Legal Skills: Managing Diversity - good practice and the law

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Course Overview

This 1-day course provides a good working knowledge of diversity best practice within the framework of discrimination legislation, and the implications for managing people at work.

Audience

Personnel practitioners or line managers responsible for diversity issues within their organisation. No prior knowledge of discrimination law or diversity best practice is required.Introductory level course - geared towards those who need an introduction to the subject and assumes limited or no previous experience.

Skills Gained

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

• list and describe the key legal principles which impact on diversity in the workplace
• advise your organisation on developing and maintaining a diversity policy.

Course Outline

Valuing diversity

• values and attitudes
• fairness and dignity at work

Avoiding discrimination

• direct or indirect discrimination
• the equality strands
• implications of Age Discrimination Regulations 2006
• recent case law

Religious awareness in the workplace

• Christmas working, religious holidays, etc
• dress codes

Avoiding bullying and harassment

• what constitutes harassment?
• investigating bullying, racial, sexual and other forms of harassment

Managing differences

• respecting differences
• encouraging diversity

Advice and guidance from the Commissioning Bodies

• Commission for Racial Equality
• Equal Opportunities Commission
• Disability Rights Commission

Developing policies and procedures

• carrying out a diversity audit
• developing good practice guides for managers

Whats on the horizon?

• the EU Agenda
• and much more.

Legal Skills: Managing Diversity - good practice and the law / LE-MD