A brand-new podcast from Flat Fee Recruiter and Consilia Legal.
Direct from Aire Street, Leeds, Flat Fee Recruiter's Lis Wilson and Consilia Legal's Marie Walsh discuss all things employment, without the fluff!
Series One.
# 1: - Employment Right Act 2026 - Should I Be Worried?
Lis and Marie explore how new rights for employees could affect your business.
They look at all the essential things to consider when recruiting freelancers, part-time or full-time employees, and explore some of the new rules under the 2026 Employment Rights Act, which will begin to come into effect at the end of October.
# 2 - Gen Z in the Workplace - What do I Need to Know?
Lis and Marie are joined by Katriina Makinen, founder of Makinen Unlimited, to talk about Gen Z, youth employment and the realities of managing a multigenerational workforce.
Katriina specialises in helping organisations understand and adapt to a changing workforce. Together, they explore what Gen Z expects from employers, why younger employees may approach work differently, and what businesses can do to attract, manage and retain the next generation of talent.
# 3 - The Business of Second Chances.
"If you want a sausage, go see the butcher!"
Lis and Marie are joined by Chris Sylvester, who shares the story of how he went from years of addiction, prison and homelessness to becoming the founder of Getting Clean, a unique soap company that's on a mission to ensure that all recovering addicts in the UK
have access to peer support and employment opportunities.
have access to peer support and employment opportunities.