Advanced Employment Law

Course

In London

£ 865 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Level

    Advanced

  • Location

    London

  • Duration

    2 Days

The only application-focused course of its kind for experienced HR practitioners who have a good understanding of employment law principles and want to build on their existing knowledge with a more detailed study of key aspects and recent developments in employment law. Suitable for: Designed for HR and personnel professionals with responsibility for employment law policy and/or its implementation. Practitioners who wish to extend the range and depth of their knowledge of practical employment law with direct workplace application.

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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Dove House, Arcadia Avenue, N3 2JU

Start date

On request

Start date

On request

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Course programme

One
09:00 - Registration and coffee
09:30 - Discrimination in the workplace
· Direct and indirect discrimination
· Sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief
· Age discrimination impact
· Pregnancy discrimination
· Equal pay issues
· Harassment and bullying - latest cases

10:45 - Coffee

11:00 - Transfer of undertakings
· New regulations in operation
· Recent case law and judicial guidance
· Contracting out and outsourcing
· Informing and consulting
· Practical business transfer issues

12:30 - Lunch

13:30 - Developments in European law
· EU 'Green Paper' - concept of flexicurity
· Fixed-term contracts
· EU anti-discrimination legislation
· National level information and consultation of workers
· EU Agency Workers Directive
· Implementation timetables
· Likely future developments

15:00 - Coffee

15:15 - Developments in European law continued
16:30 - End of day one

Day Two

09:00 - Registration and coffee
09:30 - 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

10:45 - Coffee

11:00 - Human Rights
· Convention and Act
· Employment law and human rights
· Workplace privacy
· Expression, association and assembly
· Discrimination
· Remedies

12:30 - Lunch

13:30 - Employee references
· Duty to give a reference
· What the reference must say and not say
· Avoiding or limiting liability

14:30 - Privacy and data protection

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

15:15 - Coffee

15:30 - Privacy and data protection continued
16:30 - End of day two

Advanced Employment Law

£ 865 VAT inc.