Preparing for change: the Employment Rights Bill explained

With major changes to employment legislation on the horizon, is your organisation ready to adapt?

Join Reed and Birketts LLP for an insightful morning exploring the key provisions of the upcoming Employment Rights Bill and what they mean for businesses, their employees, and the wider labour market.

This event will provide expert analysis on the evolving legal landscape and offer practical guidance on how to prepare for the changes ahead.

What to expect

Hear from Sam Greenhalgh, Partner at Birketts LLP, as he unpacks the Employment Rights Bill and its implications for UK businesses. This session will explore key provisions of the Bill, including: 

• Redundancy procedures: Updates to collective redundancy processes and employer obligations 

• Family leave rights: Strengthening protections for maternity, paternity, and carers’ leave 

• Workplace harassment: New duties on employers to prevent and address harassment 

• Trade unions & industrial action: Revised rules and enforcement measures 

• Labour market enforcement: Enhancing compliance and accountability across sectors

You will also get the opportunity to ask questions specific to your organisation and sector.

Why attend? 

• Understand the key changes proposed in the Employment Rights Bill 

• Hear directly from a legal expert on how to prepare your organisation 

• Get your questions answered in a live Q&A session 

• Connect with peers and industry leaders to share strategies and insights 

This event is an opportunity to connect with peers, share perspectives, and gain clarity on what these changes mean for your organisation to prepare you for the changes to employment law coming down the path. 

Guest speaker 

Sam Greenhalgh, Partner, Birketts LLP 

Sam qualified as a Solicitor in 2010 and joined Birketts in 2014. He is a Partner in the employment team and leads their ‘Shaping Excellence’ training division.  

Sam advises large companies, SMEs, charities and senior executives on all aspects of employment law including representing clients in employment tribunal claims. Sam has experience in advising on collective redundancy exercises and multi-claim employment tribunal litigation. He has extensive experience advising clients in the food and beverage, transport and logistics, social housing, and engineering and manufacturing sectors. 

During his time at Birketts, Sam has developed the ‘Shaping Excellence’ training division that delivers legal training to clients on all aspects of employment law and overseas training delivery and development within other disciplines across the firm. 

In other roles, Sam is a Director of the Employment Lawyers Association, Chair of Governors at Ashleigh Primary School and provides pro-bono advice for the Norfolk Community Law Service.