Legal Forum
Tuesday 13th June
3pm — 5pm
Venue: Brabners, 100, Barbirolli Square, Manchester, M2 3BD
Registration and refreshments 2:30-3pm
Networking drinks from 5pm
3pm
Welcome & introduction
Dawn Ford, Legal Counsel, Volt, APSCo Legal Forum Chair
3:05pm
APSCo update
Shazia Imtiaz, General Counsel, APSCo
3:10pm
GDPR update
Eleanore Beard, Senior Associate, Brabners
Eleanore will discuss important GDPR principles, including key commercial changes currently being proposed:
- The 8 Data Protection principles and the obligations that arise from them.
- Data Controller and Data Processor; who and what are they, their roles and obligations (including how to identify the controller and processor)
- Compliance - having the right internal frameworks in place and what this might look like.
- The new Data Protection and Digital Information (No 2) Bill - key changes that are being proposed and what this means for you.
3:40pm
Regulatory/Employment Law update
Simon Whitehead, Partner, Brabners
Simon will unpack some potentially significant proposals that will impact your business:
- Non compete; the global shift away from post termination non-compete restrictions. The US has banned them. The UK is proposing to impose a maximum 3 month duration - how this would impact your business.
- Worker Protection from Harassment. The proposal to make employers responsible for third party harassment of their employees if they fail to take all reasonable steps to prevent it. What you can do to mitigate your risk from your suppliers, end clients to visitors attending your premises.
- Retained EU employment law changes. What you can expect from the return of rolled up holiday pay to the TUPE consultation changes.
- Workers Predictable Terms and Conditions Bill. A bill supported by the Government to give workers and agency workers the right to request more predictable terms and conditions of work. How you can prepare.
- HMRC’s focus on National Minimum Wage (NMW) compliance in the recruitment sector. The NMW problems caused by common On Target Earnings renumeration structures for consultants.
4:10pm
ESG for recruitment businesses
Simon Lewis, Corporate Partner, Brabners
Simon will round off the session with an overview of ESG, why it is important, what do recruitment businesses need to consider and the business benefits of BCorp status.
