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11:00am - 12:30pm, 21 October 2025
(Europe/London)
(Europe/London)
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Event Details
APSCo Legal Forum
Tuesday 21st October
11:00am-12:30pm
Webinar
Key Takeaways
- Clear insight into legislative changes affecting umbrella companies
- Practical guidance on navigating PSC vs umbrella decisions
- Strategies to remain compliant while maintaining competitive advantage with contract recruitment
Meeting Agenda
In this webinar our legal experts will explore the changes to the regulation of umbrella companies and what steps you will need to take as a recruitment business to meet the new legislative requirements.
We will look at the impact of Joint Several Liability (JSL): what it means for your responsibilities for ensuring compliance and due diligence on umbrella companies; and what regulation lies ahead.
After the presentations there will be an open opportunity to ask Shazia and Dawn any specific questions you may have – these will not be recorded.
Speakers
Shazia Imtiaz
APSCo, General Counsel
Shazia is General Counsel and manages the Legal and Compliance team, joining APSCo in 2021. Shazia is a UK qualified lawyer with over 15 years extensive international expertise gained in both private practice and in house. She has worked across diverse industries including the recruitment sector, overseeing corporate, commercial and employment law matters.
Shazia provides expert guidance to members and trusted partners on legal issues and regulatory changes affecting the industry, overseeing our members’ and trusted partners’ adherence to our codes of conduct, and delivering legal services to members including model documents, precedents, legal updates, and the legal helpdesk. She works alongside Tania Bowers on APSCo's public affairs, representing our members’ interests in consultations with the government and other bodies on regulatory change.
Dawn Ford
Opus Talent Solutions, Head of Legal, Risk and Compliance
Dawn has 20 years’ experience as a career in house lawyer, company secretary and director in the recruitment industry, in both private and publicly listed organisations. For 14 of those years she has chaired, on a voluntary basis, the Legal Forum at APSCo – the major trade association for professional recruitment companies in the UK – giving her a voice in Government consultations and within the industry, alike.
She is known for her pragmatic, commercially focussed advice and is adept with both local and global legal work, as a trusted partner and confidante of the business.
Dawn has held a variety of trusteeships, including as a school governor and a trustee of a local community centre. She remains a trustee of a community theatre and is a volunteer with the bereavement team at St Christopher’s Hospice, a world class provider of palliative and end of life care, primarily serving the residents of five boroughs in south London.