News & Events | Seminar

From Here to Maternity
Thursday 20th October 2005
at 222 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8XF

The first and second Breakfast Seminar in the Autumn Series presented by the Employment & Pensions Group.

Employment & Pensions Group
Nicola Kerr
Wyn Derbyshire
Hilary O'Connor
Caron Gosling
Rachel McClusky
Louise Paull
Andrew Schirnack
Simone Hachache
James McLeod
Stefanie Kuepper
Kerry Richards

About Us
The Employment & Pensions Group advises on all employment and pensions law, covering contentious and non-contentious issues. We run 6 workshop seminars a year covering topical issues directed at HR specialists, publish a monthly bulletin giving up-to-theminute reports on new cases, legislation and advance warning of likely developments and also offer on-site bespoke training to clients. We act for employers, senior executives, and pension scheme trustees. Clients include large plcs, smaller companies, educational establishments, charities, partnerships and occupational pension schemes.

Background
The recent proliferation of rights for working parents and parents-to-be has meant that employees with familial responsibilities are perhaps the most protected sector of the workforce. The family-friendly employment rights can seem complicated and difficult to apply in practice. In this seminar, we will be attempting to de-mystify the family-friendly rights employees may have, by putting these in a practical context, and giving hints and tips on how to deal with employees with family responsibilities. We will also be looking at the current proposals to change (yet again) the rights available to working parents and pregnant employees.

Timetable

• 08.15 Introduction
  
• 08.30 Workshop and Breakfast
  
• 09.20 Summing Up/Q&A

Programme

• Outline of the family-friendly rights currently available to employees.
• Practical tips on how to deal with these rights in typical scenarios:
• how to deal with a request for flexible working at the end of maternity leave;
• how to deal with a redundancy situation which arises whilst an employee is on maternity leave; and
• when to pay bonuses during maternity leave.
• Outline of the current proposals to change familyfriendly employment rights.

Training
SJ Berwin is accredited as a provider of continuing professional development by the Law Society and other professional bodies. Attendance at each seminar qualifies as 1.25 CPD hours, quoting reference 012/SJBE.

RSVP
RSVP by email to including in the message your name and organisation. Alternatively by fax on 020 7533 2000. Colleagues are welcome to come with you or in your place, but please let us know if this is the case.