Overview
An HR assistant who has a knowledge of employment law and best practice in the HR function can be an invaluable asset in a busy HR department. This popular one-day course is an ideal introduction to the main issues which would face an HR professional.
Whilst it is designed for those with little or no knowledge of the HR function, or for those employees from other disciplines who find themselves taking on HR responsibilities, it will also serve as a useful update for those more experienced in the field. By the end of the seminar delegates will have enough information to implement all HR office functions without supervision.
This training may be available onsite; please contact us if you are interested.
Audience
- New HR staff with no formal training
- Experienced HR staff who wish to have an update
- Secretaries and personal assistants who administer the personnel activities for a non-personnel manager
- Any employee who has been given the responsibility for the HR function
Skills Gained
This seminar will provide:
- An excellent introduction to the law for those new to HR
- A better understanding of the legal responsibilities of the HR role
- An understanding of the importance of documentation and records
- An understanding of the different types of contractual relationships
- An opportunity to discuss the practical implications of employment law and running an HR office with experienced practitioners
Course Outline
How our legal system works
Recruitment and selection
- An awareness of the law on race and sex discrimination
- Direct discrimination
- Indirect discrimination
- Victimisation
- Harassment
- Job descriptions
- Personnel specifications
- Drafting advertisements
- Dealing with agencies
- Communicating with applicants
- Checking for criminal convictions
- The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act
- Direct
- Indirect
- Justification
- Handling applications from disabled people
- The definition of a 'disability'
- Making reasonable adjustments
Contractual relationships - different types of contracts
- Self-employed vs employee
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- Advantages of employing the self-employed
- Disadvantages of employing the self-employed
- Tests applied by the courts to determine employment status
- Agency staff
- Temporary/fixed-term contracts
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- Definition of 'fixed-term'
- The package offered to fixed-term/temporary workers
Making the offer of employment
- Oral or written?
- The status of verbal offers
- The offer letter
- Conditional offers
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- References
- Medicals
- Right to work in this country
Written statement of terms and conditions of employment
- When should this be provided?
- What should be included?
- Remedy if no statement is provided
Contract terms
- Express terms
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- What are they?
- Where can they be found?
- Implied terms
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- What are they?
- How do they arise?
Issues during employment
- Calculating continuity of employment and applying the results
- Managing pregnant employees and advising on their rights to leave and pay
- Rights to paternity leave
- Investigating problems
- ACAS Code of Practice
- Statutory Discipline and Dismissal procedures:
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- What are they
- Why is it important to follow them?
- Penalties for failure to follow the procedures
- How to deal with:
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- Gross misconduct
- Ordinary misconduct
- Short and long-term sickness
- How to conduct a disciplinary interview
- Writing warning letters
- The importance of appeals
Making deductions from pay
- When can deductions be made legally?
- Unauthorised deductions from pay
The training course outline shown above is a standardised version representing all
the dates shown and may vary from the course you attend. You will be sent the actual
course outline when you enquire about a specific date.