Post-Election Trade Unions Landscape
HR Risk Forums: Post-election Trade Union landscape: an analysis for employers
Time: 11:00 - 11:30 | FREE
When: Thursday, 5th September
We have a Labour Government and they are planning a radical overhaul of workers' rights, with Unions vowing to eliminate 'low-paid, insecure employment.' Union membership has grown exponentially, with whole new sectors striking and planning industrial action.
From worker protection and day one rights, the end of zero-hour contracts and pay increases to the repeal of the 2016 Trade Unions Act, as well as the proposed sectoral collective bargaining and the ban on fire and rehire, employers can look forward to a sparky new agenda from their unions.
Join Unions communications expert Lee Whitehill for a half-hour exclusive insight into all the areas employers need to revisit to ensure their trade unions relations remain workable and positive.
Legislating for an employee rights bill within the first 100 days, Labour intend to ensure employers are listening and changing outdated practices. Come and hear what you need to do.
We are accepting questions before and during the broadcast. Please send your questions to elizabeth.smith@bfi.co.uk.
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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.
Trade Union relations post-election: areas to review



Lee Whitehill
Director , Westbrook Strategy
Lee has founded his own consultancy specialising in digital campaigns and training and has delivered crisis communications workshops for the UK trade body for theme parks and visitor attractions and Effective Political Communications training for members of the Public Relations Consultants Association (PRCA).