Seminars, training and events
Management training is a vital element of businesses today and continuous training can support business growth.
Head Office provides a training programme aimed at you and your business, because we know that investing in your employees is the most valuable step you can take in managing and growing your business.
We offer a wide and flexible range of training that can be designed to fit your business needs and intended audience (line managers to directors). You let us know what you require and we will build a programme for you. The price for tailored training depends on the nature of the training we are providing.
We also often hold hugely successful half day seminars which are relaxed and extremely informative. We provide a useful group session and ensure that we talk individually to everyone that attends and see if there are any burning issues to help find a practical and commercial solution.
If you would like to receive notification of our training, seminars and event programme then click here seminars@askheadoffice.co.uk or call on 0845 217 8650.
Training programme includes:
Contracts of employment
- Recognising the right types of contract and employment relationship
- how to begin and end a contract
- what clauses you need to include / exclude
Discipline & grievance
- why policies are important
- why it’s important to adhere to them
- what are the consequences if you don’t
- how to manage disciplinary and grievance situations
Absence
- different reasons for absence
- how much absence is acceptable
- the implications of the Disability Discrimination Act
- managing intermittent and long-term absence
- return to work
Stress in the workplace
- Personal Injury
- employment law consequences
- how to identify stress
- what sort of awards are stress claims attracting
- how to avoid claims
Family-friendly policies
- maternity leave
- paternity leave
- parental leave
- carer / dependants leave
- flexible working
Disability discrimination
- What is disability?
- how can you discriminate
- can you discriminate unwittingly
- if an employee discriminates, are employers liable
Sex discrimination
- is it only women who can claim?
- equal pay
- sexual harassment
Race discrimination
- direct and indirect discrimination
- terminology
- new amendments
Religion and Belief discrimination
- what is a religious belief?
- different religious holidays in the workplace
- breaks for worship
Sexual orientation
- workplace banter
- heterosexuals – discrimination?
Employment tribunals
- how tribunals work
- how to deal with tribunal cases
- tribunal awards
Redundancy
- consultation – how many people?
- communication
- procedure
- dealing with the affected employees
TUPE
- whose responsibility
- when and why does it become a problem
- how to manage potential TUPE situations
Trade Union Issues
- how to recognise a Trade Union
- balloting
- industrial action
- Works Councils
