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Employment Law for Managers

 

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Employment Law for Managers


Duration:2 days


  • Online
  • 2 days
  • Wed 16 Jul 2025 | 09:30 - 16:30
  • Thu 17 Jul 2025 | 09:30 - 16:30

Summary

This course is designed to ensure that People Managers have the knowledge and understanding of employment law issues to be able to deal with any issues that arise on a day to day basis.  This course will ensure that Managers have the knowledge required to comply with all employment legislation.

At the end of the programme participants will:

  • Understand what is required in the area of employment law contracts
  • Be able to discipline with results
  • Have the ability to handle any grievance that arises
  • Be clear about obligations in the area of working time, annual leave and public holidays
  • Have knowledge of all new pieces of legislation
  • Create a workplace that promotes and is mindful of Dignity at Work
  • Have an understanding of the different protective leaves
  • Have an overall ability to be able to answer queries and questions in the area of Employment Law
 

This programme is for:

Those who have responsibilities as People Managers.

 

Approach

This course is a practical programme looking at day to day issues that people managers have to deal with on a regular basis. Case studies and exercises will be built into this programme.

Programme Schedule

Contracts of Employment

  • The principles of contracts, ie, offer, acceptance, consideration
  • The legal requirements of content in a contract of employment
  • Extra suggested content in the contract of employment that will help employees
  • Fixed term workers
  • Part time workers
  • Temporary agency workers
  • Banded hours workers

Protective Leave

  • Maternity leave
  • Adoptive leave
  • Parental leave
  • Carers leave
  • Paternity leave
  • Parents leave
  • Jury duty

Organisation of Working Time

  • Hours of work
  • Breaks
  • Annual leave
  • Public holidays
  • Records
  • Right to disconnect

Equality

  • Nine protected grounds
  • Discrimination, Victimisation, Harassment
  • Recruitment and Selection
  • Discriminatory dismissal

Bullying and Harassment

  • Defining bullying and harassment
  • Dealing with allegations
  • Preventative strategies
  • Investigation, discipline and Appeals

Grievances

  • Defining grievances
  • Dealing with a grievance
  • The grievance procedure

Discipline and Dismissals

  • Dealing with a poor performer
  • Managing a series of misconduct issues
  • Investigating a gross misconduct
  • Substantive – v – Procedure
  • Investigation procedures
  • Disciplinary procedures
  • Appeal procedures

Employment Law Update

  • New legislation
  • Updates and changes to the legislation
  • Future legislation

 

Programme Director

Claire Jones

Claire is a Senior Executive working in Ibec Academy. Claire has worked in Ibec for more than 20 years and worked in the Legal Department within Ibec prior to moving into Ibec Academy. Claire is currently lead trainer and course Director on a number of diploma, certificate and short programmes for Ibec Academy. She specialises in the areas of employment law, human resource management and industrial relations. 

The Diploma in Human Resource Management is an excellent course, extremely well delivered with an appropriate balance between theory and practical application to the workplace.  The trainer's style was extremely effective and the regular linkages to our own workplaces and experience was very beneficial.  

JoAnn Salmon
Safety & Quality Systems Manager
Port of Cork

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