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Course Overview The focus is very much on the practical application of the law in the increasingly complex area of employment. The basic legal requirements will be highlighted but then the emphasis will be on how the law is applied in the workplace. Prior knowledge is not assumed but at the end of the day delegates should have a clear understanding of how to make the law work for them as employers. Worked examples and problem scenarios will be discussed. Audience Anybody that employees staff and needs to gain a basic understanding of the legalities surrounding Employment Law Course Outline RECRUITMENT - Equalities laws
- Advertisements
- Checks to make
- Employee or freelance
THE CONTRACT - Statutory requirements
- Additional contract terms
- Implied contract terms
- Changing the contract
- The role of the handbook
FAMILY FRIENDLY POLICIES - Part time contracts
- The right to apply for flexible working
- Impact of sex discrimination laws
- Parental leave
EQUALITIES - Equal opportunities- race/sex/age religion
- Harassment
- Employer liability through defaults of staff
SICKNESS - Managing short term absence
- Recognising a DDA (Disability Discrimination Act) situation
- Reasonable adjustments under DDA
- How to cope with stress claims
HOW TO DISMISS SAFELY - Unfair dismissal claims - how to win them
- What is meant by wrongful dismissal?
- How does constructive dismissal arise?
- Frustration and repudiation of the contract
- Compromise agreements
REDUNDANCY AND REORGANISATIONS - Importance of consultation
- How to select
- Meaning of suitable alternative employment
EMPLOYEE RIGHTS OF PRIVACY - Obligations under the Data Protection Act
- Freedom of Information requests
- Covert monitoring
- Misuse of the internet
TRANSFER OF UNDERTAKINGS (TUPE) - What is a TUPE event?
- What obligations and rights transfer?
- Which employees transfer?
- How to change terms
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