Employment Law Update

Join us for a practical and interactive seminar designed to help you navigate the changing legal landscape, with a focus on unfair dismissal
About this Event

Dismissing Fairly: Preparing for the New Unfair Dismissal Landscape

The Employment Rights Act is set to bring in the most significant changes to employment law in a generation, with major reforms to unfair dismissal on the horizon.

We will explore:

• the proposed changes to unfair dismissal qualifying periods and what they mean for employers
• steps to take to prepare for this change
• the principles of a fair dismissal
• the potentially fair reasons for dismissal
• managing short service dismissals
• the risks associated with short service dismissals
• fair process requirements where employees have unfair dismissal rights

At the end of the session we will finish with a brief but essential employment law update highlighting the key reforms being introduced imminently under the Employment Rights Act, what they mean for employers in practice and steps you can take to prepare.

Topics will include:

• duty to inform workers of their right to join a trade union
• trade unions’ rights of access
• changes to the sexual harassment preventative duty
• introduction of third-party harassment protection
• extension of tribunal time limits and compensation limits
• fire and rehire changes