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Employment law workshop
2 days

Programme outline
This programme aims to develop your ability to advise on employment law issues, assess the impact of legislative changes, keep you up to date with the latest legislation and consider recent legal developments and their impact on policies and procedures.

Programme content

Day 1
Contracts of employment
Different types of contracts and finding the terms
Offer and acceptance, consideration, legal relationship

Express and implied terms of employment

Open-ended contracts, temporary contracts,
Part-time contracts
Discrimination
An overview of the implications of and recent changes in:

Sex Discrimination including orientation
Race Relations, including religion and orientation
Asylum and Immigration Act
Disability Discrimination
Rehabilitation of Offenders

Part-time workers’ rights
Harassment, bullying, victimisation
How to recognise them and deal with them
Different forms of harassment
Role of managers and employees
Procedures for dealing with them
Implications of not addressing these problems
Family-friendly rights
An overview of current family-friendly rights
Entitlements to maternity pay, leave and extended absence
Paternity, parental and adoption leave
Dependants’ leave
How to deal with requests for flexible working

Day 2
Managing poor performance
Conduct and attendance
The concept of discipline
What discipline is really all about and the need to follow prescribed procedures
Applying the organisation’s disciplinary procedures
Attempting informal resolution through providing support such as counselling, retraining, mentoring etc.
Framework of the disciplinary procedure and putting it into practice, eg, investigations, warnings, dismissal
Appeals
Managing poor performance and conduct
Looking for the underlying causes
Offering guidance and support to improve
Setting realistic targets and review dates
Gross misconduct
Managing poor attendance
How to manage lateness
Long-term sickness absence
Frequent short-term sickness absences
Unauthorised absences
Dispute resolution
The implications for both employers and employees
Statutory discipline and grievance procedures
The effect on other dismissals such as probationary periods, redundancy, incapacity dismissals
The effect on compensation awarded in unfair dismissals

Case studies and discussion, as time permits.

Tel: +44 (0)208 385 7511
Email: shyrose@centre4learning.co.uk