Advanced Employment Law

Trends in employment protection and dismissal

• Protection of part-time, temporary, casual and agency workers
• The concept of 'worker' and the extension of employment protection rights
• Employment status – latest cases
• Remedies and effect of increase in compensatory awards
• Unfair dismissal, dispute resolution
• Statutory grievance and disciplinary procedures
• Tribunals – latest developments

Human Rights

• Convention and Act
• Employment law and human rights
• Workplace privacy
• Expression, association and assembly
• Discrimination
• Remedies

Employee references

• Duty to give a reference
• What the reference must say and not say
• Avoiding or limiting liability

Privacy and data protection

• Handling employee data
• Rights of access to data
• Code of practice
• Practical steps for employers to take
• Email/internet abuse

End of day two