Trish Embley leads the Employment Plus legal training team, delivering engaging, practical programmes that combine legal expertise with practical insights.

Trish is an experienced employment lawyer and trained facilitator who helps organisations build confidence, capability and consistency in managing workplace issues. She designs and delivers engaging training on complex employment law topics, translating legal principles into practical guidance that managers and HR teams can apply with confidence.

She has led large-scale training programmes covering issues including performance management, absence, equality and workplace conduct, helping organisations address challenges fairly, lawfully and proactively.

Known for her collaborative and approachable style, Trish creates inclusive learning environments that encourage discussion, reflection and the practical application of learning. Her highly interactive sessions use case studies, polling and real-world scenarios to bring concepts to life.

Participants value her clear, jargon-free approach and ability to make employment law accessible, relevant and business-focused, with learning that supports meaningful behavioural change and improved workplace decision-making

 

Trish's experience

  • Delivered line management training to employees of University of Warwick which developed the participants’ understanding of key areas of employment law alongside their confidence in dealing with day-to-day employment law issues. With a specific focus on Equality & Respect at Work; Managing Discipline; and Managing Capability Issues, including performance and ill health/absence.

  • Advised an employer on the delivery of a one day training session on managing investigations and disciplinary and grievance matters for 40 delegates, supporting legally fair investigations and robust, compliant decision making.

  • Facilitative online training session for HR team with the aim of developing a consistent approach to advice and risk assessment. Key objectives included participants being able to influence and engage operational stakeholders and to demonstrate their true value to the business.

  • Delivered a series of training workshops on creating a safe, respectful & inclusive workplace for the hotel group’s international senior leadership and management teams. We worked in partnership with [the client] to achieve the objectives of securing leadership commitment to the subject and group wide awareness and education.

  • Provided a virtual workshop for senior leaders of a cybersecurity technology company. The highly interactive session focused on senior leaders’ responsibilities to intervene both “in the moment” and by way of follow up on inappropriate behaviours in the workplace. Forum theatre was used so that participants could suggest how an “active bystander” should react.

  • Provided workshops co-hosted with actors, to a University. The series of courses provided academic and professional services managers with the confidence and practical skills needed to address underperformance concerns, investigate disciplinary issues and present cases to disciplinary panels.

  • Provided a series of workshops on inclusive work environments to senior leaders of a European information technology consultancy. The workshops raised awareness of senior leaders' responsibilities in creating truly inclusive work environments and how D&I initiatives can be used to secure competitive advantage.

  • Provided workshops and coaching sessions for senior management team of a leading international property and infrastructure company. These programmes developed senior leaders' confidence and capability in managing day to day people issues.

    • United Kingdom
  • Hosting a series of workshops on inclusive work environments to senior leaders of a European information technology consultancy. The workshops raised awareness of senior leaders' responsibilities in creating truly inclusive work environments and how D&I initiatives can be used to secure competitive advantage.

  • Developing managers' eLearning programmes for an international private energy company. Three highly interactive and engaging modules provide new managers with the ability to handle investigations, hearings and capability issues with confidence. Feedback from the client "clear, easy to understand and entertaining"

    • england

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