This all-member webinar will explore the Government’s new Employment Rights Bill and what proposals mean for social care providers.
The Employment Rights Bill sets out to fundamentally reset industrial relations and ‘rebalance’ the relationship between employers, workers and trade unions. The Bill builds on Labour’s ‘Make Work Pay’ agenda and sets out 28 measures including day one rights for employees around sick and parental leave, scrapping ‘exploitative’ zero hours contracts and establishing the framework for an Adult Social Care Negotiating Body and fair pay agreement.
While the proposals in the Bill are unlikely to come into effect until at least 2026, the Government are moving at pace to gather views and many of the proposals will require members to plan and take action next financial year in preparation.
We are delighted that Emma Burrows from Trowers & Hamlins has agreed to join us for this webinar, which will explore what the Bill means for members and the changes organisations need to prepare for, alongside an opportunity to inform VODG’s response to the first tranche of consultations on sick pay, zero hours contracts and industrial relations.
We welcome questions in advance. Please submit questions by midday on 15 November 2024.
Partner, Trowers & Hamlins
Emma is a partner and head of the Trowers & Hamlins' Employment department which she founded. Emma has specialised in employment law for over 30 years.
She is known for her practical approach and finding solutions. Emma advises mainly on sensitive issues, managing senior staff exits, board disputes, employment structures and governance issues. At any one time, she manages a few complicated employment tribunal claims, working with other members of the team.
She loves employment law and is an active member of the Employment Lawyers Association Legislative and Policy committee and on the Editorial Board of Employment Law Journal.
She contributes to leadership development in the affordable housing, charities and health and social care sectors, and has written and contributed to guidance over the years. She co-wrote "Board member pay- what housing associations need to know", and is currently involved in speaking and contributing to Leadership 2025, the leadership development programme available exclusively to senior leaders from BME backgrounds working in the housing sector. During her career she's spoken regularly for the NHF, CIOH and at other sector events.
She works closely with Charities, and edits and contributes to Jordan's 'Employment Law for Charities – A Practice Guide to Employment Law and contributes the employment law section to ICSA's Charities Guide. Emma works closely with care providers and has worked closely with organisations providing social care in the last two years on sleep-ins, providing some advice to the No 10 Policy Unit as part of the discussion. She's been a member of the care team at Trowers since it started, about 20 years ago and works closely with VODG and its members.
Emma is ranked in Band 1 as a leading individual for employment advice to not for profit organisations in the 2021 edition of Chambers UK.
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