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3:00pm - 5:00pm, 14 October 2026
(Europe/London)
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Legal & Compliance Forum: What’s on the Horizon? Legislation, Consultations & Compliance Updates
Event Details
Legal & Compliance Forum
Wednesday 14th October
Registrations and refreshments: 2:30pm-3:00pm
Meeting: 3:00pm-5:00pm
Venue: Brabners, Floor 9 – 100 Barbirolli Square, M2 3BD, Manchester
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Key Takeaways
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Clearer understanding of upcoming ERA legislative and compliance changes and what they mean for recruitment businesses
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Practical guidance on how to prepare for forthcoming reforms and have your voice heard through relevant consultations
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Understanding the changes to right to work requirements and the actions recruiters need to take
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Greater clarity on the implications for recruiters and their supply chains, including key compliance considerations
Meeting Agenda
Welcome, introduction & APSCo Update
Chair: Stefan Albers-Brough, Group General Counsel EMEA, Allegis Group
Co-Chair: Shazia Imtiaz, General Counsel, APSCo UK
Update on key legislative changes
Simon Whitehead, Partner, Brabners
Key upcoming employment law and right to work changes, what this means for recruiters and how to prepare. The consultations to look out for. The timeline of planned changes and what is happening when.
The changes that are taking effect from October 2026 to January 2027, including consultation on zero hours and guaranteed hour changes, the extension of Employment Tribunal time limits, the changes which will make unfair dismissal claims easier to bring by employees and increase the value of successful claims.
Third party harassment and the requirements to take “all” reasonable steps and how that will impact on recruitment businesses and their clients.
Right to Work
Claire Flawin, Associate, Brabners
Right to Work changes take effect from 1 October 2026. The new rules widen the scope of compliance obligations and place greater focus on the whole labour supply chain, not just the employer. The changes mean a wider range of working arrangements, including certain contractors, agency workers and subcontractors, including CIS workers are now in scope of Right to Work checks.
Members will gain practical insights into how the changes impact on their labour supply chains, the key risks, compliance priorities and actions recruiters in both the perm and temp sectors and their clients should be taking to ensure that they remain compliant.
Recent trends in the recruitment sector
Simon Whitehead, Partner, Brabners
A discussion exploring recent legal and compliance trends impacting on the recruitment sector including candidate hiring fraud, labour chain compliance and the impact of Joint & Several Liability changes, the increase in NMW compliance investigations involving recruitment consultants, potential changes to the regulation of umbrella companies and data protection issues and trends in the sector.
Speakers
Simon Whitehead
Brabners, Partner
Simon is a Partner and Head of the Recruitment & Workforce Solutions Sector at Brabners. He has dedicated the last 20 years to the recruitment industry, working with national and international recruitment businesses, umbrella companies, trade bodies and recruitment business owners. Simon provides strategic legal advice about HR and regulatory issues, dispute resolution and commercial arrangements.
Claire Flavin
Brabners, Associate
Claire is an Associate in Brabners' employment team, advising employers and businesses across a broad range of employment law and HR matters. She has particular experience supporting clients in the recruitment sector, including recruitment agencies, umbrella companies and end-users, on issues such as agency worker rights, holiday pay, employment status, employment law compliance and workforce management. Claire also supports with immigration-related employment matters such as Right to Work requirements. She regularly assists organisations within the recruitment and workforce solutions sector with complex workplace disputes and Employment Tribunal litigation, providing pragmatic and commercially focused advice to help businesses manage risk and achieve their objectives