Emerging challenges and trends – workforce transformation
Global Employment Conference 2024
June 11 2024 | 10:00 - 17:30 Eversheds Sutherland, 1 Wood Street, London, EC2V 7WS
Agenda
10:00 - Arrival and registration
10:30 - Welcome address
10:45 - 2024: the global year of elections - and what that could mean for employers and labor policy
People in more than 80 countries will vote this year in elections that could be pivotal in a number of key respects. With unique insights from our panel of lawyers based in locations where elections will be taking place, this session will explore some of the election campaign policy positions and what their practical impacts could be on employment.
11:05 - New horizons: updates from around the world – key employment law developments and trends
Keeping appraised of new legal developments and maintaining visibility of those on the horizon continues to be critical for those planning and managing people strategies. Drawing on the significant experience and expertise of our teams of lawyers around the world assisting clients with all aspects of employment law, this session will highlight key new and forthcoming developments.
11:45 - Break
12:00 - Managing pay transparency across jurisdictions - addressing new and upcoming laws on pay transparency
Organizations worldwide are navigating pay equity challenges brought to the fore by new and upcoming laws around pay transparency. In this interactive session, we explore the latest developments, learnings from pay gap reporting in the UK, and practical strategies for minimising legal and reputational risk.
12:50 - Lunch
14:00 - Sustainability, ESG and the green and just transition – reporting, regulation, risk and best practice for HR
Sustainability, ESG and the green and just transition require a unique balancing of sustainability initiatives with workforce expectations and legal requirements. In this interactive session, we explore the role of HRDs and GCs in relation to sustainability and people issues and how activities may be impacted by recent legislation and other developments.
14:50 - Jeremias Adams-Prassl: Regulating Algorithms at Work
15:45 - AI and employment – practical considerations and actions to address evolving regulation and use of AI within the workplace
The use of AI in employment has been growing at a rapid pace. With the ability to drive innovation and increase productivity, it’s unsurprising that AI is high on the boardroom agenda and is seeing unprecedented investment. However, this rapid expansion raises both legal and ethical challenges. Through the use of practical examples, this session explores some of those challenges and how they can be addressed
16:15 - Break
16:30 - Mandy Hickson: An Officer Not A Gentleman
17:25 - Conclusion and close
17:30 - Drinks and networking
Meet our lawyers over lunch
Engage with our lawyers from multiple jurisdictions, offering a wealth of perspectives and expertise.
UK
Ireland
Belgium
Netherlands
Germany
Middle East
Tunisia
South Africa
Portugal
Spain
Hungary
Poland
Italy
France
Denmark
Sweden
Norway
US
China
Romania
Slovakia
Czech Republic
Switzerland
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