What Is Employment Law - Employee Rights In The Workplace

Introduction

• This one-day Employee Relations and the Law course offers candidates with an introduction to the law around employee relations, the inter-relationship between collective and individual law including information and consultation agreements, summary of TU law and the institutions that have a role in the regulation of employee relations.
• This course will enable candidates to advise on the law relating to industrial action and understand the key stages in union recognition.
• Candidates will learn about the process of collective bargaining in negotiating employment terms and conditions, and evaluate ongoing developments regarding information, consultation and employee and trade union involvement in organisations.

Pre-Requisites

• Some prior knowledge of employee relations will be beneficial.

Who Should Attend

• Recommended for HR Practitioners or Line Managers responsible for Employment Law issues within their organisation.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, candidates will be able to:

• Describe the key stages in union recognition.
• Understand the role of the social partners and social dimension of the EU, as well as EU legislation.
• Appreciate the process of collective bargaining in negotiating employment terms and conditions.
• Evaluate ongoing developments regarding information, consultation and employee and trade union involvement in organisations.

Course Content

Employee relations in the UK

• The institutions of employee relations
• The current ER climate
• National collective agreements
• Individual collective agreements
• The rights from trade union membership

The EU dimension

• The role of the social partners
• EC legislation
• European Works Councils

Information and consultation

• The Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 2004
• Unionised and non-unionised organisations
• Obligations to inform and consult under TUPE
• Collective redundancies

Trade unions

• Collective agreements and protections conferred by union membership
• Statutory recognition and de-recognition
• Industrial action/strike ballots/picketing
• Time off for trade union activities
• Statutory immunities

Negotiating terms and conditions

• Systems within non-unionised organisations
• Collective bargaining with recognised trade unions
• Partnership, stakeholding and other agreements

Case study

• Practical case studies and scenarios will illustrate how the law works in practice.