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This is an accredited self study course that you can complete in your own time.

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Employment Law Training

This Employment Law online training has been developed by employment law specialists to build six linked modules. The online course takes students through the employment journey covering key areas of employment law, such as employee status, recruitment, onboarding, working arrangements, leave entitlements, disputes, disciplinaries and grievance procedures as well as employment terminations.

The course will help learners understand how to achieve legal compliance and best practice and avoid disputes or legal action.
Developed by professionals in Employment Law
Accredited by CPD
Fully online course and assessment with no time limits
Full audio voiceover
Approximate Duration: 2-3 hours
Same day digital certificate. Printed certificate posted the next working day

Aims of the course

By the end of this course, learners will be familiar with some of the basics of employment law, including:

- Employment practice, including which laws govern employment, types of working arrangement and contracts.
- Recruitment processes.
- Working arrangements, such as contracts, hours, pay and pensions.
- Types of leave, such as maternity leave and compassionate leave.
- Some best practice and procedures for handling disputes and grievances
- The basics of understanding retirement, redundancy and termination of employment.

C OURSE OUTLINE

1 Understanding the Legal Aspects
Background to employment law, employment status, case study, contract types and responsibilities, full-time and part-time contracts, fixed-term contracts, zero-hour contracts, agency staff, freelancers, consultants and contractors, employing workers with a disability, access to work and employing young workers.
2 Recruitment and Starting Work
Protected characteristics, discrimination, advertising jobs, shortlisting, interviewing, right to work, copying documents, when to contact the Home Office, Disclosure and Barring Service and induction processes.
3 Working Arrangements
Employment contract, terms and conditions, probationary periods, continuous employment, flexible working and compressed hours, Working Time Regulations, flexibility in Working Time Regulations, overtime, pay and pension regulations.
4 Leave Entitlements
Annual leave, additional leave entitlements, sickness absence, compassionate leave, maternity leave, Statutory Maternity Pay, return to work, paternity leave, shared parental leave, unpaid parental leave, adoption leave and IVF leave.
5 Managing Conflict, Disputes, Discipline and Grievance Procedures
General guidance, solving workplace disputes or conflict, grievances, performance, capability and disciplinary issues, serious misconduct, gross misconduct, suspension from work, procedures and whistleblowing.
6 Employment Termination
Termination of employment, resignation, redundancy, dismissal, fair dismissal, unfair dismissal, automatically unfair dismissals, wrongful dismissal, constructive dismissal, tribunals, settlement agreements, retirement and further resources.

Assessment

The online assessment is taken on completion of the training material. You will be asked 15 multiple choice questions with a pass mark of 80%. The answers are marked automatically, so you will instantly know whether you have passed. If you don't pass, don't worry! You can take the test as many times as you need .

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A Note About Data Collection

This training is funded by the Welsh Government funded Wales Union Learning Fund (WULF) project.

Please note that, for you to receive support from the WULF project, we are required to collect specific information from you during the registration process. This information is collected for project monitoring and evaluation purposes only.

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