Sexual Harassment: Conducting a Mock Investigation
Sexual Harassment: Conducting a Mock Investigation
Sexual Harassment: Conducting a Mock Investigation
Workshop A
Managing Restructuring, Redundancies & AI-Driven Workplace Change
15 September 2026
Registration and welcome coffee: 8:30am / Course duration: 9:00am-4:30pm, including networking breaks
This intensive pre-conference workshop equips HR leaders with the legal knowledge and practical strategies needed to manage restructuring, redundancies and organisational change in an era increasingly shaped by AI and automation. As organisations navigate financial pressures, outsourcing, offshoring and AI-driven transformation, poorly managed change can lead to consultation disputes, general protections claims and unfair dismissal risks.
This session provides a practical, step-by-step framework to plan and implement workplace change; including the integration of AI. while minimising legal exposure and maintaining employee engagement and trust.
Key Learning Outcomes
Understand legal obligations when implementing restructures, redundancies and AI-driven workplace change
Understand how AI adoption, outsourcing and offshoring impact workforce planning and compliance obligations
Learn best practice consultation processes, including managing unions and employee representatives
Practice building a defensible workplace change strategy that minimises disputes and claims
Identify risks associated with redeployment, selection criteria and redundancy decision-making
What You Can Expect
Scenario-based restructuring case study (including AI-driven workforce change scenarios)
Interactive discussion on AI adoption, workforce transformation and redeployment strategies
Practical consultation and redundancy planning framework with templates
Legal guidance on managing general protections, unfair dismissal and consultation risks
Each speaker demonstrated great depth of knowledge but kept
to the salient points for the audience. The round-table exercise was a relevant case study and the host guided us through the aspects promptly and expertly.
The breaks were the right amount of time and the close of the day succinct!
Highly recommend the experience.