The Employment Rights Bill has now been passed, with employers preparing for some of the most significant changes in recent years.
Our early bird seminar at the Sussex and Surrey Institute of Technology in Crawley, will explore what these reforms mean in practice.
What to expect
Birketts will:
Share practical steps to strengthen recruitment, manage probation periods more effectively, and update contracts and policies to reduce exposure.
Help you to consider the implications for senior dismissals and the wider developments introduced under the Employment Rights Bill 2025.
Why attend?
Hear directly from legal experts about some of the bill’s most transformative changes, helping you understand how HR professionals must pivot from reactive policy updates to proactive workforce strategy.
Gain clarity on timelines, implementation priorities and the practical steps organisations should begin taking now to remain compliant and minimise risk under the new Employment Rights Bill.
Network with peers to share strategies and insights.
Speaker bio
Charlotte Sloan, Legal Director, Birketts
Charlotte is a Legal Director in the employment team at Birketts.
She qualified as a solicitor in 2009 and has been working in the southern offices of the large national law firm for the past 10 years.
Charlotte predominately advises employers on a wide variety of contentious and non-contentious aspects of employment law and acts.
Specialising in supporting clients in the education sector including colleges and independent schools, Charlotte has a strong understanding of the nuances of employment law specific to the sector and issues that commonly arise.
She has vast amounts of expertise in helping employers to strategically and commercially resolve disputes with employees and assisting organisations in promoting a positive culture for staff, supporting many organisations with employment law training on topics from diversity and inclusion to grievances, disciplinaries and performance management to how to retain and attract staff.
In addition to providing advice on day-to-day employment law issues, tribunal proceedings and disputes and drafting employment documentation, Charlotte has considerable experience advising on employment status issues including in connection with IR35 and on the employment aspects of ESG.
