Employment Law

This course equips you to deal with, and advise on, employment law issues. As employment legislation now changes twice a year, it is imperative that line managers and HR professionals are kept up to date with the latest changes.

• Explore the essentials of employment law for practitioners
• Develop your ability to advise on employment law issues through the use of case studies and discussion
• Consider recent legal developments and their impact on policies and procedures

Personnel managers and specialists with some employment law knowledge, who are seeking a thorough grounding in the subject. Also suitable for those who have the responsibility for the HR function as part of their jobs.

What you will learn:

• Contracts of employment, employment rights pre and post appointment, the national minimum wage, working time regulations, age discrimination and the implications of the law, data protection
• Discrimination and equal pay, diversity and equality, human rights, health and safety, statutory rights,family friendly policies
• Transfer of undertakings (TUPE)
• Industrial relations and trade unions
• Bullying and harassment, grievance, discipline, dismissals, tribunals and tribunal settlements, fair redundancy