This two-day course offers practical advice and knowledge to enhance your understanding of employment law and disability rights to help you assist clients to retain work, overcome barriers arising from long term health conditions and to build your confidence in providing effective on going support.
The training will cover:
Understanding how the Equality Act protects employees and workers with a disability
Dealing with disclosure – how to help clients weigh up the pros and cons
Opening up communication with the employee and employer: an interactive conversation
Workplace internal policies and procedures – why they are important to you
Dismissal procedures and unfair dismissal
Mediation - reducing conflict and resolving disputes
Using mediation skills to maximise outcomes for clients
Thinking about reasonable adjustments: Your role in enabling employers and employees to understand and find reasonable adjustments
Employment protection rights
Employee’s written terms and conditions of employment
Zero hour contracts, guaranteed hours and the gig economy
Pay, sick pay and statutory entitlements
A brief introduction to the Equality Act 2010
Course times are 09:30 - 16:30 on both days with registration from 09:15.
