Past events

Black Lives Matter: Getting Recruitment Right 

The Black Lives Matter movement prompted a long overdue focus on the challenges faced by black people and other ethnic minorities in the workplace. How to make a real and tangible difference is one of the big questions facing decision-makers within workplaces of all shapes and sizes. Our series of quarterly webinars sees the Dentons People, Reward and Mobility team joined by leading industry guest speakers to discuss what companies need to be doing to advance their awareness and tackle modern racism at work.

In our next webinar we will consider what employers can do now to attract and retain talent, whilst driving meaningful change. Topics for discussion include:

  • attracting diverse talent;
  • avoiding unconscious bias;
  • positive action;
  • sponsorship and support.

The session will feature the following speakers:

Please join us for a collaborative discussion to identify steps we can all take to drive change.

Thursday 6 May 2021 
9.30am – 10.45am BST
Via webinar

Managing International Remote Working 

Considerations when implementing a “work from anywhere” policy, and managing the rise in international remote workers and digital nomads

COVID-19 has undoubtedly changed the way we work for good. While many employers have some form of remote working policy in place that pre-dates the pandemic, movement in this direction has been accelerated. As an increasing number of employees are granted the flexibility to work from home, it is inevitable that some will ask whether home has to be in the UK. Join us in this interactive virtual session as we discuss the rise and implications of international remote working through a number of case studies you may already find familiar, or be faced with in the near future. We will look at the growing attractiveness of a “work from anywhere” policy to employees and potential new recruits, deciding on individual requests, how the effort in implementing such a policy should not be underestimated, and the vastly different considerations you will need to address.

Speakers

Virginia Allen, Partner, People, Reward and Mobility
Celyn Armstrong, Partner, Regulatory, Trade and Investigations
Sam Boileau, Consultant, Energy, Transport & Infrastructure
Muneeb Gill, Associate, Technology, Media and Telecommunications
Nick Graham, Partner, Technology, Media and Telecommunications
Michelle Lamb, Partner, People, Reward and Mobility
Alastair MacLeod, Counsel, Tax
Jessica Pattinson, Head of Immigration

Wednesday 10 March 2021
9.30am – 10.30am
Via webinar

EU Settlement Scheme: What employers need to do before 31 December 2020 

Free movement of EU nationals to the UK will end on 31 December 2020. During this mini-webinar, we will review final actions for employers in respect of their existing EU national employees.

With the vast majority of EU nationals having already applied to the EU Settlement Scheme and been granted pre-settled or settled status, employers’ attention should be focused on how to support employees in maintaining this status. Join our Head of Immigration, Jessica Pattinson, who will cover topics including: Quick recap of the EU Settlement Scheme, including who needs to apply, how and by whenEU nationals who may be unaware that they are eligible to applyManaging pre-settled/settled status conditions and restrictions, including permitted absences from the UKFamily reunion post-BrexitRight to work checks for existing EU national employees

Tuesday 8 December 2020 
12.30pm-1.00pm
Via webinar

Immigration 2021: Preparing for the new UK immigration system 

Free movement of EU nationals to the UK will end on 31 December 2020. During this session, we will discuss the new immigration system and what employers should be doing to prepare

On 1 December 2020, we will see the biggest change to the UK immigration system in more than a decade. Under the new system, EU and non-EU nationals will be treated the same and be subject to the same requirements.

Join our Head of Immigration, Jessica Pattinson, for this webinar and Q&A forum covering topics including:

  • Overview of the new Skilled Worker and Intra-Company Transfer visas
  • Impact on company policies and processes
  • Key considerations for talent acquisition
  • Changes to right to work checks
  • Recap of the EU Settlement Scheme

Tuesday 17 November 2020 
9.00am-10.00am
Via webinar

Dentons Black Lives Matter Webinar

Let’s Talk About Race: Join Dentons and guests for a virtual roundtable event to discuss race equality in the workplace.

