Who is it for?

The focus will be on ensuring governing bodies, trust leaders and HR teams are confident that their practices would withstand inspection, investigation, or regulatory review.

Briefing Overview

From April 2026, the Fair Work Agency (FWA) will become the UK’s single enforcement body for key employment rights, bringing together responsibility for national minimum wage enforcement, holiday pay compliance, statutory sick pay enforcement, agency worker protections and wider labour market regulation.

For schools and multi-academy trusts, this represents a shift toward more centralised and proactive enforcement. While many schools already operate robust HR processes, the FWA increases the likelihood of scrutiny around pay compliance, working time, supply arrangements, casual worker status, and record-keeping.

This session will explore what the new enforcement landscape means in practice for maintained schools and academies — including risk areas such as term-time calculations, holiday pay for atypical workers, support staff overtime, agency and supply usage, and record retention.

The focus will be on ensuring governing bodies, trust leaders and HR teams are confident that their practices would withstand inspection, investigation, or regulatory review.

Session Aims

1. To understand the role and powers of the Fair Work Agency and how enforcement of employment rights will operate from 2026.
2. To identify key compliance risk areas within school settings, including pay calculations, holiday pay, agency worker arrangements, statutory payments and record-keeping.
3. To equip school leaders, governors and HR professionals with practical steps to strengthen compliance, governance oversight and audit readiness.

Date and Time

• Wednesday 22nd April 2026 at 3.45pm - 4.30pm

Location

• This course will be run remotely via Zoom.

Cost

The cost of this briefing is £30 plus VAT per person for Employment Law and HR Clients and £45 plus VAT per person for non - Employment Law and HR Clients.

How to book

Click HERE to register your place on this course or the BOOK NOW button at the top of the page.  If you have any questions about this course please contact us via phone 0345 548 7000 (opt 1, then 2) or email: hrtraining@judicium.com.