Employment Law

Course details

Every manager needs a working knowledge of employment law. They need to understand the link between legal requirements and what managers can and should do. They also need to know when to get advice. This highly practical one-day training course is designed to give Health Service managers practical guidance so that they can manage positively and proactively and approach employment related decisions with know-how and confidence. The programme covers ten key areas of employment practice including selection, equality, and managing performance in a positive way.

Content

• Contracts of employment – the legal context, types of contract; essential contents.
• Recruitment and selection – job profiling; advertising; fair selection processes.
• Conditions of employment – minimum notice; communications; health and safety; contemporary issues e.g. internet, email and data protection.
• Equality – areas covered; direct and indirect discrimination; equality of opportunity; treatment and pay.
• Managing attendance – what the manager can and should do to proactively manage attendance.
• Maternity and other leave – annual leave; public holidays; compassionate leave; maternity and paternity leave and jury service.
• Working time – impact on working arrangements.
• Bullying and harassment – definition and legal obligations; requirement to prevent; codes of practice; fair processes.
• Handling grievance and disciplinary cases – fair processes; unfair dismissals; principles of natural justice.
• Termination of employment – redundancy, transfer of undertakings; collective dismissals and other lawful termination.