Legal Skills: Employment Law Practitioner (Advanced)

Course Code: L-ELP      Days: 2
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Course Overview

This 2-day course provides a detailed examination of key aspects of employment law, focusing in depth on recent changes.

Audience

Personnel practitioners responsible for complex employment law issues, who wish to extend their existing kills and knowledge. Previous knowledge and experience of employment law is required.

Skills Gained

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • demonstrate a thorough knowledge of key aspects of employment law
  • consider, debate and apply complex areas of law with regard to people-related issues
  • evaluate the effect of domestic and European legislation.

Course Outline

European developments

  • information and consultation requirements
  • draft EC Directive on temporary agency workers
  • Employment Framework Directive

Discrimination and equal opportunities

  • race, sex, disability, religion and belief, sexual orientation and gender reassignment case law
  • age discrimination the new regulations and impact

Parental rights and flexible working

  • maternity, paternity and adoption/family-friendly rights
  • Work and Families Act 2006
  • equal pay issues

Contracts latest developments

  • part-timers
  • fixed-term contracts
  • trust and confidence

Dismissals latest developments

  • operating the statutory dispute resolution procedures guidance from tribunals
  • unfair, wrongful and constructive dismissal
  • tribunal statistics and compensation
  • alternative dispute resolution

Transfer of undertakings

  • new domestic and European cases
  • the impact of new 2006 regulations
  • contracting-out and outsourcing (change of service provision)
  • practical TUPE issues

Human rights

  • European influence on UK employment law
  • monitoring CCTV, Internet, email and telephone use.


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