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Diversity and Inclusion Leaders Equality Law at Work Conference

Diversity and Inclusion Leaders Equality Law at Work Conference

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08:30 Online networking

09:00 Welcome

Speaker:

Mark Baker

Founder

d&i Leaders

09:05 Chair’s welcome and opening remarks

Speaker:

Darren Newman

Employment Law Specialist

09:15 Equality Law – The future

  • Where we are now: equality under lockdown
  • Brexit and equality law
  • The future of equality law
Speaker:

Aileen McColgan QC

Barrister

11KBW

09:35 Essential guidance to help organisations comply with equality law and human rights standards

  • Upholding equality law during a pandemic
  • Addressing equal pay and closing pay gaps
  • Tackling harassment in the workplace
Speaker:

Alastair Pringle

Executive Director, Scotland and Corporate Delivery

Equality & Human Rights Commission

09:55 Panel discussion - 10 years since the Equality Act, what progress has been made and what more needs to be done?

  • What progress have we made towards achieving equality in the workplace?
  • Is current equality law fit for the modern workplace?
  • From harassment at work to gender, ethnicity and disability pay gaps, what more needs to be done to tackle entrenched issues?
  • How can we better enforce equality law?

Speakers above to be joined by:

Speakers:

Mark Lomas

Head of Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

High Speed Two (HS2)

Ali Harris

Chief Executive

Equally Ours

10:35 Break and online networking

11:00 Pay Gap Reporting: A look at gender, ethnicity and other pay gap reporting

  • How are companies dealing with gender gap reporting 2 years on?
  • What lessons can be learnt and what are the challenges moving forward?
  • What good practices are emerging from gender pay gap reporting that can be applied to other pay gap reporting?
  • What are the challenges for ethnicity and other pay gap reporting?
Speaker:

Alison Woods

Partner, Co-Head of Employment

CMS

11:20 Employer Case Study: A look at Deloitte’s strategies to achieve gender diversity

  • Establishing the right approach – understanding the ‘pain points’
  • Identifying the right targeted interventions
  • The role of culture in ensuring meaningful and sustained change
  • Understanding and measuring impact
Speaker:

Emma Codd

Global Inclusion Leader

Deloitte

11:40 Non-disclosure agreements – A look at the government’s proposed new plans for NDA’s and what this means for businesses

  • Tackling the misuse of NDA’s in the workplace
  • What will the proposed legislation include?
  • EHRC’s guidance in discrimination cases
Speaker:

Jane Mann

Partner

Fox Williams

12:00 Sexual harassment in the workplace

  • What should employers be doing to create a work environment that is free from sexual harassment?
  • How to deal with allegations including a look at historic cases
  • Steps for employers to prevent sexual harassment
Speaker:

Jennifer Williams

Senior Diversity & Inclusion Business Partner

Acas

12:20 Live audience questions & answers

12:45 Lunch break and online networking

13:40 Avoiding disability discrimination when managing mental health in the workplace

  • Understanding the legal framework
  • Key tips from recent cases
  • Avoiding the pitfalls
Speaker:

Luke Bowery

Partner

Burges Salmon

14:00 Employer case study: Managing Workplace adjustments effectively and developing a positive mental health culture

  • How can employers better support all employees including those with disabilities and conditions including mental health to remain in and thrive at work?
Speaker:

Rachel Billington

HR Senior Diversity and Inclusion Lead

Metropolitan Police Service

14:20 Religion and belief discrimination - creating a safe faith friendly workplace

  • Current legal landscape
  • Expanding definition of ‘philosophical belief’ – ethical veganism, belief in moral right to copyright etc
  • Situations where the rights of one protected party conflict with that of another:
    – Religious belief vs. gay/transgender rights
    – Feminists vs. transgender rights
    – Brexit vs Remain
  • Practical steps for employers – fostering diversity and inclusion in the workplace
Speaker:

Homa Wilson

Partner

Hodge Jones and Allen Solicitors

14:40 Live audience questions & answers

15:05 Break and online networking

15:30 Equality law and trans & non-binary rights in the workplace

  • Challenges faced by trans & non-binary employees
  • Protections provided to trans & non-binary employees (from a community perspective)
  • Supporting trans & non-binary employees in the workplace
Speakers:

Emma Cusdin

People Director, S&P Global Market Intelligence and Director

Global Butterflies

Rachel Reese

Vice-chair Law Society, LGBT Lawyers Division, Founder & CEO

Global Butterflies

15:50 What is Positive Action in the workplace: The Legal Framework

  • Positive action v positive discrimination – what’s the difference?
  • S.158 and S.159 of the Equality Act – explained
  • What does the ET case of Furlong v Chief Constable of Cheshire mean for positive action going forward?
Speaker:

Paul McFarlane

Chambers & Partners Minority Lawyer of the Year 2019 and Partner, Employment

Capsticks Solicitors LLP

16:10 Employer case study: Making Positive Action successful

Speaker:

Barry Boffy

Head of Inclusion & Diversity

British Transport Police

16:30 Live audience questions & answers

16:50 Chair’s closing remarks

Speaker:

Darren Newman

Employment Law Specialist

16:55 Online networking

17:15 Close of the d&i Leaders Equality Law at Work Online Conference 2020

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