Capital Employment Academy
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Join Capital Employment Academy and be employment rights ready
Expert employment law training for employers to help you navigate the Employment Rights Act 2025, manage compliance risk and respond confidently to UK employment law changes.
UK employment law is changing. For employers, that means new statutory obligations, closer regulatory scrutiny and increased exposure where decisions are mishandled. Our employment law training for employers provides commercially grounded judgement so you can assess risk early, take defensible decisions and protect your organisation.
The Employment Rights Act 2025 received Royal Assent on 18 December 2025 and is now in force. It introduces significant reform, strengthening employee and trade union rights and imposing new duties on employers. Our Employment Rights Act 2025 training delivers structured and practical Employment Rights Act employer guidance, setting out what has changed, where liability is most likely to arise and how contracts, policies and management practices must adapt.
We have developed focused UK employment law update training and targeted training on employment law changes that prioritises control. We help you structure your response, embed compliant processes and equip managers to act decisively when issues arise.
How does the training work?
Hosted in person at our Cardiff office, our employment law workshops for managers and employment law training for HR professionals are delivered by Partner Richard Thomas, Associate Evie Williams and specialist employment lawyers advising employers daily on high risk workplace matters.
Sessions are interactive and applied. Through structured seminars, real case analysis and open discussion, we work through live scenarios, assess legal exposure and map proportionate responses under the updated UK employment law framework. Delegates leave with defined actions, clear accountabilities and practical steps that can be implemented immediately.
Who is it for?
Our employment law training for employers is designed for managers, leaders and HR professionals responsible for compliance, governance and people strategy. There is no limit on delegate numbers per organisation, enabling consistent standards and shared decision making across teams.
Why sign up?
Employment reform is a governance issue. Missteps under the Employment Rights Act 2025 can trigger financial penalties, reputational damage and avoidable litigation. Our employment law compliance training and employer legal risk training are structured to reduce exposure and strengthen organisational resilience.
As part of our HR employment law seminars, you will receive:
- Expert led employment law training for employers delivered by practising employment lawyers
- Practical case studies based on current employer scenarios, including tribunal and regulatory risk
- Clear frameworks for assessing exposure and taking proportionate action
- Opportunities to test your approach and discuss live challenges with senior lawyers
- Networking with peers facing similar operational pressures
- Comprehensive materials to support ongoing compliance and internal cascade training
How much does it cost?
The programme is designed to be flexible. You can book the full training or select individual sessions depending on your risk profile and internal priorities.
Each session costs £395 + VAT per person and is booked individually via Eventbrite.
Additional benefits for full Academy attendees
Delegates who complete all eight sessions will receive a range of additional Academy benefits and recognition, including:
- Priority access to future Academy events and invitation-only briefings
- Early access to selected Capital Law events and Breakfast Briefings
- A customised Employment Law Playbook — a comprehensive post-Academy resource bringing together key legal updates, practical guidance, checklists, templates and session takeaways designed to support ongoing workplace and HR decision making
What topics will be covered?
Separated into four distinct training blocks, each consisting of two full-day sessions, we’ll guide you through the essential areas of employment law to equip you with the knowledge and skills you need to adapt to current and future practices. Here are the topics we’ll cover:
| Compliance confidence: Mastering paperwork, policies and processes | |
| Monday 7 September 2026 | Friday 11 September 2026 |
| Documenting an engagement | Status |
| Contracts of employment | Employees |
| Contracts for services | Workers |
| Director’s service agreements | The genuinely self-employed |
| NED appointment letters | |
| Agency agreements | Associated rights |
| Internship agreements | Employee v Worker rights |
| Zoom in on rights under the WTR | |
| Changing terms and conditions of services | |
| Contract variation processes | What’s to come? |
| ‘Fire and rehire’ | The future of the gig-economy |
| A single ‘worker’ status |
| Protections in practice: Mastering risk management, disputes and employment tribunal claims | |
| Monday 14 September 2026 | Friday 18 September 2026 |
| Discrimination and harassment | Family-friendly rights |
| Equality and diversity | Current framework – maternity, paternity, adoption, carer etc. |
| Protected characteristics | Proposed changes to existing rights |
| Types of discrimination | Flexible working requests |
| Recruitment | |
| Policies and best practice | Whistleblowing |
| Legal framework | |
| Disability and managing mental health in the workplace | Protection for whistleblowers |
| Disability, mental health issues and the Equality Act | Policies and best practice |
| Neurodiversity in the workplace | |
| Disability discrimination – the legal framework | Employment tribunal litigation |
| Employers’ duties | ACAS early conciliation |
| Tribunal proceedings | |
| Settlement |
| Overcoming obstacles: Effectively managing individual employee relations | |
| Monday 21 September 2026 | Friday 25 September 2026 |
| Capability and performance | Hearings and appeals |
| Effective performance management | Employee hearing preparation and delivery |
| Capability (poor performance) | Effective appeals management |
| Capability (ill health) | |
| Dismissals | |
| Disciplinary and grievance procedures | Potentially fair reasons |
| Disciplinary procedures | Dismissal process |
| Grievance procedures | Unfair and automatic unfair dismissals |
| Common pitfalls and best practice | Constructive dismissal |
| Managing difficult workplace investigations | Protected conversations and settlement agreements |
| When and why investigate | When and how to have a protected conversation |
| Challenges in complex investigations | Settlement agreement best practice |
| Investigation process |
| People process: Confidently navigating collective employee issues | |
| Monday 28 September 2026 | Friday 2 October 2026 |
| Trade unions and industrial relations | Redundancy |
| Dealing with a union recognition request | Legal framework |
| Collective bargaining | Alternatives to redundancy |
| Industrial action | Collective consultation |
| Statutory protections | Step-by-step guide to redundancy |
| What’s to come? | TUPE |
| Statement of trade union rights | Automatic transfer principle |
| Right to access | TUPE protections |
| Recognition thresholds | Obligations to inform and consult |
| Right to time off | Employee liability information |
| Balloting | Claims and special circumstances defence |
I am interested in the Capital Employment Academy
Meet the team
As the largest Employment team in Wales, we’re here to provide clear, practical advice on all aspects of employment and HR matters.
Our guidance is designed to support sound decision-making for both your people and your business. Whether you need support handling complex employment matters, high-profile cases, employment tribunal or civil court claims, you can rely on us.
Our established reputation for success means we’re here to provide you with the insight and expertise you need to navigate even the most challenging issues.
