Cripps legal team of three delivers triple gold success for the IOC Employment Law, AI and Corporate Real Estate. IOC fellows treated to an exceptional masterclass in a General Legal Counsel a showcase hosted in the shadow of the launch of the new Employment Rights Bill, however they stepped a whole lot further - into AI, Property and ethical discussion.

Melanie Stancliffe, opened, ‘Supporting you through every stage of your business life cycle’ Cripps is certified B Corp in 2023, This IOC general counsel event is rich in a breadth of content from recognition of real to AI generation, property and the big ticket of Employment bill and worker rights.

If you weren’t in the room, you missed three dynamic and explosive topics linked directly to our sector. Understanding not 3, but 2 worker right status, minimum pay and worker's protection rights and sexual harassment prevention from Oct 26th, 2024.

Preparing for Cognitive task-orientated jobs with AI and understanding the fine line of application to the where are you carrying out this work. Understanding Green Leases as the norm, light to dark green, and whose responsibility is it?

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Triple golden delivery extended from employment to property and very latest AI law

Melanie Stancliffe, employment law

Day one rights. Employee – worker – self employed

‘Employees are expensive but exclusive’

‘Opening with a split to the room, partition of port side to employees, starboard for self employed, and a block in the middle of worker. Looking to the employees, they are expensive but exclusive. Worker is an individual who has entered into a contract and work personally. Self employed are in business for themselves but the tribunal often rejects the labels the people have chosen.

Rights are strong with the employees, workers have some rights but the self-employed do not have the same rights and do not bring cost. Complication arrives when the self-employed have a health problem and look for rights like employees.

Workers can be part of a union. Unique recognition of Amazon failed by the narrowest margin to get union membership.

Twenty plus redundancies requires a consultation with staff, but you must include the number of individuals with the number of bank staff alongside the employees.

Fair work agency is to enforce holiday pay, sick pay.

Missing from the Employment Bill, - single category of workers, IR35 reform, umbrella company, right to disconnect (code of practice expected).

Employment rights bill. ( a highly interactive discussion with case studies followed)

Day one right to claim unfair dismissal, this is only for employees.

Probationary periods

Same rate minimum wage for all. (removing lower rates for younger individuals)

Sick pay from day one

Ban of zero hours contracts

Ban fire and re-hire

Day 1 right to flexible working, (this already existed)

Day 1 Parental and paternity leave

Bereavement leave (existed before for parents)

Prevent sexual harassment (becomes law in Oct – think training – this is for employees and third parties)

Redundancy consultancy extended

Equality action plans (you will have to have a plan)

Protect outsourced workers (outsource workers must not be treated less favourably)

How do you prepare for the new employment rights bill?

Audit your contacts and update your policies. Ask the questions, do you have genuinely self-employed people or disguised?, the challenge comes when that relationship sours.

A new race and disability bill is close.

Equal pay for disabled and ethnic minorities. There will be an annual obligation to publish pay gaps.

Things to watch out for 26th Oct.

Worker Protection act. Worker predictable terms and conditions (Act 2023). Employment rights bill.

Matthew Holman on Data protection and AI

An astonishing delivery of AI and legal implication of real or true

‘Never summon a power you can’t control.’ Matt opened with an AI challenge to recognise real or copy, fellows answered with a vote card, the vote was split, recognising generated against real was a challenge. Matt started at the beginning with Alan Turing, building the first computer and cracking the Enigma code. In 1950 Turing wrote a paper that set the origin of AI with a vision on how computers would think. Matt moved to the emotional judgements of AI and the extremely complicated law around emotion. Matt had fellows on the edge of their seats with an AI demo of recognition of a phone selfie in the legal counsel meeting, the AI report fed back in real time was an astonishing interpretation of the moment. Applause followed.

Matt turned to International Monetary Fund data to look at employment numbers between management and non-skilled, comparing Brazil to UK and then India, variations between weight of management to low skill with the security of roles standing far stronger in the lower skilled roles.

With a lens on bias, Matt looked at bad data, a case study on democracy, a lens of emotion driven by how you feel, this is very hard to protect. Then military AI with facial recognition across geographics.

Closing on how courier businesses can use AI to plot routes, engage with customers.

Oliver Morris Property and Real Estate

A team of 120

The need for space, balancing cost and need for vehicle space.

Oliver opened with What’s coming up?

October budget, Tightening ESG regs, Planning landscape, (EPC – consideration for c by 2027), Building Safety Act, (born out of Grenfell tragedy – focused on high rise). Tenant Act 1954 (tenants statutory right to new lease)

Oliver detailed Green lease, the term for environmental terms, from light green to dark, dark terms, firmer obligations such as sharing consumption data with landlord.

Going interactive, the question of who wants more space? Many.

What are the biggest challenges to space? Parking, cost, space for vehicle.

Office space is less of a challenge than vehicle space.

Some practical tips

Speedy transactions, (mapping titles – using insurance on buying sites, automated documents electronic signing) (wet signature delivered)

EV charging, telecoms and wayleaves, (wayleaves are effectively the agreement for cabling for data)

Flexibility, (options when change is needed, transferring or sub-letting) (beware of financial test for sub-lettings and minimum vale of rent passed on)

Cripps Express legal expert Melanie Stancliffe Talks employment Bill impact on sector