Legal Skills: Employment Law Fundamentals

Course Overview

This practical and interactive 2-day course provides a foundation in the basic elements of employment law. It enables participants to handle the common employment issues that arise on a day-to-day basis, in a positive and professional manner.

Audience

Personnel practitioners or line managers responsible for implementing their organisation's employment policies and procedures. It is particularly suitable for those starting out in a career in HR or those new to people management.

No prior knowledge of employment law is required.

Skills Gained

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

• understand the legal principles that apply to the relationship between the employer and the employee
• evaluate your organisation's documentation, policies and procedures against the legal requirements
• provide basic advice on resolving employment issues, while following best practice.

Course Outline

Creating the employment relationship

• the recruitment process
• advertising, application forms, interviews
• the contract - offer, terms, clauses
• references - what to be aware of, inductions
• medicals
• employment status
• self-employed, part-time workers, fixed-term contracts

Maintaining the employment relationship

• implementing good working practices dealing with discrimination issues
• race/sex discrimination, direct and indirect, victimisation, bullying and harassment
• disability discrimination, religion or belief, sexual orientation, age discrimination
• remedies for discrimination
• Working Time Regulations
• maternity, paternity and adoption rights and parental leave
• request for flexible working
• Work and Families Act 2006
• statutory disciplinary and grievance processes
• a practical approach to difficult issues
• absenteeism
• poor performance
• email and Internet abuse
• misconduct in and outside work
• stress
• acting fairly and reasonably

Terminating the employment relationship

• wrongful dismissal
• unfair dismissal
• resignations
• redundancy
• employment tribunals

Question and answer session. Case study

Delegates will also have the opportunity to work through a real-life case study illustrating key points of law discussed during the course.

Legal Skills: Employment Law Fundamentals / EMPFEL