The global BLM movement has sparked a well overdue call for meaningful and lasting change in the workplace. The challenge now faced by companies is how to galvanise their diversity and inclusion agendas to achieve this.

Hosted by Virginia Allen and Purvis Ghani, Employment partners, the Dentons virtual roundtable will see leading industry guest speakers, Loraine Martins MBE FRSA, Director of Diversity and Inclusion, Human Resources, at Network Rail and Banke Odunaike, Head of Legal, EMEA at CBRE, discuss what companies need to be doing to advance their awareness and tackle modern racism at work. Attendees will have the opportunity to network with peers and understand what steps can and should be taken. The guided roundtable will cover topics such as:

  • Understanding the modern day experience of black and other minority ethnic people at work
  • The legal framework: unconscious bias and positive action
  • Achieving diversity targets 
  • Ethnicity pay gap reporting
  • Engagement: networks and allies
  • Executive sponsorship

Take part in a dialogue that will allow participants to understand issues and take action, to ensure improved racial equality and inclusion become a reality.

Wednesday 11 November 2020 
10.00am – 11.00am GMT
Via webinar

COVID-19 for employers: what comes next?

We are running a series of small group roundtable Zoom discussions on the challenges and opportunities the ongoing extraordinary circumstances are bringing for all UK employers and would like to invite you to participate in one of these sessions on Tuesday 14 July or Friday 17 July.

The discussion promises to be an invaluable opportunity to discuss ideas and experiences with HR professionals and in-house legal teams from other UK businesses, and with your Dentons People, Reward and Mobility team.

We anticipate covering the following topics:

  • Returning to the workplace – as restrictions ease, how and when are employers moving towards a safe return to the workplace?
  • The holiday season – how are employers handling annual leave arrangements over the summer months, and particularly the prospect of employees holidaying overseas?
  • The new working landscape – what changes are employers anticipating to working arrangements after the immediate climate has passed? Are we seeing a significant and permanent shift towards increased remote working?
  • Other future changes and challenges in the aftermath of COVID-19.

Pilot sessions benefited greatly from the thoughtful and genuine dialogue that took place between participants. We will be very keen to hear from you and will be asking participants to raise questions during the discussion, giving an opportunity to share challenges or successes your organisation has experienced.

Event details

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the session via Zoom.

The event will commence as a brief Zoom webinar presentation and participants will then be placed into smaller Zoom breakout rooms for the roundtable discussion sessions hosted by Dentons PRM team members.

Tuesday 14 July 2020 
4.30pm – 6.00pm

Friday 17 July 2020 
9.00am – 10.30am

People, Reward and Mobility – breakfast update on key developments

The People, Reward and Mobility team is pleased to invite you to our latest round of breakfast seminars.

Join us for:

  • an update on recent case law developments involving disability discrimination;
  • insight into the sensitive handling of mental health issues in the workplace; and
  • practical advice on fulfilling the duty to make reasonable adjustments whilst effectively managing your workforce.

The seminar will be preceded by a breakfast buffet and an opportunity to network. We will hold a complimentary legal clinic after the event.
We hope you will be able to attend one of our seminars on the offered dates.

Edinburgh
Tuesday 4 June 2019
8.00am – 10.00am
Dentons, Quartermile One, 15 Lauriston Place,
Edinburgh EH3 9EP | Map

Glasgow
Tuesday 11 June 2019
8.00am – 10.00am
Dentons, 1 George Square,
Glasgow G2 1AL | Map

Aberdeen
Thursday 13 June 2019
8.00am – 10.00am
Dentons, The Capitol, 431 Union Street,
Aberdeen AB11 6DA | Map

Milton Keynes
Tuesday 11 June 2019
8.30am – 10.30am
Grant Thornton, Victoria House, 4th Floor
199 Avebury Boulevard, Milton Keynes MK9 1AU | Map

London
Wednesday 12 June 2019
8.30am – 10.30am
Dentons, One Fleet Place,
London EC4M 7RA | Map

If you would like to come along, please contact uk.events@dentons.com to RSVP stating the workshop and location that you would like to attend.

