Are you ready for the biggest shake-up in UK employment law in over a decade?
Now’s the time to ensure you’re aware of what the Employment Rights Bill means for businesses.
The bill has been steadily progressing through parliament since October 2024, with significant amendments proposed and adopted along the way.
Join Reed and legal experts from CMS as we unpack the latest developments, explore what’s still to come through consultation and secondary legislation, and help you prepare for the changes ahead. During this free event in Manchester, we’ll be taking a closer look at:
Key reforms expected under the Employment Rights Bill
Practical steps for employers to prepare
Areas still under consultation and secondary legislation
Legal insights on risk mitigation and compliance
What’s coming in 2026 and beyond
From unfair dismissal and collective redundancy to zero-hours contracts and trade union rights, this session will provide clarity on what’s changing, when, and how to respond.
Why attend?
Understand the most significant employment law changes in years
Hear directly from CMS legal specialists with deep expertise in employment law and workplace regulation
Learn how to prepare your organisation for upcoming reforms and avoid costly compliance pitfalls
Connect with fellow HR professionals, legal advisors, and business leaders
This event provides a great opportunity to share best practice within the employment space.
Our speakers
Tracey Marsden, Partner, CMS
Tracey is a partner in the CMS employment team with 28 years' experience advising on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious matters from general advisory support and employment litigation to complex global restructuring, business transfers and multi-jurisdictional mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions.
Tracey has expertise in advising on strategic HR issues and project management, particularly in the context of private equity transactions and founder/senior management misconduct, workforce restructuring and change management, complex business transfers and outsourcing arrangements.
Tracey is the head of the One North Charity Committee and co-leads on the Sheffield office’s CMS Women initiative. She is also a ‘Leading Individual’ in Legal 500.
Emma Sweetman, Senior Associate, CMS
Emma is a Senior Associate in the employment team whose practice involves advising on a broad spectrum of employment-related issues, including general day-to-day HR advice and employment tribunal litigation and supporting the firm’s corporate, real estate and insolvency teams in relation to a range of transactional matters.
Emma regularly works with overseas counsel to co-ordinate advice on complex, multi-jurisdictional projects and issues. Her experience spans many sectors, with a particular focus on private equity, healthcare, real estate and construction. She works with all sizes of clients from start-ups to global organisations.
Emma sits on the One North Charity Committee and co-leads on the Sheffield office’s ‘CMS Link’ networking group. She is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association.
Amelia Goodair, Associate, CMS
Amelia is an Associate in the employment team and joined CMS in 2022 after qualifying into employment in 2021 at a regional firm. She advises employers and senior employees on a wide range of general advisory and contentious matters, and on employment aspects of corporate transactions.
Her experience covers many different sectors, including healthcare, energy, manufacturing, and technology. Amelia is a member of the One North Diversity and Inclusion Group, and of the Employment Lawyers Association.
