Parliament has finally passed the Employment Rights Act 2025, bringing into law the biggest shake up of employment rights in decades.
Reed is partnering with CMS to discuss the legal and practical impact of the reforms on employers, as well as the proposed timelines for implementation and aspects of the Act which remain subject to consultation.
What to expect:
The CMS team will explore several topics including:
Trade union changes
Collective redundancy consultation
Sexual harassment
Alterations to zero hour contracts and flexible working
Enhanced statutory rights
Changes to unfair dismissal rights, including the removal of the unfair dismissal compensation cap
Why attend?
Understand the key legal changes in the Employment Rights Act 2025 and what they mean for you.
Get practical guidance from legal experts on timelines, implementation and areas still under consultation.
Learn how major reforms, including changes to dismissal rights and flexible working, will impact your workforce strategy.
Discuss the practical steps you can take to comply and mitigate risks to your business.
More about the speakers
Anna Cope, Partner, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
Anna is a Partner in the CMS UK employment team working across their Bristol and London offices. Described by clients and peers as “one in a million” and “an absolute star”, she is an “outstanding” lawyer and “trusted advisor” to global corporations and SMEs. Anna’s pragmatic approach, her commercial acumen, and 20 years of experience of advising on the entire lifecycle of the employment relationship (from recruitment to dismissal), makes her a “fantastic sounding board”, dedicated to providing an exceptional service working in collaboration with her clients to secure their desired outcome.
She has a particular interest in employee relations and industrial relations issues and advises on complex reorganisation and business transformation projects as well as matters with an international element.
Anna’s wealth of experience in defending and resolving high value employment disputes both in the employment tribunal and at appellate level, see her regularly instructed on multifaceted and complex discrimination, whistleblowing, TUPE and other statutory and contractual claims, as well as sensitive in-employment claims. She also advises leading insurers both with their insured to manage and resolve their employment related disputes, and separately on coverage matters where her ability to “cut straight through to provide sound advice” is exceptionally valuable.
Anna is a regular speaker and author on topical employment law issues and a member of the Employment Lawyers Association.
Sian Baker, Senior Associate, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
Sian is a Senior Associate in the CMS UK employment team based in the Bristol office.
She has acted for a broad range of multi-national and national clients, including those in the real estate, technology, media, energy, retail, manufacturing and finance industries.
Sian’s work includes advising clients on day-to-day HR queries, and on a broad range of contentious and non-contentious aspects of employment law, including conducting grievance and disciplinary investigations and litigation experience. She has a particular interest and expertise in acting for clients in relation to TUPE and the employment aspects of corporate and real estate transactions. She also has experience of the employment aspects of restructuring, including collective consultation.
As well as having legal expertise, Sian is a qualified teacher, having stepped sideways in the middle of her legal career for a few years to teach in secondary schools in Gloucestershire, and is a trustee of Vamos Theatre Company.
