IRS Conference:

Restructuring & Redundancy

4th March 2009, London

Wednesday 4 March 2009

9:00	Registration and Coffee
9:30	Chair's opening remarks David Yeandle , Head of Employment Policy, EEF
9:40	Managing Restructures and Redundancies - The legal process What constitutes a ‘redundancy’? The legal processes you have to follow Individual consultation and compliance with the statutory dismissal procedure Information you have to provide Options to appeal Timescales and notice periods Statutory redundancy pay Recurring issues I have seen during a restructuring and redundancies Mark Mansell , Partner, Allen & Overy
10:25	Your legal questions answered Extended questions with the morning's speakers
10:45	Informing and Consulting - A guide The duty to consult: your legal obligations What, when and for how long? Organising and running elections for representatives The effects of the UK Coal Mining Limited Vs NUM ruling Interaction with TUPE and the information and consultation of employees Regulations Linda Jones , Partner, Pinsent Masons LLP
11:30	Tea/ coffee and networking
11:50	Case Study: Allaying fears and winning hearts and minds during a large scale merger and acquisition Continuing support to build the leading airline group Understanding our general framework & joint challenges Framing the HR agenda during the M&A processes Best practices for consolidating & retaining key staff Practical tips: what's in it for our staff? Lucas van Wees , Vice President Human Resources Commercial & Global, KLM
12:35	Lunch and Networking
13:35	Redundancy selection and redeployment strategies The use of competencies, interviews and performance management appraisals to aid selection Job reapplication and interviews - pitfalls to avoid Redeployment and retraining Selection and discrimination The law surrounding redeployment David Whincup , Partner, Human Capital Practice, Hammonds
14:20	Case Study: Voluntary and Retirement Redundancy Programmes Why we chose a predominantly voluntary programme Our roll-out strategy - how we reduced 300 posts with only 14 redundancies The selection process we adopted Managing pensions and retirement Successes and learning points Denise Harnin , Director of Human Resources, The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust
15:05	Tea / Coffee and Networking
15:25	Tackling the 'Survivor Syndrome' Supporting the 'survivors' Rebuilding the psychological contract The role of leaders and line managers Re-framing the future - communicating 'the deal' Dr Valerie Garrow , Associate Director, Institute for Employment Studies
16:10	Chair's final remarks and close