Employment Tribunals
Course
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Description
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Type
Course
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Class hours
7h
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Duration
2 Days
As employment law becomes more complex, and employees more willing to bring claims, employers are increasingly likely to be involved in employment tribunal cases. This extremely practical course, packed with useful tips and techniques, will enable you to understand how tribunals operate, to deal with hearings more confidently, to present cases more effectively and to know when and how to settle. Suitable for: Personnel and HR Professionals, Employee Relations Managers, Legal Advisers, In-house lawyers, HR Consultants
About this course
"A very importnat course for an HR professional" HR Manager - Indesit
"Excellent, practical advice given in lay terms" HR Manager - Condor Logistics
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Subjects
- Employment Law
- Tribunals
- HR Practices
Teachers and trainers (1)
John Sprack
Barrister
Course programme
09:00 - Registration and coffee
09:30 - Background and introduction
· Different types of tribunal claim
· Composition and jurisdiction of tribunals
10:15 - Tribunal proceedings
· Who can claim and under what
· The role of the claim and response forms
· Dealing with a claim: is it admissible?
· Time limits and qualifying periods
11:00 - Coffee
11:15 - Defending the claim and preparing your case
· Preliminary matters
· Being wary of default judgments
· Getting rid of hopeless cases
· The role of the pre-hearing review Sit alone cases
· Responding to a questionnaire
12:30 - Lunch
13:30 - Which documents go in the bundle?
· Deciding whether you need a lawyer
· Planning tactics and strategy
14:00 - Drafting the claim and response forms
· Participants will be given the opportunity to complete the claim and response forms based on a case study example. This will allow them to consolidate previous learning, and obtain feedback from the trainer.
14:30 - Coffee
14:45 - Feedback on drafting claim and response forms
15:30 - Preparing for the Tribunal hearing
· What are the alternatives to tribunal?
· To settle or not to settle? Valuing the claim and considering your options
· Resolving disputes: considering the role of ACAS
· Compromise agreements: a cost/benefit analysis
16:30 - End of day one
Day Two
09:00 - Registration and coffee
09:30 - Review of day one learning points and outlining objectives for day two
10:00 - Preparing for the Tribunal hearing (cont)
· Special considerations when dealing with discrimination cases
· Witness statements
· What to do about the reluctant or unavailable witness
· Postponements and adjournments
· Useful documents
10:30 - At the hearing: the components of good advocacy
· Presenting Evidence in Chief: order of witnesses, 'best evidence', hearsay and leading questions
· Cross-examination: key pointers for maximum impact
11:00 - Coffee
11:15 - The components of good advocacy (cont)
· Questioning by the tribunal
· Re-examination?
· Making the most of your closing address
12:30 - Lunch
13:30 - Identifying key issues for the Tribunal
· Participants will have the opportunity to work in groups and debate and discuss case studies. Building on previous learning, participants will be able to develop the knowledge and skills to prepare for a tribunal case effectively.
14:30 - Coffee
14:45 - Judgments, reviews and appeals
· Judgments: orders and reasons
· Unfair dismissal remedies
· What does 'acting reasonably' mean?
· Appeals and reviews
· Costs and preparation time orders
· A round-up of recent case law
15:30 - "What if?"
· Participants will debate and discuss possible problem scenarios at Tribunal. This exercise will enable participants to improve their strategic overview of the tribunal process and offer an opportunity to apply knowledge and skills acquired to specific situations.
16:30 - End of day two
Day Three
Visit to an Employment Tribunal - experience an actual employment tribunal (Compulsory for ACEL students)
This is an excellent opportunity to witness a live Employment Tribunal. One of our expert trainers will accompany participants to explain and discuss aspects of an actual case, highlighting procedures, tactics and relevant points of law.This is a valuable opportunity to put into context some of the law and practice learnt in the course and benefit from direct observation of one or more cases being heard.
You will have the chance to:
· Gain a comprehensive overview of the tribunal process
· Get to grips with the basics of preparing a tribunal case
· See and hear how tribunal cases are presented in practice
· Consolidate your learning from the first three days of the course
Employment Tribunals