People, Reward and Mobility – breakfast update on key developments

The People, Reward and Mobility team is pleased to invite you to our first round of breakfast seminars for 2019.

Aberdeen
Tuesday 12 March 2019
8.00am – 10.00am
Dentons, The Capitol, 431 Union Street,
Aberdeen AB11 6DA

Edinburgh
Thursday 14 March 2019
8.00am – 10.00am
Dentons, Quartermile One, 15 Lauriston Place,
Edinburgh EH3 9EP

Milton Keynes
Wednesday 20 March 2019
8.30am – 10.30am
Victoria House, 4th Floor, 199 Avebury Boulevard
Milton Keynes MK9 1AU

London
Thursday 21 March 2019
8.30am – 10.30am
Dentons, One Fleet Place,
London EC4M 7RA

Glasgow
Thursday 28 March 2019
8.00am – 10.00am
Dentons, 1 George Square,
Glasgow G2 1AL

If you would like to come along, please contact uk.events@dentons.com to RSVP stating the workshop and location that you would like to attend.

People, Reward and Mobility – Annual update and diversity review – May 2018

The People, Reward and Mobility team are pleased to invite you to our annual update seminar. Designed to bring you up to date with the latest key developments affecting your workforce, we will review:

  • the top employment cases for 2017 and 2018 and legislative changes, together with their implications for your business;
  • key changes in pensions and other employee reward schemes and their effects on your business;
  • the latest implications from Brexit on immigration matters, including what you can be doing now to be prepared; and
  • diversity and inclusion, with a spotlight on what #MeToo means for your business and gender pay gap reporting, a year into the regime.

The seminar will be preceded by a breakfast buffet and an opportunity to network. We will hold a complimentary legal clinic after the event.

We hope you will be able to attend one of our seminars on the following dates:

Glasgow – Tuesday 1 May 2018
8.00am-10.30am
Dentons, 1 George Square, Glasgow, G2 1AL

Aberdeen – Wednesday 2 May 2018
8.00am-10.30am
Dentons, The Capitol, 431 Union Street, Aberdeen, AB11 6DA

Edinburgh – Thursday 3 May 2018
8.00am-10.30am
Dentons, Quartermile One, 15 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9EP

Milton Keynes – Wednesday 9 May 2018
8.30am-10.30am
Dentons, The Pinnacle, 170 Midsummer Boulevard, Milton Keynes, MK9 1FE

London – Wednesday 23 May 2018
8.30am-10.30am
Dentons, One Fleet Place, London, EC4M 7RA

If you would like to come along, please contact uk.events@dentons.com to RSVP stating the workshop and location that you would like to attend.

Mock Employment Tribunal – further details to be confirmed.

Edinburgh – Tuesday 2 October 2018
8.00am-10.30am
Dentons, Quartermile One, 15 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9EP

Glasgow – Wednesday 3 October 2018
8.00am-10.30am
Dentons, 1 George Square, Glasgow, G2 1AL

Aberdeen – Thursday 4 October 2018
8.00am-10.30am
Dentons, The Capitol, 431 Union Street, Aberdeen, AB11 6DA

London – Tuesday 9 October 2018
8.30am-10.30am
Dentons, One Fleet Place, London, EC4M 7RA

Milton Keynes – Wednesday 10 October 2018
8.30am-10.30am
Dentons, The Pinnacle, 170 Midsummer Boulevard, Milton Keynes, MK9 1FE

If you would like to come along, please contact uk.events@dentons.com to RSVP stating the workshop and location that you would like to attend.

Tackling GDPR in the employment context – interactive workshop

The introduction of GDPR on 25 May 2018 represents the biggest shake-up of data protection and privacy law in decades.

It will radically change how we view and deal with employee personal data. A key change is that employers will effectively no longer rely upon “consent” from employees to process their data, in what is set to be a major change, and will need to have tools in place to meet requests to be forgotten.

