UK Worker Protection Act: Safeguarding Rights and Responsibilities

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What does your organization need to know about the UK Worker Protection Act? 

View on demand to learn about the amendment of the 2010 Equality Act. This session features Jan Stappers, our regulatory expert, and special guest Chris Coombes, a Lawyer at GQ Littler and Natasha Adom, Partner and Head of Client Training at GQ Littler.

They dive into the UK Worker Protection Act, ensuring you know the key facts, and advise you on the next steps. Watch on demand for insights into: 

Overview of the UK Worker Protection Act and its’ Importance in the UK - Why is this act necessary? Historical context, current gaps and evolution of worker rights
Employer responsibilities and the Employee rights and obligations
Compliance strategies for employers - Developing effective policies and procedures, training and educating staff and monitoring and enforcement mechanisms
Challenges and common violations - addressing issues of discrimination and harassment, dealing with disputes and grievances

Speakers

Jan Stappers

Regulatory Solution Director

NAVEX

Jan Stappers

Regulatory Solution Director

NAVEX

Jan Stappers is Regulatory Solutions Director at NAVEX. As an expert in governance, risk, and compliance (GRC), he is a frequent speaker on subjects related to GRC regulation and best practices, as well as a sought-after author on regulatory developments within GRC, ESG, CSR, whistleblowing, and third-party risk.

Stappers is a member of the European AI Alliance and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe’s (UNECE) “Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies.” This working party is broken into six parts and Jan is a member of the Group of Experts on Risk Management in Regulatory Systems. He is also a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/E) and a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).

He holds a Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) from King’s College London (EU Competition Law) and a master’s degree (LL.M) from Leiden University (European Law).
Chris Coombes

Senior Associate

GQ|Littler

Chris Coombes

Senior Associate

GQ|Littler

Chris advises clients on the full spectrum of employment issues and has broad experience working on global employment projects for clients with international operations. Chris helps clients find pragmatic, commercial solutions, especially in the context of settlement negotiations and post-termination restrictions. Chris has a particular focus on the platform economy and technology sectors, having spent the latter part of 2022 on secondment to Uber’s legal team. Chris regularly advises clients in relation to redundancies, business transfers, grievances, misconduct, performance, data protection and trade union issues. He has experience in leading complex, sensitive settlement negotiations and has also worked on multiple high-value employment tribunal claims, with a particular focus on discrimination and whistleblowing.
Natasha Adom

Partner and Head of Client Training

GQ|Littler

Natasha Adom

Partner and Head of Client Training

GQ|Littler

Natasha is a senior employment lawyer and leads GQ|Littler’s client training practice. She has over a extensive experience in advising clients on employment relations issues and has a particular passion for diversity, equity and inclusion training in the workplace. She has a wealth of experience in delivering effective employment legal training to clients, on issues including anti-discrimination, harassment, hiring and firing, employment tribunal claims, witness preparation and managing sickness absence. She also writes frequently for legal and HR publications. Natasha previously worked at international law firm Clyde & Co LLP. During this time Natasha undertook a 6-month secondment with Towers Watson as an in-house lawyer. She has also worked as an employment lawyer for Mitie and Coca-Cola European Partners. Natasha is an accredited trainer, certified by the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM), a member of the Employment Lawyers Association (ELA), Black Solicitors Network, PEN PSL Network and a member of ELA’s Race Equality Committee.