Join us for our latest Boardroom Breakfast Briefing, led by our specialist employment lawyers Belinda Brooke, Partner, and Chris Deeley, Senior Associate, and hosted by Graham Small, Partner.

With significant reforms under the Employment Rights Act 2025 taking effect in stages, Belinda and Chris will explore how the changes could increase workforce risk, litigation exposure and employer costs, including:

• why employers may face more claims, and why those claims may be harder to defend and more costly
• enhanced obligations relating to harassment, flexible working and employee protections
• the growing influence of AI on employment disputes and evidence gathering
• new obligations affecting agency workers, contingent labour and umbrella company arrangements, including guaranteed hours and right to work checks.

Belinda and Chris will discuss the practical steps employers can take now to prepare and reduce their exposure.

Who should attend?

The Briefing is aimed at HR professionals, Heads of People, in-house legal teams, General Counsel, business owners, board members, senior leaders and professional advisers who support employers and corporate clients.

It will also be particularly relevant to those responsible for workforce planning and organisational risk, and businesses that engage or oversee agency workers, temporary staff, contingent labour or umbrella company arrangements.

Date: Thursday 15 October 2026
Timings:
8.00am | Registration and breakfast
8.30am | Briefing
9.30am | Close and networking