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Recruiting within the Law

 

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About the Course

Recommended for:


The Recruiting within the Law course is for HR practitioners or line managers responsible for recruitment within their organisation. No prior knowledge of the law on recruitment is required.

Course overview:


Recruiting within the Law
is a practical 1-day course which explains the legal principles which apply to recruitment and selection and reviews the impact of employment law throughout the recruitment process.

Course benefits:


By the end of the Recruiting within the Law course, you will be able to:

  • understand the law relating to recruitment and selection
  • advise your organisation on how to handle recruitment issues effectively within the law and according to best practice 
  • ensure that your organisation’s recruitment policies and procedures comply with the law.

Additional information:


In-house training

Recruiting within the Law 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 Recruiting within the Law 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: Recruiting within the Law
Duration: 1 day (Non-residential)
Dates and prices:
8 March 2012, Londonavailability: Green light
Non-member price: £499 + VAT
CIPD member price: £450 + VAT (find out about CIPD membership)
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25 June 2012, Londonavailability: Green light
Non-member price: £499 + VAT
CIPD member price: £450 + VAT (find out about CIPD membership)
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31 October 2012, Londonavailability: Green light
Non-member price: £499 + VAT
CIPD member price: £450 + VAT (find out about CIPD membership)
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In-house training

Recruiting within the Law 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


Right person – right job


  • job descriptions and person specifications, application forms
  • advertising
  • do’s and don’ts of the recruitment process
  • shortlisting
  • interviewing and use of psychometric tests

Before starting work

  • offers: oral and written
  • references and medicals
  • avoiding illegal working
  • criminal convictions
  • work permits and visas

Establishing good working practices – to avoid discrimination:

  • race, sex, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief and gender reassignment discrimination
  • disability discrimination
  • direct and indirect discrimination in the recruitment process
  • reasonable adjustments
  • equal pay issues
  • data protection issues and recruitment

Main contractual issues

  • ‘employees’ versus ‘workers’
  • agency workers
  • fixed-term and part-time contracts
  • providing a written statement of terms and conditions
  • implied and express terms in a contract
  • relocation
  • employing non-UK nationals and the law on immigration and employment

 

Course tutors

Mr Derek Eccleston

Derek is Managing Director of Employment Law Training Limited, and regularly presents, writes and provides consultancy advice on employment law issues.

Derek is an experienced, practical consultant, specialising in the provision of advice and training on employment law and employee relations. He spent over 20 years in senior HR roles in a number of industries - local government, engineering and financial services, prior to joining the Employment team of a prominent law firm. After 6 years Derek left to set up his own consultancy, in 2001.

He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (FCIPD), and completed an MA in Employment Law with Leicester University in 2000. He is a senior presenter for the CIPD and is also a personal tutor on the CIPD Advanced Certificate in Employment Law.

More recently Derek has authored Employment Law publications for CIPD, Gower Publishing and contributed to the LEXCEL Guide, published by the Law Society.

In 2006 Derek successfully completed a Training Skills refresher programme and was also appointed as a recognised trainer for the Financial Services Skills Council.

Mrs Carolyn Carrington
Carolyn Carrington Chartered FCIPD is an experienced employment law trainer who specialises in the design and delivery of training courses on practical aspects of employment law. She also has extensive HR management and employee relations experience, gained mainly in the media sector.