Below are details of recent and upcoming seminars and workshops.
You are warmly invited to the seminars which take place on Thursdays at 12.30pm for a 1pm start followed by a light networking lunch and finish by 2pm. All seminars are held at our offices at 5000 Oxford Business Park South, Oxford OX4 2BH where there is free ample parking.
Seminars are by registration only. If you would like to register for any of the seminars, please email seminars@henmansllp.co.uk or call 01865 781000 to indicate which seminars you would like to attend.
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4 March - Compromise Agreements and Settling Claims.
Speakers: James Simpson, Partner, Employment Department and Victoria Burnip, Assistant Solicitor, Employment Department
- Compromise Agreements and Settling Claims
- How to use and draft compromise agreements
- The role of ACAS
- COT3 settlements
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
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18 March - Employee Share Schemes before the election.
Speaker: Chris Robinson, Partner, Corporate Department
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1 April - Legislation and Caselaw Update.
Speaker: James Anderson, Associate Solicitor, Employment Department
- Equality Act Update and developments plus proposed changes to retirement provisions
- Agency Workers Regulations
- Extension of Paternity Leave and pay
- Right to request time off for training
- Fit notes/sick notes
- Blacklisting of workers as a result of union activities
- Recent cases of note and interest
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15 April - Ten things you need to know about exploiting your intellectual assets.
Speaker: Stephen Brett, Associate Solicitor, Corporate Department
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6 May - A Review and Update of Family Friendly Provisions.
Speakers: James Anderson, Associate Solicitor, Employment Department and Victoria Burnip, Assistant Solicitor, Employment Department
- Flexible Working
- Time off for Dependants
- Maternity Leave
- Parental Leave
- Paternity Leave
- Adoption Leave
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20 May - Essential property update: roundup of recent case law of particular interest to landlords and tenants.
Speakers: Richard Shallard, Partner, Property Department, Lesley Pollock, Partner, Property Department and Patrick Whetter, Partner, Property Department
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3 June - Harassment in the workplace, recognising and dealing with it.
Speaker: James Dawson, Barrister, 3 Paper Buildings
- Harassment under the various discrimination Acts
- Changes proposed by the Equality Act
- The Harassment Act 1998
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17 June - Problems with contaminated land: dirty sites and what to do with them.
Speaker: Adrian White, Partner, Property Department
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1 July - TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006).
Speaker: James Simpson, Partner, Head of Employment Department
- When do the Transfer of Undertakings(Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 apply
- The obligations of the transferee/transferors
- Economic Technical and Organisational reasons (ETOs)
- The consequences of not complying with TUPE
- Insolvency provisions