Faced with significantly more obligations, including the need to provide much more detailed information to employees, and eye-watering fines (of up to 4 per cent annual global turnover or €20 million, whichever is greater) for non-compliance, it is vital that all employers understand the new rules and are ready to comply with them.

We are pleased to invite you to one of our interactive workshops, designed to help in-house counsel and senior HR practitioners get to grips with the new obligations. We will take a pragmatic look at what essentials require to be done prior to 25 May 2018 as well as looking at the impact GDPR is likely to have, once introduced.

During the workshop, we will review:

  • the impact on recruitment practices, including vetting candidates’ social media use and reference checking;
  • how to deal with existing contracts of employment which give “consent” for processing (and what steps to take to address this);
  • the detailed “privacy notices” that must now be provided to employees and other individuals;
  • the new requirements to report breaches of data security to the ICO (and in some cases to individuals as well);
  • the changes to subject access requests and new rights being introduced for individuals;
  • the significant fines that may be imposed for breaches and likely approach to enforcement; and
  • overview of the additional requirements for contracts with data processors (such as payroll providers) being introduced.

The session will cover the above questions and provide an opportunity for attendees to talk about GDPR challenges affecting their businesses with lawyers at Dentons.

The workshop will be preceded by a breakfast buffet and an opportunity to network.

We are holding these interactive workshops across our UK offices on the following dates:

Edinburgh – Tuesday 30 January 2018
8.00am-10.30am
Dentons, Quartermile One, 15 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9EP

Glasgow – Wednesday 31 January 2018
8.00am-10.30am
Dentons, 1 George Square, Glasgow, G2 1AL

Aberdeen – Thursday 1 February 2018
8.00am-10.30am
Dentons, The Capitol, 431 Union Street, Aberdeen, AB11 6DA

Milton Keynes – Tuesday 6 February 2018
8.30am-10.30am
Dentons, The Pinnacle, 170 Midsummer Boulevard, Milton Keynes, MK9 1FE

London – Wednesday 7 February 2018
8.30am-10.30am
Dentons, One Fleet Place, London, EC4M 7RA

If you would like to come along, please contact uk.events@dentons.com to RSVP stating the workshop and location that you would like to attend.

We look forward to seeing you there!

You be the Judge: Mock employment trial in the High Court with David Reade QC – Wednesday 4 October 2017

We are pleased to invite you to this interactive workshop where we will run a mock High Court trial of an employee competition case – where the members of the audience are the judges. The session, aimed at in-house counsel and HR professionals, will offer an insight as to how disputes involving employees moving to a competitor play out in practice.

We are delighted to be joined by David Reade QC, Charlene Hawkins and Charlotte Davies of Littleton Chambers, a leading set of employment and commercial barristers’ chambers.  David Reade QC will play the part of High Court judge and the audience will compete in teams to see who comes closest to his judgment.  We hope you can join us for what will be an exciting session and a wonderful opportunity to see leading counsel in action.

If you would like to attend this event, please email uk.events@dentons.com.

Event Schedule

8.30am – Registration and breakfast
9.00am – Workshop starts
10.30am – Workshop ends

Date & Time

Wednesday 4 October 2017
8.30am – 10.30am

Location

Dentons
One Fleet Place
London,
EC4M 7RA

Getting to grips with the gig economy

Flexible working and employer obligations

The law has struggled to keep up with modern working practices, resulting in considerable confusion as to the status of contractors, casual workers and other staff engaged flexibly.  In addition, employers need to be on top of the special protection afforded to fixed-term employees and part-time workers if they are to avoid costly litigation.

This interactive workshop is designed to help in-house counsel and HR practitioners understand employers’ obligations towards different categories of staff, and how to mitigate risks associated with modern working arrangements.

During this workshop, we will review:

  • the difference between employees, workers and self-employed contractors, and why it matters;
  • how to minimise the risk of contractors being deemed to be employees;
  • the use of personal service companies – employment, tax and IR35; and
  • additional protections to be mindful of when it comes to fixed-term contracts and part-time working.

