Employment Law in a Day

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1-day interactive training and practice
London - 12 Oct 2010, 8 Feb 2011, 13 May 2011, 16 Aug 2011, 27 Oct 2011
London £495 + VAT

Employment Law in a Day in brief:

An excellent introduction to the current essentials of employment law. This course offers the perfect opportunity to get to grips with the fundamentals of practical employment law quickly, covering five key areas of workplace employment law.

This event is CPD accredited.

Designed for:

If you are new to personnel or a first time line manager, you will need to get to grips with the fundamentals of practical employment law quickly.

Training highlights:

  • Gain a working knowledge of key areas of employment law and best practice
  • Avoid unnecessary risk and exposure and learn how to protect your business
  • Know how to implement your own organisation's policies in an employment law regulated environment

The Programme

09:00
Registration and coffee
09:30
The employment relationship
  • Recruiting and managing staff
  • Employees, workers, self-employed, agency
  • Making and changing contracts
  • Terms and conditions
  • References
  • Trust and confidentiality
  • Full/part-timers
  • Pay, holidays, absence
10:30
Dealing with discrimination
  • Sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age
  • Direct and indirect discrimination
  • Harassment and bullying
  • Family-friendly rights including parental leave
11:00
Coffee
11:15
Dealing with discrimination continued
11:45
Parental rights, maternity and paternity
  • Maternity pay, leave and other rights
  • Returning to work and flexibility
  • Dismissal and redundancy
  • Familiy-friendly policies and practice
12:30
Lunch
13:30
Managing performance and absence
  • Handling poor performance
  • Dealing with difficult people
  • Managing sickness absence
14:45
Discipline, grievances and dismissal
  • Why have procedures?
  • Ensuring consistent and fair implementation
  • Wrongful, unfair and constructive dismissal
  • Reasons and reasonableness
  • Conduct and capability
  • Managing absence and performance
  • Notice, termination, avoiding claims
  • Right to be accompanied
  • Dealing with appeals
  • Avoiding employment tribunals
15:00
Coffee
16:30
Close of training

Client testimonials

Very clear and understandable, good use of case study.

—John Parr, Sensus Marketing Systems

Good overall grounding of employment law

—Sam Bailey, Recruitment Advisor, Vanderlande Industries

Very enjoyable and interesting. Thank you!

—Helen Giblin, HR Advisor, Bank of England

It provided me with a great insight into this aspect of law which I previously knew little about

—Daniel Lille, Graduate Employment Officer, University of Hertfordshire

The event provided a reminder of some areas of employment law as well providing a valuable introduction to areas I had not covered in my CIPD. A useful refresher for anyone who completed their CIPD but not been directly involved in HR.

—Fionuala Murray, Head of Africa Central Coordination Team, CAFOD

An enjoyable course on employment law using layman’s terms!

—Vicki Wesley, HR Manager, Marakon

Very informative, a well delivered day

—Shiema Vala, Training Manager, NICE - National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence

Good and informative, great location and I felt I took a lot of information in

—Jennifer Moon, People Manager, MPG

Very interesting, articulate and professional

—Natasha Murray, Managing Partner , MPG

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

Arran Elkeles

Arran Elkeles MA, Chartered FCIPD, CEDR Accredited Mediator is a member of JSB’s Employment Law Faculty and has many years’ employment law and HR experience gained within both the public and private sectors.

Having qualified as a barrister, Arran’s career has covered employment law training and consultancy, human resources, and policy development for Government.  She has previously worked as Personnel Director at the Building Research Establishment, as a lawyer and policy administrator in the Lord Chancellor’s Department (now the Department for Constitutional Affairs), and as a prosecutor for the South Wales Police Authority.  For some years Arran was joint chairman and managing director of her family’s company in the manufacturing sector.

Arran is also an experienced writer, and has contributed to various HR and legal publications.  She is a member of the Employment Tribunal, a mediator for Mediation Hertfordshire and a Governor of a Community Technology College in Hertfordshire.

Testimonials

“Very interesting, articulate and professional”

— Natasha Murray, Managing Partner ,
MPG

Run courses In-Company

If you have 4 or more people who would benefit from this training, why not consider running it in-house?

 

  • Tailored content
  • Significant cost savings
  • Choice of time and location
  • Flexible delivery options

 

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+44 (0)20 8371 7011
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