Impact of Employment Rights Act on employment lifecycles and worker voice

About this event

Burges Salmon will address practically the impact on each employment lifecycle stage including Trade Union and Worker Voice impact .

Join us and our guest speakers from Burges Salmon to feel well prepared on what these groundbreaking reforms from day one to dismissal mean for you and for your organisation/clients. We will practically and straightforwardly explore how the Employment Rights Act 2025 will shape each stage of the employment lifecycle including the impact of Trade Unions and Worker Voice. With the anticipated timeframes for implementation in mind the Burges Salmon Team will walk you through the steps you can take to prepare.

In particular we will be discussing the following:

Contractual rights

• New restrictions on changing terms and conditions of employment
• New rules for zero/low hours contracts
• Changes to the management of shifts

Leave and pay rights

• Extension of statutory sick pay entitlement
• New and enhanced leave rights
• Holiday record-keeping requirements

Equality, diversity and inclusion

• Strengthened protections against harassment including third-party harassment
• Changes to the use of non-disclosure agreements
• Flexible working reforms
• New requirements for pay gap reporting

Trade unions and worker voice

• Trade union recognition and rights of access
• Reforms to industrial action requirements

Dismissal

• Expanded unfair dismissal protection
• Changes to collective redundancy processes
• Dismissal protections for new parents

Enforcement

• Employment Tribunal time limits
• Introduction to the Fair Work Agency

We so look forward to you joining us and Burges Salmon for this practical and all encompassing Webinar.

Guest speakers profiles:

Luke Bowery is Head of Employment at Burges Salmon. Alongside his Employment Rights Act work Luke advises on all aspects of employment law with particular experience in handling large-scale redundancy, restructuring and change programmes and in managing complex employment tribunal litigation including high value and sensitive discrimination and whistleblowing claims.

Katie Wooller is a Senior Associate, Professional Support Lawyer in Burges Salmon’s Employment Team and is closely involved in Burges Salmon’s work on the Employment Rights Act 2025 and its impact on employers. Katie develops practical guidance and resources for HR and in‑house legal teams.

Kate Redshaw is Burges Salmon’s Head of Practice Development. Her current projects are focused on the Employment Rights Act and how this will impact employers. Previous projects have included extensive work on the employment law issues arising throughout the pandemic and more recently on how employers are supporting their employees through the cost-of-living crisis.

Kate was on a part-time secondment to the CBI working with their team in responding to the Employment Rights Bill as it progressed through Parliament.

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