In House Training

Employment law and HR practice change at an ever-increasing rate. Most employers expressed relief that the DTI’s recent announcement that legal changes would ‘only’ be introduced twice a year, in April and October.

As well as the increasing volume of legislation, it is fair to say that the detail of many of the changes make the area of employment law one of the most complex for businesses to deal with on a day to day basis.

As a leading firm of employment lawyers in London and the South East, we have the knowledge and experience to guide your organisation through this area.

One of the best ways of keeping up to date is through training.

We offer tailor courses for your organisation in relation to both employment law and HR practice. These course are delivered in-house to your chosen audience. We are often asked to work with board directors, senior manangers and often present in conjunction within members of the in-house HR team.

For instance, we can work with you to help train your managers as to how to approach an investigation, or how to run a disciplinary hearing.

The feedback which we receive from these courses is universally positive, and we are often asked to carry out further training, once the full benefits of these programmes is understood. The value of the training in terms of subsequent savings in legal fees and/or compensation payments means that the training pays for itself very quickly indeed. Furthermore, we try to help managers feel that they are empowered to deal with difficult situations, rather than just being told what they cannot or should not do, ‘because the law says so’.

Examples of courses that we have recently run include:

•  Age discrimination: getting ready for 1 October
•  Handling disciplinary hearings
•  Investigating grievances
•  Recruitment: How to select without discriminating
•  Interviews: What not to do.
•  Dismissals: Getting it Right
•  Introduction to employment law
•  Contracts of employment: The fundamentals
•  Employee misuse of company property: what can you do?

Before presenting any of our training courses we will agree objectives and an outline of the course with you, to ensure that the benefits are targeted and that you receive maximum value for this investment in your people.