Introduction to Employment Law/Employment Law for Managers

Who should attend?

Anyone with management responsibility for staff, HR professionals, new directors or board members who may hear appeals and anybody else who might be interested in an introductory overview of UK employment law.

Objectives:

At the end of this course delegates will be able to:

• Understand how UK employment law fits together and works in practice
• Spot areas of risk and mistakes to avoid
• Understand the principles behind key employment rights such as unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal, redundancies and anti discrimination legislation
• Understand how employment tribunals work and how best to avoid them
• Understand the role of ACAS and how to achieve a settlement if necessary

Content summary:

• Overview of individual and collective employment law
• Where does employment law come from?
• Unfair dismissal
• Notice pay
• Redundancy payments
• Equal Opportunities
• Focus on DDA
• Summary of other statutory protections
• Employment Tribunals/Practice and Procedure
• Settlement and strategy

Method of training:

A combination of presentation, quizzes, case studies and a question and answer session.

Length of course:

Full or half day.

Full course notes are provided for all delegates attending.

This is a summary of the standard training we are able to provide but our courses can be tailored to the specific training needs of your organisation.

For further details or a general discussion about the training Mace & Jones is able to provide, please contact:

Emlyn Williams, Partner at emlyn.williams@maceandjones.co.uk or Sam Kinnear at sam.kinnear@maceandjones.co.uk