Essentials of Employment Law is a lively and highly interactive two-day online workshop on Tuesday 03 June and Wednesday 04 June. It is aimed at HR team members who have limited knowledge of UK employment law or other managers who wish to gain this knowledge.
The workshop uses real-life case studies largely based on examples from the Higher Education sector to give participants an understanding of the principles and main provisions of employment law and provides practical advice in applying the law.
The workshop will combine PowerPoint presentations with a wide variety of practical case studies, quizzes and polls to ensure interaction and engagement. There will be the opportunity to raise queries and share experiences with an expert legal tutor and with fellow participants from the HE sector.
Dates, times and programme
The workshop will be delivered in four sessions, each lasting two hours.
These four sessions are spread over two days on Tuesday 03 June and Wednesday 04 June. Session times: 10 am to 12 pm and 1 pm to 3 pm.
To get the most out of the training, participants must attend all four sessions across both days. Please note we do not record our training sessions.
Part 1 on Tuesday 03 June will cover:
- An introduction to employment rights; some employment law ‘urban myths'(!).
- Contracts of employment (formation, implied terms, breaches of contract, changing contracts).
- Discipline and dismissal; rights of representation; constructive dismissal.
- Equalities/equal opportunities: who is protected?; direct and indirect discriminations; new developments on philosophical belief.
- Flexible working requests, bullying and harassment; disability and reasonable adjustments; equal pay.
Part 2 on Wednesday 04 June will cover:
- Redundancy and reorganisation: consultations, selection criteria, processes and pitfalls.
- TUPE; fixed-term and part-time workers’ rights; time-off rights; ill-health and investigations.
- Collective rights; trade unions and recognition; industrial action. Vicarious liability.
- Current and future developments: homeworking, Brexit, the government’s future plans; Settlement Agreements.
Programme
Attendance fee and how to book
We are offering a special ‘early bird’ price of £549 per place (VAT free) for UCEA members until midnight on Monday 19 May. The participation fee after this date is £575 per place (VAT free) for UCEA members.UCEA member HEIs can book via tickettailor
You can easily pay online with a credit card or choose to be invoiced. Our streamlined booking system makes it simple, indicating the fee as £549/£575 (VAT free). The invoice option will show the ticket price as FREE, but you will be invoiced for £549/£575.
For the benefit of attendees, we are limiting attendance to a maximum of 15 attendees.
What Previous Attendees Have Said About This Online Workshop:
- “I would say my expectations were exceeded! Employment Law can be a fairly dry topic at times but the trainer brought it to life with fantastic case studies, participation through the regular polls he ran with the group to check understanding and his obvious passion for employment law. It was thoroughly enjoyable.”
- “Everyone in HR should go to this course.”
- “The trainer makes the content highly engaging and has a strong passion for employment law. I found the quizzes to be an effective way of challenging prior assumptions about the subject and a really useful way to encourage discussions. He welcomes incorrect answers and educated guesses without making individuals feel under pressure. The materials that he has provided are something that I'm sure will serve as a useful reference in future!”
- “Brilliant course and trainer, practical and informative. Engaging throughout.”
If you would like to attend future runs of this course in 2024 - 2025 or enquire about running this course at your HE institution, please contact events@ucea.ac.uk. If you do not work at a UCEA member institution and are interested in finding out more about this course please email events@ucea.ac.uk
