Our back-to-basics training gives managers the confidence they need to handle day-to-day employment law issues.
Our fixed-fee online modules give managers knowledge and skills to proactively manage the fundamentals of employment law, identify key risks and know when to raise these with HR or seek additional assistance.
They help managers understand why policies and procedures matter, how they address legal issues and increase their confidence in managing people issues. Most modules come with a workbook, allowing managers to put their knowledge into practice and reinforce their learning.
Accessible and easy to follow, the modules are a cost-effective way for managers to access training on the basics of employment law.
If you buy six or more modules, you get a 20% discount. Please get in touch with Jenny Arrowsmith or Gordon Rodham, or contact us online, for more details.
We're offering training modules on a variety of important employment issues, including:
If you’re interested in any of our modules, or you’d like to ask about our bespoke training offers, please contact Jenny Arrowsmith.
Handling Disciplinaries
This module will help managers feel more confident about a disciplinary process, their role and the decisions that they may need to make. We go through the key stages to a fair dismissal process and what factors you should consider in your decision-making.
In the module, we cover:
- What’s in a disciplinary policy
- The stages of a disciplinary process
- An overview of the investigation process
- When suspension may be appropriate
- How to scope the allegations
- Right to be accompanied
- Decision-making – the legal tests and expectations
- The right of appeal
- Penalties for unfair dismissal
- The common issues for non-attendance or delays and how to deal with them.
This module costs £500 + VAT.
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Handling Grievances
This module will help managers to identify a grievance, investigate it and tackle common tricky issues.
In the module, we cover:
- How to recognise a grievance
- The principles of a fair grievance process
- Common problem areas
- The risks of dealing with grievances improperly.
The cost for this module is £400 + VAT.
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Managing Sickness Absence
This module will help managers to identify and manage both short-term and long-term sickness absence and to understand the requirements of a fair absence/ill-health capability process.
In the module, we cover:
- The meaning of disability under the Equality Act 2010
- The difference between managing short-term and long-term absence
- Additional considerations when managing long-term health issues that cause absence
- What is sick pay
- When and how to refer to Occupational Health.
The managing sickness absence course costs £500 + VAT.
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Performance Management
This module will help managers understand the importance of early intervention when dealing with performance issues. They’ll learn the importance of holding difficult conversations on performance before things escalate, and the formal processes that they need to follow to manage capability issues fairly.
In the module, we cover:
- What a fair performance management process looks like
- What should be dealt with as poor performance instead of as conduct
- Informal performance management
- Having difficult conversations
- Formal performance management process
- What makes a dismissal fair on grounds of poor performance (capability).
The module costs £500 + VAT.
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Flexible Working
In this module, managers will learn how to respond to flexible working requests and to manage them so as to be compliant with the statutory framework and align to principles of good practice.
In the module, we cover:
- What is flexible working and why employers need to be considering their approach to it
- Different types of flexible working
- Legal requirements when handling flexible working requests
- How to manage conflicting requests and grounds for refusal
- How to limit the risk of discrimination claims.
This module costs £500 + VAT.
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Employment Tribunal Claims
In this module, managers will learn:
- What to expect if they become involved in supporting the business with a Tribunal claim
- What the Tribunal process is and how line managers may be involved in this (such as a witness)
- What “disclosure” means
- What to expect from being a witness in an Employment Tribunal.
It is ideal if you anticipate or have an upcoming Employment Tribunal and want to be as prepared as possible.
In the module, we cover:
- The employment tribunal process
- Understand the different stages and what’s involved
- Time limits
- ACAS and early conciliation
- Settlement.
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Menopause in the Workplace
In this module, managers learn why menopause in the workplace is an issue that they need to be aware of, how they can feel more confident in talking to employees about it and how to support them.
In the module, we cover:
- What is the menopause and the typical symptoms?
- Why menopause is a relevant issue for business
- How an employee’s performance and wellbeing in work may be impacted unless steps are taken to support from an employer’s perspective
- How employees can be encouraged to take steps for their own wellbeing in support of managing symptoms
- What the legal risks of not being supportive
- How managers can approach discussions with employees on this issue.
