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2023 has been another challenging year for the social housing sector with many changes both in terms of service delivery as well as the workplace. This year we’ve teamed up with legal expert on social housing and practitioner, Aisha Akhtar and employment advice experts from Burnetts to make sure we cover all the angles.

Key sessions include:

Social housing regulation Act 2023; governance, regulation, professionalism and a lot more….

• Awaabs Law and best practice in dealing with the influx of legal disrepair claims 2023
• Housing ombudsman key themes from 2023
• Renters reform Bill – the current state of play
• The General Election – where does housing sit in the political agenda?
• Delivery of new social homes – get ready for a return to growth in 2024.

The key developments in the workplace over the last 12 months, including:

• The menopause
• Transgender
• Family friendly rights.

And looking forward at the “hot spots” for 2024:

• Religious discrimination
• TUPE
• Issues relating to AI.

Essential for everyone working service delivery, governance and compliance, HR and learning and development and legal services.

10.30 Welcome and introductions

10.35 First session

• • Aisha Akhtar, Interim Head of Legal Services and Practice Manager, SNG

11.25 Break

11.45 Second session

• • David Gibson, Partner and Head of Employment, Burnetts

  • Elliot Chaplin, Burnetts

12.35 Questions and final discussion

13.00 Close

Aisha Akhtar, Interim Head of Legal Services and Practice Manager, SNG

Aisha Akhtar qualified as a lawyer in 2009 having taken a keen interest in social housing. She has worked both in-house and in private practice. She joined SNG in October 2017 as their in-house legal expert. She manages a team and deals with all housing management matters.

She has been a board member for a housing association previously in East London and is currently an Advisory Board member for Inspirited Minds (a mental health Charity).

She has delivered training sessions throughout the country on various topics throughout her career. She regularly delivers both public and tailor made in-house training to various HAs and LAs.

Aisha enjoys delivering training and empowering people, she makes the sessions interactive so there is an exchange of ideas so delegates leave feeling confident in implementing positive change.

David Gibson, Partner and Head of Employment, Burnetts

David Gibson trained as a solicitor and worked in London advising a range of clients from major trade unions to leading media organisations. David relocated to the North East and joined Burnetts as Head of Department in 2021 leading the team in the North West and North East. David has a keen interest in the changing nature of the relationship between work providers and work deliverers and is of the view that the traditional employer-employee relationship is becoming redundant. Consequently he has extensive experience in how companies can organise workforces to ensure remote working and homeworking can work effectively.

David has over the years developed a considerable expertise on other key inter-related areas such as social media and GDPR. This has included rolling out training and support to the sector issues and drafting relevant policies and procedures.

Elliot Chaplin, Burnetts

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