Podcasts and webinars

All items: Collective employee relations

  • Upcoming webinar: HR's final prep for ERA October 2026 changes

    Date:
    24 August 2026

    In this webinar on Wednesday 23 September 2026 at 11am, Brightmine editors Stephen Simpson and Zeba Sayed will outline the final preparations employers need to make for the employment law changes taking effect in October 2026.

  • Webinar: Employment Rights Act 2025 - a recap

    Date:
    14 August 2026

    In this webinar, we focus on the changes HR needs to act on now. We bring together insights from three leading experts to revisit the most important developments and their practical implications for employers.

  • Podcast: Employment Rights Act 2025 - the trade union reforms reshaping industrial relations

    Date:
    10 June 2026

    Brightmine legal editor Lilia Dangi joins the podcast to talk through recent and upcoming trade union-related reforms under the Employment Rights Act 2025. She discusses how these changes are modernising industrial relations and rebalancing the relationship between employers and unions.

  • Webinar: Employment Rights Act 2025 - how should HR be approaching the new trade union access rights?

    Date:
    23 April 2026

    In this 60-minute webinar, DAC Beachcroft employment law partner and trade union relations specialist Nick Chronias provides an overview of the April changes, which simplify the union recognition process, before focusing on the October reforms.

  • Podcast: Employment Rights Bill - the whats and whens of the trade union-related reforms

    Date:
    17 November 2025

    With the Employment Rights Bill nearing the end of its journey through Parliament, Laura Merrylees, senior legal editor at Brightmine, is joined by Nick Chronias, a partner at DAC Beachcroft, to discuss the Bill's many trade union-related changes.

  • Podcast: Employment Rights Bill - trade unions and workers' rights

    Date:
    30 July 2025

    Shantha David, head of legal services at UNISON, joins the podcast to talk about the impact of the Employment Rights Bill on trade union rights, fire and rehire practices and more.

  • Podcast: Employment Rights Bill - what's new, what's been dropped?

    Date:
    17 April 2025

    In October 2024 the Government launched a major overhaul of employment law in the form of the Employment Rights Bill. A number of important amendments have been introduced since the proposed legislation was first published. Stephen Simpson, principal editor at Brightmine, joins the podcast to provide an update and help HR departments prepare for the changes.

  • Podcast: What changes should HR prepare for from the Employment Rights Bill?

    Date:
    21 November 2024

    The Labour Government published its highly anticipated Employment Rights Bill on 10 October 2024. In this edition of the podcast, Brightmine employment law experts Zeba Sayed and Stephen Simpson analyse the key proposals in the Bill and offer advice on how HR can begin to prepare for the changes.

  • Podcast: Employment Rights Bill Q&A

    Date:
    20 November 2024

    The Labour Government published its highly anticipated Employment Rights Bill on 10 October 2024. In this edition of the podcast, Brightmine employment law experts Zeba Sayed and Stephen Simpson answer questions on different aspects of the Bill, from the timeline for the measures coming into effect to the nuances of the proposed unfair dismissal and fire and rehire changes.

  • Webinar: Employment Rights Bill - how HR can get ahead of the changes

    Date:
    24 October 2024

    In this webinar, Brightmine legal editors Stephen Simpson and Zeba Sayed explain what the changes are going to be, what employers can do now to begin preparing and the potential timelines for implementation.

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