UK Employment Law

Know laws set for employing staff, writing employment contracts, what to include in them, writing a staff handbook, how and why to keep personnel record files, their data collection and its protection, how to handle disciplinary matters and punish the offender appropriately, the maternity and paternity rights, their vacation times, the equal environment in the workplace regarding the gender, race, religious belief, sexual orientation etc, their time and pay’ in our UK Employment Law course.

Employment laws were put in place to protect workers from wrongdoing by their employers. Without those statutes, workers would be vulnerable to a number of threats. The key employment laws include discrimination, minimum wage, and workplace safety and health laws, as well as workers' compensation and child labour laws. So, you as an employer must know the laws set by the UK if you are an employer in the UK and abide by them fully. Our UK Employment Law course will help you know about the most important laws, their traits, to what extent some laws apply and don’t apply etc.

You might unknowingly violate a rule that protects your precious employee, but if that violation leads to any lawsuit, you won’t be spared just because you were unaware of the law. So, don’t be negligent about these important laws which we will discuss in our UK Employment Law course and how to abide by them nicely so that you and your employees can have a healthy relationship.

Learning Benefits of UK Employment Law:

• Boost your career in the HR department
• Gain the basic knowledge of The EU Treaties and legislation
• Learn the importance of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)
• Learn how to recruit staff based on qualification
• How to gain the courage of rejecting unqualified candidates
• Gain a basic understanding of recruitment law
• Learn the restrictions during and after employment
• Learn the importance of labour union and how to pressure the authority to give a fair treatment of workers
• Learn who qualifies for the national minimum wage

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Course Curriculum

UK Employment Law

Module 1: Introduction

• Introduction
• Primary and secondary legislation
• The EU Treaties and legislation
• Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service
• Central Arbitration Committee
• Certification Officer
• Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)

Module 2: Recruiting staff

• Recruiting staff
• Preparing a job description
• Preparing a person specification
• How to recruit
• Application form or curriculum vitae
• INTERVIEWING
• Making a job offer
• Medical reports
• Checking qualifications
• Rejecting candidates
• Restrictions on employing children

Module 3: Writing employment contracts

• The contract of employment
• Statement of employment particulars
• Types of contract

Module 4: Writing a staff handbook

• Welcome to the company
• Background information
• Terms and conditions of employment
• Disciplinary procedure
• Confidential information
• Restrictions during and after employment
• Equal opportunities policy
• Harassment policy

Module 5: Personnel records and data protection

• Personnel records
• Data protection
• Monitoring of emails and telephone calls

Module 6: Handling disciplinary issues

• Disciplinary rules
• Disciplinary procedure
• Conducting a disciplinary hearing
• Taking disciplinary action
• Appeals against disciplinary action

Module 7: Maternity and paternity rights

• The Pregnant Workers Directive
• The Parental Leave Directive
• Maternity leave in the United Kingdom
• Employment rights before and during maternity leave
• The right to return to work

Module 8: Discrimination on the grounds of race, sex, religion or belief, and sexual orientation; the Equality Act 2010

• The Equality Act 2010
• Types of discrimination
• Sex discrimination – the subject matter
• Race discrimination – the subject matter

Module 9: Time and pay

• Protection of wages
• National minimum wage
• Who qualifies for the national minimum wage
• Calculating the hourly rate
• Record keeping
• Enforcement

Module 10: Terminating employment

• Terminating employment
• Pay during notice
• Other payments on termination of employment
• Termination without notice

After you successfully finish our ascribed training course UK Employment Law, you have developed new sets of skills that can contribute to your personal and professional development, improve your job prospects and evolve in your career. Now can obtain a PDF copy of your certificate free of cost.

UK Employment Law course is open to all, with no formal entry requirements. All you need is a passion for learning, a good understanding of the English language, numeracy and IT, and to be over the age of 16 to study our UK Employment Law.

After successfully completing our course UK Employment Law, Candidates may choose to pursue an extensive range of careers including:

HR Manager - Average income between £70K - £100K

HR Officer - Average income between £68K - £81K

HR Coordinator - Average income between £42K - £54K

Employment Lawyer - Average income between £50K - £61K

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Certificate of completion

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