Essential Discrimination Law

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2-day interactive training and practice
London - 21-22 Oct 2010
London £795 + VAT

Essential Discrimination Law in brief:

Discrimination law continues to challenge HR professionals and Line Managers alike. A proliferation of case law coupled with extensive, new legislation in recent years makes Discrimination the most rapidly expanding area of employment law. It is also a field of law in which employers feel vulnerable – and with some justification. The long-awaited Equality Act 2010 will strengthen anti-discrimination legislation and employers must familiarise themselves with its provisions and review working practices and procedures to ensure compliance.


This instructive and highly inter-active 2-day workshop and seminar offers a real opportunity to get to grips with essential principles of discrimination law and provides a comprehensive update on all current and prospective developments.

This event is CPD accredited.

Designed for:

HR, personnel professionals and line managers who need a comprehensive grounding in the essentials of discrimination law.

Training highlights:

  • Apply key principles and concepts
  • Ensure that your policies and procedures comply with current law
  • Avoid costly and morale-sapping discrimination claims
  • Understand best practice in managing diversity
  • Equip yourself with knowledge to provide guidance and advice to HR and line management colleagues

The Programme

Day One

09:30
An introduction to the relevant legislation
  • Equal Pay Act 197
  • Sex Discrimination Act 197
  • Race Relations Act 1976
  • Disability Discrimination Act 1995
  • Human Rights Act 1998
  • Sex Discrimination Regulations 2001
  • Religion or Belief Regulations 2003
  • Sexual Orientation Regulations 2003
  • Disability Discrimination Amendment Regulations 2003
  • Employment Equality (Sex Discrimination) Regulations 2005
  • Disability Discrimination Act 2005
  • EU Equal Treatment Directive
  • Equality Act 2010
11:00
A closer look at race, sex, religion, sexual orientation discrimination
  • Direct and indirect discrimination
  • What is victimisation?
  • Recruitment and advertising: what are the legal considerations?
  • Maternity, paternity and parental rights
  • Flexible working requests
  • Equal pay and opportunities
  • Sexual orientation
  • Religion
  • Gender re-assignment
  • Recent case law
12:30
Lunch
13:30
Disability discrimination
  • Meaning of 'disability' and 'discrimination'
  • What is the employer's duty to make adjustments?
  • The nature of 'reasonableness'
  • Exceptions and defences
  • Enforcement and remedies/compensation
  • Absence from work - stress cases
  • Recent case law
  • DDA and amending regulations
16:30
End of day one

Day Two

09:30
Harassment and bullying
  • Definitions
  • Investigating harassment and bullying allegations
  • Examining line manager responsibility
  • Policies in practice
  • Effects on health and absence - stress
11:00
Age discrimination
  • Age discrimination
  • Recruitment and promotion
  • Pay and benefits
  • Health and safety issues
  • Dismissal and retirement
  • The 'Heydey' challenge
  • Potential justifications
12:30
Lunch
13:30
Enforcement and liability
  • Burden of proof
  • Drawing inferences
  • Vicarious liability
  • Remedies and compensation
  • Avoiding litigation
  • Handling tribunal claims
16:30
End of day two

Client testimonials

All aspects of the course were relevant. The tutor was enthusiastic and the feedback was excellent.

—George Connelly, Ministry of Defence

Very interesting, informative and useful

—Amy Budd, HR Advisor, AVEVA Solutions Ltd

Very knowledgeable, engaging and motivating

—Sheena Murphy-Collett, Somerset College

Venue details

Venue details will be confirmed shortly.

For further information on the training facilities we use, please call us on +44 (0)20 8371 7010

Trainers

Our People

Alison Bone

Alison Bone is a senior JSB consultant and trainer and Head of the Law Group at the University of Brighton. She is also the National Examiner in Employment Law for the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).

Alison speaks regularly on JSB employment law programmes and provides consultancy and training services to JSB corporate clients on an in-house basis. She has lectured and written on a wide range of employment law topics and represents both applicants and employers at employment tribunals.

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Testimonials

“Very knowledgeable, engaging and motivating”

— Sheena Murphy-Collett,
Somerset College

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