The cost for the menopause in the workplace module is £500 + VAT.
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Data Subject Access Requests
In this module, managers will understand what one is, how to respond, and the costs of getting it wrong.
In the module, we cover:
- What a DSAR is
- Timescales for response
- How and where to search for personal data
- Where to search
- The consequences of failing to comply with a DSAR.
The cost for this course is £500 + VAT.
Sexual Harassment at Work (for employees and managers)
Two modules as one course - you’ll understand the obligations on employers and your role in preventing sexual harassment in the workplace. This training aligns to the requirements under the legal framework in the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 which imposes a positive legal obligation on all employers to take reasonable steps to protect their staff from being sexually harassed at work.
What we cover in this module:
- What is sexual harassment, with examples. This will include examples of unwanted conduct of a sexual nature and also conduct which is because someone has, for example, rejected a person’s sexual advances as well as third party harassment.
- The standards of behaviour you are expected to follow
- What to if you experience it or witness it
- The process you should follow if you wish to raise a complaint or seek support to stop it.
Managers (additional module) – we recommend this be bought in addition to the above. It builds on the above principles and content, explaining to managers:
- The risks for the organisation if it doesn’t do enough to prevent sexual harassment
- The preventative measures that organisations should take to reduce the risk of sexual harassment happening in our workplace
- What to do if they become aware of conduct which could amount to sexual harassment
- How do to deal with third party harassment.
This module costs £1,200 +VAT for both modules. You’ll receive these together with a risk assessment tool (optional use – the need for assessing risk will be referenced in the managers’ module).
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Investigations for managers
In this module, managers receive a more in-depth look at a fair investigation process with step by step practical guidance to help them feel more confident in conducting an investigation.
In the module, we cover:
- What is expected of a reasonable investigation
- Practical tools and scenarios examples which work through principles about collation of events, interviewing witnesses and coming to a conclusion
- Explanations for how the investigation feeds into a disciplinary or grievance situation
- Common problem areas which can inflate issues or cause unnecessary delay
This module costs £750 + VAT.
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Harassment in the workplace
Aimed at all employees, those participating in this module will have a better awareness of the importance and purpose of promoting equality diversity and inclusion in the workplace with a specific focus on harassment. They’ll understand what amounts to harassment and their role to support prevention and addressing issues when they arise.
In the module, we cover:
- What is harassment in law? We give practical examples
- How bias and micro-aggressions can also lead to unwanted conduct/harassment
- The importance of preventing harassment
- What can be done to help people raise issues when they arise
- How to respond if they see harassment or if harassment is reported to them.
The module includes an accompanying workbook and answer booklet.
This module costs £600 + VAT.
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Equality, diversity, and inclusion for employees
This course is aimed at employees. It will help them to understand what is meant by equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace; why it is important and the role that employees play in supporting their employer with this. It is an overview of the principles that policies and procedures relating to prevention of harassment, inclusion initiatives and equality policies will be based.
In the module, we cover:
- Key terms – diversity, equity, and inclusion – what do we mean by this?
- Why does it matter in the workplace?
- Unconscious bias – what is it, and why does it affect everyone?
- Protected characteristics – what are they?
- Promoting respect, including around opinions and differences
- Why some may be entitled to reasonable adjustments when you think they don’t have a protected characteristic (hidden disabilities)
- What is harassment including sexual harassment and how to prevent it
- Summary of everyone’s role in equality and diversity.
This module costs £950 + VAT.
You can purchase each of our modules individually for between £350 and £500 (plus VAT), or we’re offering a 20% discount when you purchase six modules or more. Our team can discuss your business’s needs in more detail over a quick call.
Our training videos are designed to help you avoid legal issues and encourage a cohesive workplace environment. However, if you have an employment law matter which becomes more serious, our solicitors are always on hand to help you achieve a positive outcome.
If you’re interested in any of our modules, or you’d like to ask about our bespoke training offers, please contact Jenny Arrowsmith.
