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E05 Employment Law for Human Resources Managers

The course covers

• Making the contract of employment - defining terms and conditions - use of casual and agency workers
• Operating the contract of employment - statutory rights - working time -holidays and holiday pay - familiy friendly rights - implied rights - health and safety - trust and confidence
• Varying the contract of employment
• Discrimination in the workplace
• Dealing with grievances
• Disciplinary procedures - suspension - warnings
• Termination of contracts - notice - unfair dismiissal - wrongful dismissal - constructive dismissal
• Avoiding the employment tribunal - practice and procedure for discipline and dismissal, redundancies, dealing with absence, poor performance and misconduct
• Employment Tribunal practice and procedure

Learning objectives

At the end of the course participants should be able to:

• Analyse what type of employment relationship is formed in given circumstances
• Describe the main employment rights
• Understand when employment relationships are unlawfully terminated
• Advise on the main steps in empoyment tribunal procedure

Duration one day 10.00 to 4.15

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