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Spotlight on: Employment Rights Act – 18 months old

What in-house legal need to know

  • Event date: 06 May 2027 12:00 PM
  • Event type: Webinar
  • Duration: 1 hour
  • Provided by: The Centre for Legal Leadership and RPC

Legal Spotlight has been designed specially for in-house counsel and business leaders who play a central role in shaping and advising executive decision-making.

This webinar, presented by Kelly Thomson and Charlotte White, leading lawyers from RPC, will cover the latest developments in employment law.

Since the enactment of the ERA in December 2025 there has been extensive consultation and various guidance from the Government.

We will look at what has actually changed over the last 18 months, where we have seen the biggest impacts and what is still to come.

Speakers

Kelly Thomson, RPC Partner, ESG Strategy Lead

Kelly Thomson is an experienced employment lawyer who works with clients on complex international and national employment matters, with particular focus on outsourcing, restructuring and the people aspects of organisational change.

Alongside clients' HR and Legal teams, Kelly creates and implements strategies for the recruitment, retention and motivation of employees. She has a focus on 'employee engagement' and is passionate about issues of diversity and inclusion.

Kelly develops and provides training and seminars for clients' HR, legal and business teams and co-delivers regular seminars and roundtables on a variety of topics. She is a regular contributor to practitioner and academic publications. She has written the Xpert HR Line Manager's Guide on TUPE and edits the Tolley's chapter on Whistleblowing. 

With particular expertise in TUPE, Kelly has a wealth of experience in advising on the employment aspects of outsourcing, M&A activity and complex restructuring arrangements. Kelly also advises regularly on significant organisational change programmes including large-scale redundancies.

Charlotte White, RPC Partner

Charlotte White is a Partner in the Employment, Engagement and Equality practice. She has extensive in-house and private practice experience and possesses a unique skillset focussed on complex employment matters, legal operations and leadership at scale.

Charlotte's clients are typically large multinational corporations, in particular those providing outsourced services and associated technology solutions.

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