He was among the first recruits to Brightmine in the year before it was launched as XpertHR in 2002.
Stephen has worked on a wide range of employment law and leading practice resources, including overseeing the creation and expansion of the HR templates resource types (Policies and procedures, Letters and forms, and Contract clauses). He has written up over 1,000 reports on employment law cases and created practical guidance on a range of HR issues for the Commentary & insights tool. He also had a stint working on Personnel Today.
Connect with Stephen on LinkedIn.