From Parental Leave to AI: Your 2026 HR Playbook
Wed, Jan 28
|Virtual Event
Get ahead of 2026’s biggest HR and labour law shifts in this essential year-start workshop. From equal parental leave and DG Reviews to AI in HR, Labour Law Review amendments, and platform work regulations, this session delivers everything HR leaders need to stay compliant and future-ready. Join...


Time & Location
Jan 28, 2026, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM GMT+2
Virtual Event
About the event
2026 marks the beginning of a new era for labour law and HR transformation. Join this forward-looking workshop—From Parental Leave to AI: Your 2026 HR Playbook—to master the critical updates that shaped 2025 and prepare for the major legislative and technological trends redefining the year ahead.
You’ll explore how the Constitutional Court’s ruling on equal parental leave reshapes workplace policies, the new Employment Equity DG Review process, updates to dismissal and incapacity procedures under the Code of Good Practice, and new approaches to substance management and sick leave. Then, look ahead to 2026’s most disruptive developments—AI’s growing role in HR and employment relations, over 100 proposed amendments under the Labour Law Review, and major compliance shifts under the Employment Services Amendment Bill introducing foreign national quotas and platform work regulation
You’ll also gain insights on wage negotiation readiness, National Minimum Wage (NMW) expectations, and the power of workforce modelling and HR metrics to drive performance in a data-driven…
