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Advanced Employment Law Practitioner

 

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About the Course

Recommended for:


The Advanced Employment Law Practitioner course is for experienced HR practitioners who wish to extend their existing skills and knowledge. Previous knowledge and experience of employment law is required.

Course overview:


The Advanced Employment Law Practitioner is a 2-day course which provides a detailed examination of key aspects of employment law, focusing in depth on recent changes in the law.

Course benefits:


By the end of the Advanced Employment Law Practitioner course, you will be able to:

  • demonstrate a thorough knowledge of key aspects of employment law
  • consider, debate and apply complex areas of law to your organisation's issues
  • evaluate the effect of domestic and European legislation.

Additional information:


In-house training

Advanced Employment Law Practitioner can also be provided in-house. This is a cost-effective approach if you have a number of people who require training. You choose where and when you want our trainers to deliver. We can also tailor the Advanced Employment Law Practitioner course content to suit your precise organisation needs.

To speak to an adviser about your particular requirements call our in-house training team on +44 (0)20 8612 6202.

Dates and Prices

Course title: Advanced Employment Law Practitioner
Duration: 2 days (Non-residential)
Dates and prices:
18 June 2012, Londonavailability: Amber light
Non-member price: £850 + VAT
CIPD member price: £765 + VAT (find out about CIPD membership)
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1 October 2012, Londonavailability: Green light
Non-member price: £850 + VAT
CIPD member price: £765 + VAT (find out about CIPD membership)
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5 December 2012, Londonavailability: Green light
Non-member price: £850 + VAT
CIPD member price: £765 + VAT (find out about CIPD membership)
Book now

In-house training

Advanced Employment Law Practitioner can also be provided in-house. This is a cost-effective approach if you have a number of people who require training. You choose where and when you want our trainers to deliver. We will also tailor the course content to suit your precise organisation needs.

To speak to an advisor about your particular requirements call our In-house team on +44 (0)20 8612 6202.

Course content

PROGRAMME


European developments


  • information and consultation requirements
  • Agency Workers Regulations 2010
  • Equality Act 2010
  • what’s on the horizon?

Discrimination and equal opportunities

  • age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, – latest case law and interpretation.

Parental rights and flexible working

  • maternity, paternity, adoption and parental rights.

Contracts – latest developments

  • employment status
  • part-timers
  • fixed-term contracts
  • trust and confidence.

Dismissals – latest developments

  • unfair, wrongful and constructive dismissal
  • tribunal statistics and compensation
  • alternative dispute resolution.

Transfer of undertakings

  • new domestic and European cases
  • the impact of 2006 regulations
  • contracting-out and outsourcing (change of service provision)
  • practical TUPE issues.

Business re-organisation and redundancy

  • Business organisation and redundancy – current cases, key essentials.

Case study


Delegates will also have the opportunity to work through a real-life case study illustrating key points of law discussed during the course.

Course tutors

Mr Mike Worthington

Mike Worthington Chartered FCIPD, is a specialist lecturer, trainer and adviser in Employment Law and the Management of Change. Mike has worked across a wide range of industry sectors both in the UK and abroad.

Mike began his career in the hospitality industry where he concentrated on Personnel, Employee Relations and Management Development opening new hotels all over the world. As Personnel Director with Forte Hotels he looked after Fortes London properties and their International and Five Star businesses.

In 1996, Mike entered a joint venture partnership with Regal Hotels as Human Resources Director which built the business from 7 to 127 hotels in three years – becoming an expert in TUPE in the process!

Since 1999, Mike has been involved in consultancy across a range of sectors including hospitality, sports and leisure, oil and petroleum, agriculture, telecoms, retail and local government.

In support of Mike’s law work, he sits as a member of the Employment Appeal Tribunal which hears cases on points of law arising from Employment Tribunals and also has a Masters Degree in Human Resources and European Employment Law.