The first part of the session will be a brief presentation, followed by a discussion in small groups which will allow attendees a chance to talk about any challenges affecting their business and to apply their knowledge to real life scenarios.

This event was held in our London office on June 29, 2017 and in our Milton Keynes office on July 4, 2017 from 08:30am – 10:30am.

Annual employment law update – April 2017

The employment landscape is one that is constantly shifting. Employers who fail to keep up with the changes do so at their peril.

This seminar is designed to help in-house counsel and HR practitioners get to grips with key recent and forthcoming developments in employment, pensions and immigration law and practice and what they mean for your workforce. During this presentation, we will review:

  • gender pay gap reporting – where we are now;
  • the top employment cases of 2016 and 2017 and their implications for your business;
  • legislative changes on the horizon, including employment tribunal reform, the Trade Union Act, the apprenticeship levy, and changes to the taxation of termination payments;
  • recent developments in pensions law, including how some of your (non-pension) employment policies could end up in front of the Pensions Ombudsman, and what this means;
  • changes to the immigration landscape for employers of EEA nationals and non-EEA nationals; and
  • a brief review of the latest in health and safety law, including the new Sentencing Guidelines for safety offences and the HSE’s increased powers to charge for time spent regulating companies under the “fees for intervention” regime.

The seminar will be preceded by a breakfast buffet, and an opportunity to network. Following the presentation, we will run a complimentary legal clinic, at which you can ask a member of the team any tricky questions you may be grappling with at the moment.

This event was held in our London office on April 27, 2017 and in our Milton Keynes office on April 25, 2017 from 08:30am – 10:30am.

Employee Competition: Best Practice For Your Business

This interactive workshop shared practical insights from our extensive experience advising clients on the fallout from misbehaving employees. Whether your business is the poacher or the gamekeeper, we revealed the key tactical assessments that your business needs to make to put it in the strongest possible position.

The programme covered:

  • Restrictive covenants and garden leave;
  • Poaching and gamekeeping in practice – what really happens; and
  • Remedies and outcomes.

This event was held in our Milton Keynes office on October 6, 2016 and in our London office on October 13, 2016 from 08:30am – 10:30am.

Everything you need to know about outsourcing and TUPE – June/July 2016

Anyone involved in negotiating and implementing outsourcing and offshoring arrangements will probably view the TUPE Regulations as a minefield of uncertainty with no discernible benefits. Getting it wrong can be costly and lead to real headaches for customers and service providers alike.

This interactive workshop, aimed at in-house lawyers and HR practitioners, and designed to demonstrate how TUPE can be utilised constructively to assist parties in handling the difficult employment issues that arise in the context of outsourcing and offshoring.

The programme covered:

  • How TUPE applies to offshoring and multi-sourcing scenarios
  • What to consider when negotiating in outsourcing situations
  • Making best use of the TUPE Schedule
  • Managing information and consultation obligations
  • Pre-transfer collective redundancy consultation
  • Strategies for avoiding the application of TUPE

This event was held in our Milton Keynes office on June 30, 2016 and in our London office on July 5, 2016 from 08:30am – 10:30am.

Annual employment law update – April 2016

The employment law landscape is one that is constantly shifting. Employers who fail to keep up with the changes do so at their peril. This seminar, designed to help in-house counsel and senior HR practitioners get to grips with key recent and forthcoming developments in employment law and what they mean for your workforce.

During this presentation, we reviewed:

  • the top employment cases of 2015 and 2016 and their implications for your business;
  • key legislative changes – the National Living Wage, the Modern Slavery Act and the Trade Union Bill; and
  • gender pay gap reporting – what you need to be doing now.

Following the presentation, we ran a complimentary legal clinic, for you to ask a member of the team any tricky questions you may be grappling with at the moment.

This event was held in our Milton Keynes office on April 20, 2016 and in our London office on April 27, 2016 from 08:30am – 10:30am.

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