Future-proofing your people function: The employee rights bill update

About this event

A free update session about the Employment Rights Bill where we review what’s changing, impact on organisations, and how to stay complaint

The long-awaited Employee Rights Bill is on its way into law — bringing important changes for employers, HR professionals, and people managers alike.

This session provides

• Key updates on the new legislation
• Practical checklists to review your policies and practices
• Tips to prepare your teams and processes
• Live Q&A session — bring your questions or submit them in advance

Date: Tuesday 20 January 2026

Time: 12:00 to 13:15

Location: Online

Don’t get caught out by the new requirements — get ahead of the changes and make compliance straightforward.

Register now and send us your questions in advance so we can cover what matters most to you.

We have teamed up with the team at Bramhalls Solicitors to bring you this informative and interactive event.

Guest speaker's profile:

Bramhalls is a team of specialist employment lawyers with nearly 100 years of collective experience in delivering high quality service in all matters relating to employment law. The solicitors at Bramhalls work in partnership with their HR clients, and CIPD, to provide solutions to various problems, as well as strategies for managing everything that life, and society, throws at the workplace. Bramhalls strive to provide responsive client care and fresh thinking which focuses on keeping clients’ needs at the forefront of everything they do.

Phil Bramhall has been a solicitor for 39 years and has specialized in employment law, for employers, throughout, advising, training and representing HR managers in both the private and the public sectors. He is also an accredited workplace mediator. Phil was an in-house solicitor for over six years in two Local Authorities. Since then, Phil has been a partner with two commercial law firms, heading up teams of employment solicitors. For the last 20 years he has been running his own employment solicitors’ practice, for employers. Throughout his career he has provided employment law support to; local, national and international companies, sports clubs, universities, colleges, local authorities, utilities and government departments. He has always supported CIPD, both academically and regionally.

Adam has been an employment solicitor with Bramhalls since 2022 and, prior to that, was part of a local authority’s in-house legal team. Adam helps to deal with everything employment law, including; unfair and wrongful dismissal, discrimination, TUPE, and trade union disputes. As with the rest of the Bramhalls team, Adam aims to give pragmatic, commercial advice and find sensible solutions to complex HR issues. Adam regularly delivers training both with clients and at colleges, universities, and CIPD events.

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