Jane McNeill QC and Paul Rose QC are both speaking at this years 'Hot Issues in Employment Law' conference, devised and chaired by Michael Rubenstein.
The conference holds 5.5 CPD hours per day.
Agenda
Day 2 - 24th September 2010
09:00 - 09:30 Registration and coffee
09:30 - 10:00 Developing duty of mutual trust and confidence
Christopher Jeans QC, 11KBW
10:00 - 10:30 Who is an employee?
Paul Rose QC, Old Square Chambers
Since our last conference, there have been more important cases on employment status, including Autoclenz v Belcher and Protectacoat Firthglow v Szilagyi on sham contracts, and X v Mid Sussex CAB on the status of volunteers.
10:30 - 11:00 Liability for workplace stress
Andrew Hogarth QC, 12 Kings Bench Walk Chambers
11:00 - 11:15 Coffee
11:15 - 11:45 Impact of Kücükdeveci on EU law
Sarah Moore, 11KBW
11:45 - 12:15 Team moves/employment injunctions: recent developments
Selwyn Bloch QC, Littleton Chambers
12:15 - 12:45 Confidential information and data protection
Lorna Skinner, Matrix Chambers
12:45 - 13:45 Lunch
13:45 - 14:15 Industrial action: where the law now stands
Monica Kurnatowska, Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP
14:15 - 14:45 Termination payments and compromise agreements
Jane McNeill QC, Old Square Chambers
In Gibb v Maidstone NHS Trust, the Court of Appeal considers when a compromise agreement can be held to be unenforceable because the employer acted outside its powers. In Industrious v Vincent, the EAT ruled that a compromise agreement can be set aside because of misrepresentation.
14:45 - 15:15 Human rights and employment law
Heather Willliams QC, Doughty Street Chambers
15:15 - 15:30 Tea
15:30 - 16:00 Varying contracts of employment
David Craig, Essex Court Chambers
16:00 - 16:30 TUPE 2006: what is a transfer?
Geoffrey Mead, Partner, Eversheds LLP
16:30 End of Day Two
For more information and for an agenda of Day 1, please click here. |
