It pays to strengthen your position with our employment law team
When: 24 October and 21 November
Time: 9.30 until 3.00
Where: York
Cost: £295 plus VAT per delegate for both sessions, to include lunch
Delegates will be awarded a certificate of completion
COURSE BREAKDOWN
Day 1
Recruitment: adverts, shortlisting, interviewing and vetting, job offers
Discrimination under the Equality Act 2010: protected characteristics, types of discrimination, defences and justification for discrimination, protection for nonemployees, liabilities for employers and employees
Harassment and bullying: harassment claims under the Equality Act 2010, other allegations of bullying, potential civil and criminal claims and compensation
Whistle-blowing: protected disclosures, common whistle-blowing scenarios, liabilities and compensation
Absence management and mental health: managing absence fairly, managing the return to work, using medical reports, reasonable adjustments
Day 2
Performance & conduct management and disciplinaries: avoiding an unfair dismissal, ACAS code of practice, setting performance and conduct expectations, performance and conduct procedural steps, performance and conduct outcomes and sanctions, tricky disciplinary issues
Grievances: informal and formal procedures, investigations, hearings and appeals, thorny issues
Data Protection / GDPR: common types & sources of employee data, employer and employee compliance obligations
Employment tribunals: types of claim, liabilities for companies and individuals, disclosure in the Employment Tribunal, remedies – compensation; re-instatement or re-engagement; declarations and recommendations, fees and costs
Ending the employment relationship: avoiding Employment Tribunal claims, protected and “without prejudice” conversations, settlement agreements
