Webinar
HR’s final prep for October 2026 changes
When: Wednesday 23 September 2026, 11am
Duration: 60 mins
With the latest tranche of Employment Rights Act 2025 changes fast approaching, HR professionals are busying themselves with preparations for the employment law changes taking effect in October 2026.
In this webinar, Brightmine editors Stephen Simpson and Zeba Sayed will outline the final preparations employers need to make for upcoming changes including:
- Expanded duty to take “all reasonable steps” to prevent sexual harassment
- Introduction of employer liability for third-party harassment
- New right of union access to workplace
- Requirement to provide workers with written statement of right to join trade union
- Extension of time limits for bringing tribunal claims
To help to keep HR professionals one step ahead, we will also cover what is happening in January 2027, when the next batch of Employment Rights Act 2025 reforms kick in:
- Reduction in unfair dismissal qualifying period from two years to six months
- Removal of unfair dismissal compensation cap
- Reform of rules on “fire and rehire”
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When: Wednesday 23 September 2026, 11am
Duration: 60 mins
About the speakers
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.
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.
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