2024 is set to be a big year for UK employers. We are anticipating significant changes to employment law, affecting how people work, diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) and hiring and firing. In addition, the post-Brexit employment landscape is starting to take shape, with significant changes taking effect on 1 January 2024. There is much for employers to look out for, to ensure they keep pace with the changing legal landscape. In this podcast Clare Fletcher and David Rintoul take you through the key changes, and what you need to do to ensure your business is prepared.

Phase 1 Complete; Phase 2 to come! In this podcast, we reflect on the lessons learned from Phase 1 of consumer duty implementation, and the challenges that face firms for closed books ahead of 31 July 2024. This episode sets out a general market-wide overview; we will separately be launching follow up discussions deep diving into specific issues that consumer duty poses for banking, insurance and asset management sectors.

Three years on from the pandemic and one year on from our last podcast, what does hybrid working look like and are there any emerging trends? In this podcast, partners Phil Linnard and Jane Edwarde are joined by Martin Boyle (Head of Legal - Dispute Resolution and Employment, Ocado Group) to discuss what has changed over the last year, the current global picture and the wider impact of hybrid working on employee retention, human resources, real estate requirements and mental wellbeing.