Recognising and working with trade unions for employers
Recognising and working with trade unions webinar for employers
Time: 11:00 - 11:30 | FREE
When: Thursday 22nd May
The perfect storm of the Employment Rights Bill (which amplifies union powers), post-Covid concerted membership drives, union targeting of new industries and regions and growing unrest over job security, means many employers are being forced to recognise unions in the organisations for the first time.
This can mean increased risks of industrial action, the need for more and complex negotiations and the potential for overall costs increases to meet new employee benefit demands.
Maintaining good relations and a fair and balanced workplace environment requires employers to be proactive in both managing employee relations and adapting to new regulations.
This intensive half-hour webinar looks at the ley issues from an employers perspective, delivering insights and solutions from our experts.
We are accepting questions before and during the broadcast. Please send your questions to elizabeth.smith@bfi.co.uk.
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Which functions will benefit from attending
- HR, Recruitment, Risk, Vetting, Screening, Special Audit, Policy, Administration, Line Management, Operations, Search & Selection, Investigations, Compliance, Corporate Risk, Personnel, Security Advisers, Group Security and anyone with a responsibility for pre-employment vetting and screening issues within their organisation
Schedule
Introduction and welcome
Elizabeth Smith
Director of Research , Business Forums International Ltd. (BFI)
Elizabeth is director of research and a founding co-director at Business Forums International. She is responsible for all programme content and writing, and researches current areas of interest for senior HR professionals in large organisations. BFI is the UK’s leading HR risk specialist conference and training provider, delivering key and timely information to over 3,000 delegates a year both through public and in-house training courses. Before founding BFI in 1996, Elizabeth specialised in researching corporate financial programmes in Asia and the Middle East, based in Dubai. She also worked in advertising and publishing in the Middle East and London. Elizabeth was educated in the West Indies, Saudi Arabia and Belgium before reading Modern Languages at Durham University. She is currently developing an online training course for line managers to raise awareness of menopause symptoms and ways that employers can work to make their workplaces more inclusive.
Union relations in 2025: What are employers facing?
- Understanding current and future challenges
- How have union agendas evolved since Covid and the new Labour Government?
- What should employers be preparing for?
- What are the essentials of a collaborative union strategy?
Effective engagement and communication: five top tips
Understanding and negotiating with your union is an art that many HR professionals feel underconfident about. With a change in strategy from the unions, increased membership pushes and a more robust approach to negotiations, this key session will take a look at the optimum methods for ensuring your engagement and communications remain firmly on-message and help you ensure relations are collaborative and constructive.
Audience Q&A put your questions directly to our experts
Benefit directly from our experts' decades of experience and ask the questions you need to ensure your approach is workable, realistic and successful.
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