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•January 26, 2023•

Employment Webinar: Employment Law Recap 2022 & What To Expect In 2023

Employment Webinar: Employment Law Recap 2022 & What To Expect In 2023

Speakers: Laura Spence

What does 2023 have in store for employees and employers? What key takeaways from 2022 should we be considering as we enter the new year?

Join our award-winning team of employment law and HR experts for a free live webinar on 25th January 2023.

Hosted by Laura Spence, our employment and HR team look forward to providing you with an employment law recap of 2022 and some key changes to look out for in 2023.

The webinar will be covering key employment law updates, including the likes of:

☑️ Holiday pay
☑️ Fair redundancy dismissals
☑️ Vital employment rights which could be impacted by the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill, including paid holiday entitlement, working hours and TUPE
☑️ Violence and harassment in the workplace
… and much more!

•November 11, 2022•

Employment Webinar: Restrictive Covenants & Duties of Confidentiality

Employment Webinar: Restrictive Covenants & Duties of Confidentiality

Speakers: Juliette Franklin & Huw Roffe

Please join us for Acuity Law’s latest webinar. Employment Legal Director Juliette Franklin and Litigation Partner Huw Roffe will explore restrictive covenants and the duty of confidentiality from drafting documents at the start of the employment relationship to managing fallout if things go wrong.

✔️ Starting the employment relationship right

✔️ Document importance: drafting right & when to review

✔️ Fallout when things go wrong

✔️ Types of claims that may be pursued

✔️ Confidentiality duty

•November 2, 2022•

Employee Benefits Webinar: Perks & Pitfalls

Employee Benefits Webinar: Perks & Pitfalls

Speakers: Juliette Franklin & Paul Tucker

Please join Acuity’s own employment Legal Director, Juliette Franklin for an in-depth look at Employee Benefits: The Perks and The Pitfalls, with guest speaker Paul Tucker, Senior Employment Taxes Specialist at UNW.


Juliette Franklin

Legal Director

juliette.franklin@acuitylaw.com

+44 (0)7581 026 594

•April 28, 2022•

Employment Webinar: The Great Reshuffle

Employment Webinar: The Great Reshuffle

Speakers: Claire Knowles & Ruth Dawson-Jones

In this webinar Claire Knowles, our Employment Partner, and Ruth Dawson Jones, HR Consultant, discuss the impact of the Great Reshuffle and what businesses can do in response to employee expectations for increased salaries and agile working.

Never before have businesses been under so much pressure to attract and retain top quality staff, balancing the often competing demands of achieving productive and happy staff. Claire and Ruth will discuss the benefits of effective job evaluation processes and salary benchmarking to ensure employers stay ahead of the game, yet not at an unrealistic cost. They will also discuss the “easy-wins” to attract and retain top talent within a business.

Claire Knowles, Partner at Acuity Law


Claire Knowles

Partner

claire.knowles@acuitylaw.com

+44 (0) 7896 671 817


Ruth Dawson Jones

HR Consultant

ruth.dawson-jones@acuitylaw.com

+44 (0) 7366 608 105

•March 18, 2022•

Employment Law Webinar – A Recap Of 2021 & Things To Watch Out For In 2022

Employment Law Webinar – A Recap Of 2021 & Things To Watch Out For In 2022

Speakers: Katie Shanahan

In this webinar, Katie Shanahan, will provide a detailed recap of key Employment Tribunal cases from 2021. With particular focus on discrimination, whistleblowing and TUPE. Katie will also explore the impact of such cases on employers and what you should watch out for going forward.

Key points covered include:

  • Covid-19
  • Hybrid working
  • What we can expect to see in 2022 (e.g. upcoming guidance / legislation)
Claire Knowles, Partner at Acuity Law


Claire Knowles

Partner

claire.knowles@acuitylaw.com

+44 (0) 7896 671 817

•January 24, 2022•

How to diversify your workforce, lawfully

How to diversify your workforce, lawfully

Speakers: Conrad Hazlitt

Many organisations aspire to improve the diversity of their workforce but achieving this in practice, within our legal framework, isn’t straightforward. In this webinar, Conrad Hazlitt, Solicitor in Acuity’s employment team, outlines what the law says on so called ‘positive discrimination’ and considers what practical, lawful steps employers can take to help diversify their workforce.

Key points covered include:

  • Why ‘positive discrimination’ is unlawful
  • What the legal position is on diversity focussed Positive Action
  • Practical and lawful steps that employers can take to help diversify their workforce
  • Attendee Q&A

What do you think about diversifying your workforce? Will you be using some of the information you’ve heard in this webinar? Email the Employment Team and let us know.

Claire Knowles, Partner at Acuity Law


Claire Knowles

Partner

claire.knowles@acuitylaw.com

+44 (0) 7896 671 817

•July 1, 2021•

Family-Friendly Employee Benefits: Rights and Proposed Reforms

Family-Friendly Employee Benefits: Rights and Proposed Reforms

Speakers: Yannick Ramsamy & Adam McGlynn

In this webinar:

  • Current state of family rights and benefits across the UK.
  • The rationale for reform proposals.
  • Proposed reforms to the following areas:
    • Shared Parental Leave
    • Maternity and Paternity eligibility
    • Job security during family-related leave
    • Flexible working
  • Considering new approaches and preparing for reforms 

“These types of proposals and reforms have very much come out of problem areas identified or potentially exacerbated by the pandemic in the last 12 months.”

