Employment Law Training with CMP Legal
Join the team at Chesterfield’s CMP Legal for an upcoming schedule of engaging and practical in-person events. The sessions are being hosted by the firm to empower staff members within local businesses to manage risk.
Spaces are limited, and cost £125 +vat per person. To book, please contact Lauren Pickard on 01246 956440 or by email at: lauren.pickard@cmp.legal
Handling Investigations, Disciplinaries and Grievances – Thursday 20 April 2023 (10am-12pm)
This course is designed to give management who are dealing with grievances and disciplinaries the confidence needed to implement an effective process, and a full understanding of the risks involved.
- An overview of both disciplinary and grievance investigations
- Investigation Preparation
- Holding the investigation meetings
- When to start a grievance process
- The grievance procedure and right to be accompanied
- Grievance appeals
- Disciplinary outcomes
- Disciplinary appeals
- The disciplinary procedure and right to be accompanied
- Simultaneous disciplinary and grievance processes and common issues that may arise
Managing Sickness Absence – Tuesday 25 April 2023 (10am-12pm)
It is important that sickness absence is managed effectively, to ensure productivity levels and avoid staffing problems. This course covers both long and short term sickness absence, both for disability and non disability related reasons.
- What is a disability in law and what is disability discrimination
- Short term sickness absence
- Long term sickness absence
- Medical and occupational health reports
- Reasonable adjustments and phased return to work
- Dismissals for capability reasons
Equality, Discrimination and Harassment in the Workplace – Thursday 4 May 2023 (10am-12pm)
With the changes to harassment coming up next year this course is more pertinent than ever in helping employers to manage the risk of discrimination claims. It covers the policies needed and the procedures to be followed where a compliant is raised.
- The protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010
- Which individuals are protected
- When the employer is liable
- What is direct and what is indirect discrimination
- Defences to discrimination claims
- Harassment
- Victimisation
- Handling complaints
- Upcoming changes to the law in this area
Redundancies and Restructures – Tuesday 16 May 2023 (10am-12pm)
This course aims to increase the confidence of those implementing redundancy and/or restructuring processes. It looks at the procedures to be used in various scenarios as well as the language to be used during the process.
- What is redundancy
- Identifying the correct pool for selection
- Redundancy criteria
- The redundancy procedure and consultation
- Where there are 20 or more employees at risk of redundancy
- Bumping
- Restructures
- Issues that may arise
