# Dismissal for HR: Shaping New Developments into Solution-Focused Answers for Employers

> Solution-Focused, Court-Proven, Answers to 6 of the Thorniest Dismissal Questions Facing Employers: Directly from 6 Top-Rated Lawyers

- Format: In-person
- Date: Wednesday, 25 March 2026, 10:00AM to 4:00PM (registration from 9:30AM)
- Venue: The Lowry Hotel, 50 Dearmans Place, Manchester, M3 5LH
- 5 hours CPD
- Rates: Live Attendance £299.00 + VAT per person
- Status: This conference has taken place
- Book: https://whitepaper.co.uk/conferences/hrmanchester26

## Programme

- 09:30 Registration and coffee
- 10:00 Chair's Introduction: Dismissal: Shaping new developments into solution-focused answers for employers
  - Chaired by Helen Hogben, Trinity Chambers
- 10:15 Obstructive behaviour: How do you progress a performance management process where an employee actively resists by refusing to engage, alleging bullying, or going off sick partway through?
  - Answered by Rebecca Peck, Bexley Beaumont
- 10:55 Word-against-word: How far do you delve into word-against-word situations involving inappropriate behaviour between employees at a work conference, Christmas party or work night out?
  - Answered by Danielle Ingham, Mills & Reeve
- 11:35 Morning coffee
- 11:55 Neurodivergence: When - and how - do you draw the line when undiagnosed neurodivergence is said to be a contributing factor, but reasonable adjustments are not making the required difference?
  - Answered by Angela Brumpton, gunnercooke
- 12:35 Cultural misalignment: When is enough enough if an employee is difficult, negative, culturally misaligned or a mischief-maker — but not objectively underperforming?
  - Answered by Mary Walker, Gordons
- 13:15 Lunch
- 14:00 Mental health: How do you minimise risk when commencing a performance conversation for persistent and disruptive absences caused by an underlying mental health condition?
  - Answered by Bryn Doyle, Lewis Silkin
- 14:40 Alternative employment: What amounts to "suitable alternative employment" in a redundancy situation for employees on maternity leave? What if they could feasibly do it, but are not a good match and would need a lot of training?
  - Answered by Naeema Choudry, Eversheds Sutherland
- 15:20 Overrun
- 16:00 Close of conference

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