Session 1: Employment Law in 2025: Key Legislative Updates

Speaker: Emma Sole

Key topics:

• Overview of new and upcoming changes in employment legislation for 2025.
• The impact of the Employment (Rights) Act 2025.
• Changes to worker status and employment contracts.

Session 2: Discrimination and Diversity in the Workplace

Speaker: Ezra Macdonald

Key topics:

• The role of discrimination law in the workplace: 2025 updates.
• The new sexual harassment rules for employers: proactive ‘reasonable steps’
• New Equality (Race and Disability) Bill 2024.
• Gender equality, LGBTQ+ rights, and disability discrimination.
• Ritson v Milan Babic Architects Ltd [2024] EAT 95 (02 May 2024)

Session 3: The Intersection of Technology, Employment Law, and Worker Rights

Speaker: Oliver Foy / Rebecca Paterson

Key topics:

• How emerging technologies (AI, automation, gig economy platforms) are reshaping employment law.
• Protecting workers’ rights in the digital age.
• The challenge of regulating gig workers and zero-hours contracts.
• Potential future changes to the law in response to technology.

Session 4: Job Applicants

Speaker: Fergus McCombie

Key topics:

• Legal issues in the job application process
• Sullivan v Isle of Wight Council in the Cout of Appeal – heard 19-20 February 2025
• Employers’ questions during interviews: What is allowed and what’s not?
• Privacy considerations: What personal information is an employer legally allowed to request?

Session 5: Employment Tribunal procedure

Speaker: Heather Platt

Key topics:

• • Adjourning tribunal proceedings
  • Kaler v Insights ESC Ltd  [2024] EAT 195 (12 December 2024)
  • Expert medical evidence
  • Issues arising when employment continues during litigation