Yannick Ramsamy, Senior Associate

In this webinar from the Employment Team, Senior Associate Yannick Ramsamy & Solicitor Adam McGlynn looked at the current state of the family-friendly rights and benefits that currently exist for parents, and the proposed reforms put forward by Maternity Action.

This was an interactive webinar as part of Acuity Engage, where people had the option to speak about the proposals and vote on the polls surrounding the suggested reforms.

What do you think about the proposed reforms? Will you be reviewing your family-friendly policies? Email the Employment Team and let us know.

Claire Knowles, Partner at Acuity Law


Claire Knowles

Partner

claire.knowles@acuitylaw.com

+44 (0) 7896 671 817

•May 21, 2021•

Employment Law Update: What You Need To Know and What You May Have Missed

Employment Law Update: What You Need To Know and What You May Have Missed

Speakers: Adam McGlynn, Daniel Evans

In this webinar:

  • Coronavirus Restrictions & Vaccinations
  • Off-Payroll Working Rules Reform
  • Asda Supermarkets v Brierley & Others
  • Page v Lord Chancellor / Secretary of State for Justice
  • Efobi v Royal Mail Group
  • VL v Szpital Kliniczny im. dra J. Babińskiego, Samodzielny Publiczny Zakład Opieki
  • Allay v Gehlen
  • Uber BV and others v Aslam
  • Working Time Updates for Sleep-In and On-Call Shifts
  • East of England Ambulance Trust v Flowers
  • The Harpur Trust v Brazel
  • Immigration and Right to Work
  • Employment and HR Rates

In this webinar, solicitors Adam McGlynn and Daniel Evans looked back on the last six months in employment law, covering the most important case updates that may affect your business. Below is a table detailing the topics covered in the webinar with links for additional reading. For any further information on the topics covered, please get in touch with the Employment Team.

Starting TimeTopic Covered
1:30Coronavirus Restrictions & Vaccinations
13:18Off-Payroll Working Rules Reform
20:55Asda Supermarkets v Brierley & Others
23:10Page v Lord Chancellor / Secretary of State for Justice
26:00Efobi v Royal Mail Group
27:50VL v Szpital Kliniczny im. dra J. Babińskiego, Samodzielny Publiczny Zakład Opieki
30:35Allay v Gehlen
34:35Uber BV and others v Aslam
37:20Working Time Updates for Sleep-In and On-Call Shifts
41:30East of England Ambulance Trust v Flowers
43:50The Harpur Trust v Brazel
47:05Immigration and Right to Work
59:48Employment and HR Rates
Claire Knowles, Partner at Acuity Law


Claire Knowles

Partner

claire.knowles@acuitylaw.com

+44 (0) 7896 671 817

•March 16, 2021•

IR35 – Ask the Tax Experts

IR35 – Ask the Tax Experts

Speakers: Adam McGlynn, Martin Knight

In this webinar:

  • What is IR35 and Off Payroll Working Rules?
  • Who does IR35 apply to?
  • What happens if IR35 is not adhered to?
  • What happens if there is a disagreement in the decision of IR35?
  • Q&A with Martin Knight

“It’s important to clarify everything for a second as there’s a lot of miscommunication and misunderstanding on exactly what IR35 is. This is because some of the terms are used interchangeably or as an umbrella terms for other things.”

Adam McGlynn, Solicitor

With IR35 reform now less than a month away, Acuity’s employment department teamed up with BPU tax expert Martin Knight to answer your most pressing questions and ensure your business is ready for the changes ahead.

Martin joined BPU in 2007 from a national practice, heading their tax team. His role involves dealing with the more complicated tax compliance matters and tax planning issues for clients, both corporate and personal. Martin focuses on helping owner-managed businesses and SME’s in a number of areas including mergers, acquisitions, extraction of funds, remuneration strategies, EIS schemes, succession planning, raising finance, property transactions and employee reward and retention.

Claire Knowles

Claire Knowles

Partner

claire.knowles@acuitylaw.com

+44 (0) 7896 671 817

•January 22, 2021•

COVID-19 Vaccination – How Employers Can Prepare

COVID-19 Vaccination – How Employers Can Prepare

Speaker: Dan Evans

In this webinar:

  • A brief overview of the CJRS – how to plan for the spring
  • COVID-19 health & safety risk assessments
  • Can employers require its workforce to be vaccinated?
  • What discrimination issues may arise.
  • A Covid-19 Vaccination Policy.
  • How to manage employees who refuse to attend work because of others’ refusal to be vaccinated.

“If the employer chooses to apply a policy which obligated its employees to be vaccinated, “the only option an employer would have when faced with an employee who has refused to get the vaccine, after reasonable requests and consultation, would be to apply its disciplinary policy – which could give rise to discrimination claims.”

Dan Evans, Solicitor

In this webinar, the Employment team looked at the vaccinations in the workplace and whether it is possible for discrimination issues to arise with those who choose not to be inoculated.

Claire Knowles

Claire Knowles

Partner

claire.knowles@acuitylaw.com

+44 (0) 7896 671 817

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