Employment Law & HR Update - Lincoln

Employment Law & HR Update

Stay ahead of 2025/26 employment law changes, explore Hays’ 2025 Working Well insights, and hear practical strategies for occupational health - with our Employment team, Hays, and Roxton Occupational Health.

Join us for a fast‑paced, practical update designed for HR and people leaders navigating an evolving landscape. We’ll cover:

• Employment Law Update: What’s new and what’s next, recent case law, horizon scanning through the remainder of 2025 and into 2026, and key developments around the Employment Rights Bill.
• Hays UK 2025 Working Well Report: What workplace wellbeing looks like right now, why it matters for attraction and retention, and how to build an effective wellbeing strategy.
• Occupational Health in practice: How timely OH interventions and health coaching can help employees stay physically and mentally healthy at work, and how businesses can realise both people and productivity gains (including health needs assessments and cost‑effective strategies).

Why attend?

• Stay compliant & confident with upcoming changes and case law trends
• Strengthen retention & attraction using evidence‑led wellbeing insights from Hays
• Boost productivity with clear, scalable occupational health approaches for SMEs through to large employers

What you’ll gain

• A concise legal update you can brief to your leadership team the same day
• A checklist of actions to align policies, contracts and manager guidance
• A wellbeing strategy starter based on 2025 Working Well data
• OH playbook ideas: when to refer, how to structure health needs assessments, and how to measure ROI

Who should attend?

Business owners, HR/People leaders, in‑house counsel, operations managers and line managers who lead teams and want pragmatic guidance on law, HR and workforce wellbeing.

Our speakers

Oliver works closely with employers across industries on every day and strategic workforce issues, from reorganisations and TUPE to employee relations, contracts and dispute management. He’s recognised for delivering practical, business‑focused advice and regularly provides seminars and bespoke training for leadership teams and HR. Beyond client work, Oliver plays an active role in the local community and business ecosystem in Lincolnshire through board and trustee positions.

Tom advises employers (and employees) on the entire employment lifecycle, disciplinary and grievance processes, performance and sickness management, contracts, policies and settlement agreements - alongside complex matters including redundancy and restructuring, TUPE, IR35, data protection and restrictive covenants. He frequently delivers internal and external seminars and bespoke training for HR and leadership teams.

Emily advises on workplace processes, disciplinary, capability and grievance, alongside comprehensive reviews of contracts, policies and procedures for organisations of every size. Emily regularly negotiates settlement agreements for both employers and employees and contributes to client learning through CPD‑accredited seminars with Adapt Training.

With 25+ years in recruitment at Hays, Ruth specialises in HR appointments across South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, partnering with organisations on insight‑led talent strategies alongside personalised support for job seekers.

A registered nurse (BMedSci Hons in Occupational Health) with a PGCert in Occupational Hygiene and NEBOSH, Naomi delivers multidisciplinary OH services focused on compliant, cost‑effective support that improves employee wellbeing and organisational outcomes.