Formulating and Implementing a Trade Union Policy
A roadmap for collaborative working
Formulating and implementing a trade unions policy: a roadmap for collaborative working
Time: 11:00 - 11:30 | FREE
When: Thursday, 14th November '24
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With Labour encouraging union membership and a whole generation of HR professionals with no direct experience of tough negotiations, trade union legal reforms may leave employers at sea. We have almost thirty years of experience delivering successful training in this area and have the contacts to help you navigate some of the more challenging aspects of union policy and relations.
The New Deal for Working People has wide-ranging implications for employers, yet our research shows that over two-thirds of UK employers don’t have a union strategy.
So, what should be in it? What are the new legal parameters, and how should you be preparing right now?
We'll discuss:
- A legal update on recent developments
- Case Study: Compiling and Implementing a TU policy document
Hear expert input and advice from veterans who understand the nuances of these challenges and will help you develop a workable trade union strategy.
We are accepting questions before and during the broadcast. Please send your questions to elizabeth.smith@bfi.co.uk.
Which functions will benefit from attending
- Directors, Senior Managers, HR and Recruitment professionals, Employee and Industrial Relations, Employment Policy, Legal, Trade Union Representatives, Employment Law, Operations, Conciliation and Arbitration, Directors and Managers with industrial and employee relations responsibilities
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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.
Formulating and Implementing a Trade Union Policy
Harry Gasiorski
Human Resources Consultant
An experienced HR leader with a proven track record of driving transformation and implementing strategic people initiatives across both operational and professional teams. He has led major projects introducing new employment models, streamlining operations, and delivering significant cost savings and efficiency improvements.
Lee Whitehill
Director of Communications , Whitehouse Communications
Lee is Director of Communications for Whitehouse Communications a leading political communications and media relations company operating in the UK and EU. He has nearly twenty years experience in commercial consultancy and has worked with some of the world's best known companies including Airbus, Leonardo, Babcock, Nissan and Aston Martin as well as global brands such as Coca-Cola, Red Bull and Budweiser. His experience includes leading the London public affairs practice of Hill and Knowlton, a WPP top 10 global PR agency, and ten years as a Director and Group Head of Marketing with Interel Group, a Brussels based public affairs consultancy with offices across North America, Europe and Asia. He specialises in advising clients on reputation, political and government affairs, media strategy and crisis communications. More recently he has been Communications Director for the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions (CSEU) which is an affiliate organisation consisting of four unions, Unite, GMB, Community and Prospect, running campaigns on behalf of 100,000 members in complex manufacturing and defence. Lee has also 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). A winner of the ‘Private Sector Public Affairs Campaign’ of the year, he was recently nominated for ‘Best Use of Digital’ by the Maritime Foundation Media Awards. He is a former Labour Party staffer and worked on the election campaigns in 1997, 2001 and 2005. He began his career in London as Head of Campaigns and Media for the trade union, Unite, where he was the official print and broadcast spokesperson working for two general secretaries across a range of national campaigns and disputes, including the closure of Heathrow following wildcat industrial action.
Hear how our guest speakers put together a comprehensive trade unions policy document and successfully implemented it.
This session will highlight challenges and solutions and also offer the chance to put to your own questions to our experts