Sessions

Employment law across the globe 

Resources:

Speakers:

Sean Dempsey

Sean Dempsey
Partner
Lewis Silkin

Colin Leckey

Colin Leckey
Partner
Lewis Silkin

Hannah Price

Hannah Price
Legal Director
Lewis Silkin

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Sophie Maes
Partner
Claeys & Engels (Belgium)

 

Inside APAC: The latest employment law changes and workforce trends 

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Speakers:

Catherine Leung

Catherine Leung
Partner & Head of Employment
Lewis Silkin

Desmond Wee
Partner
Rajah & Tann (Singapore)

Matthew Durham

Matthew Durham
Senior Consultant
Lewis Silkin

 

Spilling the PTeaD: What happens now on pay transparency? 

Resources:

  • Our PTD Hub has up to date information on each jurisdiction’s implementation status, together with links to our available podcasts and insights.
  • Find out more about our Pay Equity IQ platform, designed to help employers meet the PTD’s data heavy and process driven requirements.

Speakers:

David Lorimer

David Lorimer
Partner
Lewis Silkin

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Shannon Tottle
Compensation Manager
Kraft Heinz

Tom Heys

Tom Heys
Pay Reporting Lead
Lewis Silkin

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Vanessa Hogan
Associate GC, Director and leads Employment Law for EMEA
Cisco

 

Check your privilege

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Speakers:

Carla Watling

Carla Watling
Partner
Lewis Silkin

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Jill Bigler
Partner
Epstein Becker & Green

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Rebecca McAlees
Senior Global Employment Counsel
Unilever

 

Managing Tomorrow's International Workforce: Signals, risks and strategic choices for the future of work

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Speakers:

Alessandro De Arcangelis

Alessandro De Arcangelis
Senior Research and Policy Analyst
Lewis Silkin

 

Should AI Stay or Should AI Go? Navigating the increased use of AI throughout the employee lifecycle

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Speakers:

David Regan

David Regan
Partner
Lewis Silkin

Joanna de Fonseka

Joanna de Fonseka
Legal Director
Lewis Silkin

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Marco Sideri
Partner
Toffoletto De Luca Tamajo (Italy)

Sam Howarth
Director, Modern Workforce
Slalom

 

Navigating the new EWC Directive: all change?

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Speakers:

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Dan Baker
Lead – Employee Relations & Policy (EMEA), Global Industrial Relations – Accenture (UK)
Accenture

David Hopper

David Hopper
Partner
Lewis Silkin

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Helena Milner-Smith
Assistant General Counsel
Microsoft

Joanne Hyde

Joanne Hyde
Partner
Lewis Silkin

William Brown

William Brown
Senior Associate
Lewis Silkin

 

Business travel: The compliance blind spot hiding in plain sight

Resources:

Speakers:

Amy Nevins

Amy Nevins
Partner & Head of Global Mobility
Lewis Silkin

Declan Groarke

Declan Groarke
Managing Associate
Lewis Silkin

Philip Swinburn

Phil Swinburn
Legal Director
Lewis Silkin

 

Headlines to hot seats: Managing people and risk through international crises

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Speakers:

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Gala Riani
Head of Strategic Intelligence
S-RM

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James Clothier
Head of Crisis & Issues
Grayling

Karen Baxter

Karen Baxter
Partner & Head of Investigations
Lewis Silkin

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Natalie Bellwood
Global Head of Employment Law
DXC

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Sophie Provins
Travel Security & Resilience Analyst
Rolls-Royce