Agenda Day 1: Masterclass: Consultation
15 October 2008, Mayfair Conference Centre, London
The day will be led by Darren Newman, leading employment law trainer, and Simon Marsh, Director of Employment Relations at Chemical Industries Association
Speakers
Darren Newman is Director and Trainer at In Company Training Services. He has been an employment lawyer since qualifying at the Bar in 1990. He worked for many years for IDS, writing on the leading employment law journal IDS Brief. He is the former Head of Employment Law and Social Affairs at the Chemical Industries Association and as an employment law consultant represented both small and large employers at employment tribunals around the country.
Since 2000 Darren has specialised in providing employment law training and combines unparalleled expertise with an infectious enthusiasm for the subject and a practical and commercial approach. In recent years he has provided training on almost every employment law topic imaginable to major Government departments, Local Authorities, public bodies and large commercial organisations. He is also consultant editor for the IRS Employment Law Bulletin and writes regularly for XpertHR.
Simon Marsh has been Director of Chemical Industries Association since 2002. He initially held the brief for employment relations but earlier this year that was expanded to cover the Association’s communications portfolio. His job now includes government relations, European Union interface, media relations, the regions and information strategy. Simon is also a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Westminster where he teaches employee relations module to master’s degree students and organisational behaviour to undergraduates
Agenda Day 2:
IRS Conference: Restructuring and Redundancy 2008
Working within the law, supporting employees and minimising disruption to the business
Day 2: 16 October 2008 Cavendish Conference Centre, London
Speakers
Valerie Garrow is Associate Director at the Institute for Employment Studies, leading the HR research and consultancy team. Valerie has recently joined IES from Roffey Park where she was Head of Research. Her research interests include the people aspects of mergers, acquisitions and partnerships and the impact of major change on the psychological contract. She has been involved in research, training and consultancy in this field for over 10 years and, amongst her other publications, has co-authored Reaping the Benefits of Mergers and Acquisitions published by Butterworth Heinemann. She also has experience in developing leadership frameworks and talent management strategies.
Denise Harnin: Starting her career in private sector, Denise has 25 years experience as a generalist Human Resource Practitioner. Transferring to the Health Sector in 1988 she has managed significant services change, re-organisations and mergers, in partnership with Trade Unions and professional organisations. Denise has more recently contributed at national level working on Department of Health Policy and Strategy before returning to an Acute Hospital as part of an Executive Team established to deliver financial turnaround and long term viability.
Linda Jones is Head of the Employment Group in Birmingham. She advises on a wide range of contentious and non contentious employment matters. She has particular expertise in large scale redundancies and reorganisations, TUPE (in the public and private sector) and executive severance arrangements. Prior to entering the legal profession, Linda worked in the human resources department of a major international oil company. Linda is a frequent speaker at seminars and conferences on employment law issues and contributes regularly to the legal and HR press.
Pete Lowe is a Registered General Nurse who has been a trade union representative for 19 years. He was the Trade Union lead for Agenda for Change across the West Midlands SHA and has worked closely with most NHS Trusts across the Region.
He has had responsibility for Wolverhampton New Cross for almost 5 years and was brought in as relationships between management and unions were failing and a situation of mutual mistrust existed.
Pete states ‘I have always believed that all staff in the NHS have a strong belief in the public sector ethos. Whilst we may have differing opinions on the way forward, it is essential we foster an atmosphere that encourages open debate and meaningful partnership. New cross hospital has demonstrated that even in the toughest environments, if the will is their from all parties, new relationships can be fostered and partnership working introduced to the benefit of all stakeholders.’
Pete has recently been successful in obtaining a job with Managers in Partnership (MiP) a new and exciting trade union that seeks to give a voice to senior managers within the NHS.
Mark Mansell is a partner at Allen & Overy LLP and has been a partner in the Employment, Pensions and Incentives department since 1992. He qualified as a solicitor in 1985 and from 1985 to 1987 he was legal adviser to the CBI Employment Affairs Directorate. He advises on all aspects of both contentious and non-contentious employment law matters. These include issues on the transfer or takeover of businesses, contracts of employment and employment policies, restrictive covenants, employee representation and trade union issues, dismissals and redundancies, and discrimination.
Peter Schofield is a barrister and a former university teacher. He is Director of HR & Legal Services at EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation. EEF provides employment-related services to its 6000 member companies and represents the interests of the industry to government.
Peter’s role combines that of employment lawyer with lobbying government on the potential impact of proposed legislation. In that capacity, he was part of the group assisting Michael Gibbons in his review of Dispute Resolution and was a member of the BERR Employment Law Simplification Panel. He is a member of the Employment Tribunal National User Group and secretary to the EAT User Group.
David Whincup is a partner in and Head of the Human Capital (Employment) practice at Hammonds LLP. His particular expertise covers a wide variety of employment-related issues, including, in particular, recruitment issues, drafting contracts of employment at all levels, disciplinary and grievance procedures, redundancies at individual and collective levels, and the defence of employee discrimination claims and other litigation. Non-contentious experience includes all employment aspects of corporate transactions, advising on TUPE, warranties and indemnities and union-related matters.
Lucas van Wees MBA MBT holds an BSc in Tourism & Leisure and Masters in Social Sciences Telecommunications in the Netherlands and Business in Switzerland. He worked for Philips, Shell and KPN in HR, management and commercial jobs. Since 2001 he has been Vice President HR Commercial and Global for KLM which merged mid 2004 with Air France.
Van Wees has co-authored or edited for four books and published various (international) articles a.o. for Personnel Journal, the International Journal of Career Management and the Journal of Management Development. His contribution to a European book, describing HR practices in 13 European countries, is expected to be published in 2008 by Routledge, Taylor & Francis (ISBN 978-0-415-44761-4).
He is a member of the Board of the Dutch Association of Personnel Management (NVP) and, on behalf of the NVP, delegate for the European Association of Personnel Management (EAPM). He is chairman of the Jury of the first European HR Award 2009 in which some 20 European countries will participate. This Award will be granted at the EAPM-congress on 11-13 June in The Hague.
