08. Oktober 2026
10.00am - 4.00pm (BST)
London, Vereinigtes Königreich
Moving beyond understanding the ERA reforms, this conference on 8 October 2026 at Eversheds Sutherland, London, focuses on what it really takes to make the new framework work in practice, across policies, processes and workplace culture. Join us to explore how organisations can move proactively in a new labor relations environment, strengthening relationships and embedding sustainable labor strategies. We will also consider the day-to-day practicalities of the ERA's IR changes. This milestone event will enable you to network in-person with your peers, hear our great line-up of speakers, ask questions and get involved in the debate.
Keynote speakers include Neil Carberry the new Chief Executive of the CIPD, Lindsay Judge, Research Director at the Resolution Foundation, Caroline Taylor, National Secretary, Community Trade Union and Jimmy McLoughlin OBE from Jimmy's Jobs of the Future.
We have expert-led panels on the new workplace access right, recognition, pay negotiations and industrial action, a European perspective on union and workplace engagement in a different culture and a labor law update presented by our experienced industrial relations specialist lawyers.
Chaired by:
Tom Player, Partner, Eversheds Sutherland
Programme
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Time
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Topic |
Speaker |
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09.30-10.00 |
Registration and refreshments
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10.00 |
Introduction |
Chair: Tom Player, Partner
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| Labor law update | Chris Mordue, Partner
Emma Humphreys, Partner |
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Impact of ERA labor changes on engagement, workplace culture, employer identity and managing change
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Neil Carberry, Chief Executive, |
| 11.25-11.40 | Refreshments/Comfort Break |
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The economic outlook: the impact of global and domestic economic events on the labor market
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Lindsay Judge, Research Director,
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Fireside chat: jobs of the future
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Jimmy McLoughlin OBE, |
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12.40-13.30 |
Lunch |
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Panel session 1: |
Clare Ward, Partner Caroline Taylor, National Secretary, Philippa Kilgannon, Group People Experience Director,
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14.20-14.35
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Refreshments/Comfort Break |
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Panel session 2: |
Stephen Chegwin, Partner
Jo Nunn, Chief Conciliator, Professor Richard Saundry, Principal Research Fellow
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Global trends in Labor Relations: a transatlantic perspective on the latest developments and trends in labor relations
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Manon Lamotte, Partner |
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Chair – closing reflections |
Tom Player, Partner
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16.05 onwards |
Drinks, nibbles & networking
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Who should attend
This conference is targeted at all those responsible for labor relations and employment policy, HR professionals with strategic responsibilities, including officers, directors and VPs of HR, ER specialists, and in-house lawyers.