The Employment Law Forum 2010
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The HR Employment Law Forum 2010 aimed at senior HR professionals will help you keep up to date with the top legal issues and ensure you remain compliant through 2010 and beyond. Combining the most up-to-date information on changes to employment law legislation, significant case-law developments and straight forward practical guidance, this conference will help delegates understand upcoming changes and their impact on organisations.
The coming year will see a variety of changes to regulation and legislation effecting employment law, employers and employees. The single piece of legislation that is cited to have the most significant impact on employers is the Equality Bill, which combines existing discrimination legislation into the Single Equality Act. The implementation of the Agency Workers Directive is also looming with a new date for coming into force in 2011. Now is the time for you to implement best practice procedures to achieve business success and be prepared for this legislation.
This conference will provide you with crucial new developments in employment law, changes in legislation and the impacts for employers, combined expert legal advice, recent case-law developments and real life case studies examining how legislation works in practice. The programme features a panel of expert speakers including Sami Rahman a Barrister at Field Court Chambers, David Parry a Partner at Darbys Solicitors and Lucinda Bromfield an Employment Solicitor at Bevans Solicitors, plus case studies from both public and private sector employers.
Peter Lockyer, Assistant Director, ACAS
David Parry, Partner, Darbys Solicitors
Marc Woolfson, Account Director, Westminster Advisers
Panel Participants Include:
- Debbie Dady, Head of Temporary Agency Workers, Metropolitan Police
- Mark Hammerton, Partner, Eversheds
- Alan Nolan, Senior Partner, Aspire Business Partnership
This is your chance to seek solutions to your workforce needs. Split into round table groups and discuss your key concerns with your peers.
Sami Rahman, Barrister, Field Court Chambers
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14:30 – 15:00 The Equality Bill in Practice
Vanessa Morgan, Partner and Daniel Hibbert, Director, PwC Legal |
STREAM 2
14:30 – 15:10 Fighting Discrimination
Jennifer Crook, Head of Diversity, London Borough of Brent 14:50 – 15:10 Equal Pay in the Public Sector – Update on Case Law
- Hartley – ET April 09 Shantha David, Legal Officer, Unison |
Lucinda Bromfield, Employment Solicitor, Bevans Solicitors
This is your opportunity to put your unique employment law questions to a panel of experts
Stephen Williams, Head of Equality Services, ACAS
Lucinda Bromfield, Employment Solicitor, Bevans Solicitors
Mark Hammerton, Partner, Eversheds
David Parry is a partner in Darbys Solicitors LLP who has specialised in employment law for 20 years. He is an experienced advocate and also works as a Workplace Mediator. He is a founder member of, and legal adviser to, the Professional Mediators’ Association.
Vanessa Morgan is a partner in the Employment law group of PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal LLP, specialising in advisory and contentious employment law. Vanessa has considerable experience of working with financial institutions and corporate and has undertaken a number of secondments to investment banks to advise on matters such as large scale redundancies, board disputes and the global implementation of new terms and conditions of employment. Vanessa has particular expertise in relation to bonus disputes and regularly works with clients defending Employment Tribunal and High Court claims. Vanessa works in close conjunction with experts in the Human Resource Services business of PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Daniel has over 15 years of experience in remuneration consulting. His particular area of expertise is in dealing with employee reward issues below board level, and in supporting businesses in design of performance-related pay systems, pay structure design, job evaluation systems and reward management processes. In the public sector his clients include the Senior Salaries Review Body, The BBC, The School Support Staff Negotiating Body and Birmingham City Council. He has also worked extensively in the private sector with a wide range of businesses, including Wickes, GSK, BNP Paribas, Sega and BSkyB. Daniel is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. He is also Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and is a Chartered Tax Advisor.
Sami Rahman has over 13 years experience as a barrister, specialising in the field of employment law. Since joining 7 New Square in 2005, Sami has played an integral role in developing the specialist employment team and has been instructed in a number of high profile cases, acting for both employees and employers.
Jennifer Crook is Head Diversity for Brent Council. Previously Jennifer was Head of Race and Diversity at Centrex and prior to that, Head of Equality and Diversity at the Department for Work and Pensions, Jobcentre Plus.
A published author, Jennifer has worked with a number of organisations both national and international on their diversity and equality agenda and has worked with the United Nations on gender and race equality issues. Amongst her many qualifications, Jennifer is a qualified teacher and counsellor, has a masters in ‘Race’ and Ethnic Relations and is an accredited harassment adviser.
Lucinda Bromfield is an employment solicitor at Bevans. She has experience of advising employers on all areas of employment law including unfair and constructive dismissal, discrimination, harassment, TUPE, parental rights and contractual issues. She is a qualified mediator and regularly uses alternative dispute resolution to get the best outcome for her clients.
Peter is Assistant Director of ACAS, London. He came to Acas in 2007 after a varied career. Peter’s work involves managing the collective conciliators and trainers in London Region. He visits many organisations in London, and manages a team that delivers a wide range of employment relations training on topics such training for new managers.p>
Mark Hammerton has followed closely the implementation of the Agency Workers Directive. He has been involved in expert DBIS sessions and written articles in the leading HR press on the subject. Apart from his focus on “atypical” workers and employment status, his specialism is helping employers through difficult change. He has acted for large employers in major restructuring, contractual change and outsourcing/insourcing projects. He also advises local authorities and other large employers on equal pay litigation. He frequently deliveres training both as part of Eversheds own events or with leading third parties. He is recognised as a leading individual in Legal 500 and an Expert by Legal Business.
Debbie Dady is currently Head of Temporary Agency Workers for the Metropolitan Police Service. Debbie has had two previous roles during her nine year career with the Met, that of Head of Marketing and Advertising and Head of Recruitment.
Alan Nolan is Senior Partner at Aspire Business Partnership LLP specialising in tax advisory services to construction, recruitment and managed service intermediary businesses. Prior to setting up Aspire in March 2009, Alan was Head of KPMG’s Employment Tax Practice for Infrastructure, Government and Health.
Shantha David is a qualified Solicitor Advocate in UNISON’s in-house legal department practising employment law. In her seven years at UNISON, she has advised the union in its role as employer and on trade union matters; and has also acted for individual members bringing discrimination, equal pay, TUPE, unfair dismissal and breach of contract claims against employers in the employment tribunals and the courts.
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The HR Employment Law Forum 2010 will take place at:
Broadway House
Tothill Street
SW1H 9NQ, London
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Thursday 18th March 2010, Broadway House – London
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