Debra Gers
Senior practice support lawyer
Contact details
029 2068 6164
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Debra is the Senior Practice Support Lawyer for the Employment, Pensions, Benefits and Immigration (EPBI) Group. She monitors key cases and legislative developments and provides legal updates to clients on topical issues as well as future developments.
Main areas of practice
Debra is responsible for the EPBI Group’s client and public employment training programme, including the Employment Forum webinars and helps public and private sector clients across the country to keep up to date with the changes in and on top of the challenges of employment law. Debra has significant experience in providing training for a wide range of clients in the private sector as well as the education, health and social housing sectors.
She devises and presents training seminars across a broad spectrum of employment law issues and utilises a range of training materials from case studies, PowerPoint presentations, role plays and quizzes. Debra takes a very interactive approach to training to ensure key employment topics are covered in an informative and practical way.
Debra is a regular speaker at conferences and external events.
Expertise & Services
Career
Debra gained a BA Hons (2:1) at King’s College at the University of London. She then completed her CPE and Law Society Finals at Lancaster Gate at the College of Law. She qualified in 1988.
Debra has a BCS Practitioner Certificate in Data Protection.
Debra has been a volunteer at the Cardiff Pro Bono Employment Law Clinic for many years.
Contact details
029 2068 6164
Email Debra
Memberships
- ELA Association
- Law Society Diversity Forum
Insights by Debra
Articles 28 October - Debra Gers
Employment Rights Act 2025: Enhanced dismissal protections for pregnant women and new mothers expected in October 2027
Employers and employees are being given practical guidance on the enhanced dismissal protections for pregnant women and new…
Articles 27 October - Debra Gers
Employment Rights Act 2025: Fire and rehire protections delayed to March 2027
The fire and rehire protections, which were expected in January 2027, will now take effect in March 2027.…
Articles 2 October - Debra Gers
Employment Rights Act 2025: Right to trade union statement delayed to January 2027
What do employers need to provider workers with concerning their rights to join trade unions? We look at…
