SEMINAR EMPLOYMENT LAW CHANGES AND PENSIONS AUTO-ENROLMENT WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOU AND YOUR COMPANY ‘We want to retire some staff at 65 but keep others. Does that mean they can bring a claim?’ ‘We already have a staff pension scheme so do we need to bother with auto-enrolment?’ ‘We thought protected conversations can’t be referred to in a tribunal claim, so why has he put them in his claim form?’ Significant changes to employment law have been implemented over the last 12 months and more will follow in 2014. These include employment tribunal fees, protected conversations and shares for rights. Although most of the changes favour the employer, companies should not assume they can now dismiss staff without consequences. Getting the law wrong can be very expensive for employers, so you need to be aware of the key employment changes and their limitations to avoid any claims. To avoid a Pensions ‘time bomb’ the Government has abolished the default retirement age and introduced an auto-enrolment pension scheme for all employers to be implemented over the next few years on a phased basis. The penalties for failing to comply are high. This seminar will cover the key changes to employment law, retirement and auto enrolment and will be presented by specialists from GSC Solicitors LLP, Ely Place Chambers and PQR Financial Planning Limited. Date Wednesday 16 October 2013 Time 5:30 p.m. Registration 6:00 p.m. Seminar 7:00 p.m. Drinks and canapés Venue Ely Place Chambers 30 Ely Place London EC1N 6TD http://www.gscsolicitors.com
CHAIR Saleem Sheikh – Senior Partner, GSC Solicitors LLP SPEAKERS Tessa Fry – Partner & Head of Employment – Employment Law Changes, GSC Solicitors LLP Matthew Rann – Director – Auto Enrolment, PQR Financial Planning Limited Gillian Crew – Counsel – Retirement Age, Ely Place Chambers
RSVP This Seminar is free of charge but places are limited. If you or your colleagues would like to attend please reply to Karen Saxby at:
[email protected] with numbers of places required.
