Fully booked - Effective Performance Management; minimising the employment law risks

Adrian Martin, Partner

Adrian became a partner in the Burges Salmon employment team in 2007, having joined the firm in 2002 from London firm Simmons & Simmons. He advises both private and public sector employers on the full range of employment law issues. This includes significant levels of advice to HR teams on the proactive management of poor performance problems including at executive level. Adrian is also experienced at handling complex unfair dismissal, discrimination and whistleblowing claims as well as regularly managing restructuring programmes and TUPE transfers.

Huw Cooke, Senior Associate

Huw joined Burges Salmon as a trainee solicitor in September 1997 and qualified into the employment team in September 1999. As well as advising clients on all aspects of employment law, Huw specialises in the employment aspects of corporate and commercial transactions including outsourcing, redundancies, restructuring and harmonisation of terms and conditions of employment, capability dismissals and business immigration and the prevention of illegal employment.

Please note this event is fully booked.

With many businesses working with reduced numbers of staff, a confident approach to performance management is essential. Whilst the aim of a good performance management programme should be to encourage employees to improve their performance, there will be occasions where employees who do not perform to the required standards will need to be dismissed.

At this session, employment law specialists from commercial law firm Burges Salmon, will consider how you can reduce your exposure to tribunal claims in this event:

• Setting the scene
  - legal risks of a poor process;
  - effect of the ACAS Code of Practice;
  - the commercial reality.
  
  
• Initial Stages
  - identifying poor performance;
  - deciding on a course of action;
  - counselling and informal action.
  
• Formal Procedures
  - what is a fair process?;
  - sanctions;
  - appeals.

• Email Denise Walton, CIPD CLB Administrator