Family-friendly Rights and the Law

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1-day interactive training and practice
London - 25 Nov 2010, 8 Mar 2011, 23 Jun 2011, 1 Sep 2011, 24 Nov 2011
London £495 + VAT

Family-friendly Rights and the Law in brief:

In an ever-changing legal environment, employers must ensure that policies and procedures are up to date and effectively implemented. The Government has extended the right to request flexible working to parents with children up to the age of 16. This extension, effective from 6 April 2009, of working parents’ rights could result in a quarter of a million employees changing their working hours.

This course provides comprehensive coverage of the existing law relating to maternity, adoption, paternity and parental rights, the rules on flexible working, and the new law in the Work and Families Act.

This event is CPD accredited.

Designed for:

HR Managers, officers, administrators and line managers

Training highlights:

  • Understand all key elements of law relating to family-friendly rights
  • Explain practical implications of the law for your own organisation
  • Be confident when you advise personnel and line management colleagues
  • Ensure compliance with family-friendly rights
  • Prepare for extended family-friendly rights
  • Anticipate further legal developments expected in the near future

The Programme

09:30
An overview of relevant legislation
  • European Directives
  • Sex Discrimination Act 1975, Employment Rights Act 1996,
  • Employment Act 2002
  • Regulations: health and safety, maternity and parental leave, paternity and adoptions, flexible working
  • Work and Families Act 2006
  • Flexible Working Regulations 2006
10:30
Health and safety of pregnant workers
  • Risk assessment, avoiding risk, alternative work, suspension
  • Employment law protection
  • Antenatal care
  • Case law
11:30
Maternity and Paternity Leave and Pay
  • Qualification requirements
  • Ordinary and additional maternity leave
  • Contractual rights
  • Return to work
  • Holidays and sickness absence
  • Dismissals and redundancy during leave
  • Flexible working requests - procedures and case law
12:30
Lunch
13:30
Case study and Maternity and Paternity Leave and Pay continued
14:30
Parental and dependant leave
  • Adoption leave
  • Parental leave
  • Time off for dependents
  • Qualification requirements
  • Workplace and collective agreements
  • Default provisions for notice and postponement
15:30
Work and Families Act 2006
  • "Keeping in touch" days
  • Making "reasonable" contact
  • New notice provisions of early return
  • Further extensions of maternity pay
  • Additional paternity leave
  • Extension of the right to request flexible working to carers of adults and parents with children up to the age of 16
16:30
Close of training

Client testimonials

Very good delivery and response to specific questions.The ‘real’ references to actual scenarios/cases were particularly relevant.

—Janet Woodhead, Personnel/Regional Manager,

Very enjoyable and informative

—Christine Howells, Swindon & Marlborough NHS Trust

An excellent workshop

—Tarik Chawdry, Assistant Director, Birmingham City Council

Very good, would recommend

—Lauren East, HR Coordinator, Exemplas

Excellent, a really interesting and enjoyable day

—Lynn Narramore, Personnel Manager, Land Registry, Weymouth Office

Very informative and interesting, well delivered

—Tracy Packer, Group HR Coordinator, Renault Retail Group

Excellent course – Thank you

—Julie Smalley, Senior HR Consultant, Yell Ltd

Very interesting, informative and relevant both to fill ACEL study requirements and my role

—Julie Smalley, Senior HR Consultant, Yell Ltd

Opened my eyes

—Sam Dalby, HR Coordinator, Renault Retail Group

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

“An excellent workshop ”

— Tarik Chawdry, Assistant Director,
Birmingham City Council

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  • Significant cost savings
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