Training

For HR Professionals…

Keeping up to date with employment law is not easy given the frequency in which new legislation is introduced and the amount of cases which are heard interpreting the law.  We can assist HR professionals to meet the challenge that this presents.

For Managers…

For managers, employment law training fulfils a different purpose.  Managers do not need to know the intricacies of employment legislation but they do need to know the basics.  Managers need to know, for example, how to spot something which could amount to unlawful discrimination or harassment.  Managers also need to know how the law relating to unfair dismissal fits in with issues such as of discipline, performance management, absenteeism and ill-health.

Over the last few years, a number of companies retained us to train their managers on the basics of employment law and the feedback from managers receiving such training was overwhelmingly positive.

Risk avoidance…

As well as assisting HR professionals and managers to increase their knowledge of employment law, training can also fulfil another function.  Prevention is better than cure or,  in employment law terms, better than having a case which will be time consuming and expensive to defend.  Training can assist with claims avoidance.

In addition, it can be a defence to discrimination claims for an employer to show that it took such steps as were reasonably practicable to prevent the discriminatory act from happening in the first place.  Training can assist an employer to rely on this defence.

What Training can we provide?

We can provide either bespoke training courses for your HR professionals or managers or we can provide one of our “off the shelf training packages”.

Bespoke Training

If you have a training need, let us know and we will discuss the training we can provide and how much it would cost.

In 2007, we provided numerous bespoke training sessions to employers ranging from how to deal with discrimination and harassment through to the recent changes to the TUPE Regulations.

We can cater for any aspect of employment law.

Off the Shelf Training

Our current selection of courses include:-

For Managers:-

• Discrimination and harassment - what you need to know;
• Discipline, grievances and avoiding unfair dismissal claims;
• Managing ill-health and absence;
• Performance management;
• TUPE; and
• Redundancy.

For HR Professionals:-

• Discrimination update;
• Ill health absence and disability discrimination;
• Disability discrimination in 2008;
• Avoiding unfair dismissal claims;
• Redundancy for HR professionals;
• TUPE for HR Professionals; and
• Employment law update 2008.

All of these courses can be tailored to meet your requirements but we find sessions of 3 hours to be ideal.  Our sessions will generally include case studies to encourage interaction and to put the law into context.

How much will it cost?

We will discuss with you the price of bespoke training sessions.  

The price of off the shelf training will depend on how long you want the sessions to last.  For a half-day session, the price will be £750 plus VAT including all materials.  There may be an additional charge for travel depending on the location of the training.

Who will present the training?

All training will be presented by a member of the Employment Team, all of whom are qualified solicitors specialising in employment law only.