Introduction to Employment Law

Introduction to Employment Law - information at a glance

What is this course about?
Who would benefit?
Objectives
Key topics covered
Duration 

 

What is this course about?

This course is designed for newly appointed HR / Personnel Assistants, or Managers in SME's responsible for day-to-day HR issues. It will take delegates through everything they need to know about the key law affecting their work and to bring them up to date with new law on discrimination, maternity, 'work/life', data protection/monitoring and discipline/grievance.

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Who would benefit?

• Newly appointed HR / Personnel assistants
• Managers in SME's responsible for day-to-day HR issues

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Objectives

By the end of this 2 day course, participants will be able to:-

• Outline the key legal aspects of employing people
• Issue 'safe' employment contracts and statements of terms and conditions of employment
• Identify the main requirements of disciplinary and grievance procedures - statutory or customised
• Ensure compliance with the Working Time Regulations
• Outline the relevant aspects of current discrimination law
• Recruit staff within the law
• Identify the law and procedures relating to family friendly working rights

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Key topics covered

1. The UK legal system and employment law

• UK employment law - how it affects Personnel / HR issues
• Sources of advice

2. Contracts of employment

• 'Worker' or employee?
• Employment contracts
• Statements of terms and conditions of employment
• Continuous employment
• Contractual and non contractual terms
• Making changes
• Express and implied terms of the contract

3. Disciplinary and grievance procedures

• The ACAS code of practice
• Unfair dismissal
• Statutory disciplinary and grievance procedures
• Getting the paperwork right
• Dealing with absence

4. Working time developments

• The regulations
• The health and safety implications
• The future for opt outs
• Employing young people
• Atypical workers - part time or casual workers

5. Discrimination law

• Equal opportunity and diversity
• Sex, sexuality, race, religion / belief, disability discrimination
• Other types of discrimination
• Part time workers and fixed term contracts
• Bullying and harassment issues

6. Recruiting new employees

• Discrimination and other law in recruitment
• The recruitment process
• Job descriptions and specifications
• Medicals, references, CRB checks
• Illegal working
• Data protection
• The offer of employment

7. The 'family friendly' approach

• Maternity, paternity and adoption leave and pay rules
• Applications for flexible working
• Time off for dependants
• Parental leave

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Duration

2 days