Description
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, delegates will have:
- Identified the main areas of UK employment law, which affects their organisation and its employees.
- Reviewed current legislation, recent changes and action to be taken
- Reviewed a range of decided cases, which help to put the legislative framework into content.
- Reviewed Employment Protection issues
- Reviewed Protection from Discrimination issues
- An awareness of how the European dimension affects UK employment law.
- Reviewed their own organisation’s current practises against the areas covered in the programme and identified any issues for attention.
Course Content
Contracts of Employment
Stated and implied terms
Time frames in establishing rights and obligations under the contract
Written terms and conditions
Implications for interviewing and making an offer
Employment Protection
Unfair dismissal
Constructive dismissal
The Wages Act
Working time Directive
National Minimum Wage
Age Discrimination
Protection from Discrimination
Sex discrimination
Equal pay principles
Race discrimination
Discrimination on trade union grounds
Victimisation
Disablement
Rights to Information
Collective bargaining
Access to medical reports and records
Data protection
Personal Development Action Plans
Course Duration: One Day
Delivery: This course can be delivered at a venue to suit you, please contact us for pricing on 01284 763040