Employment law update
Understand the new employment laws under the Labour Government's new deal for workers.
Perfect for:
You’ll learn how to:
- appreciate the organisational significance of recent Great Britain employment law changes
- adapt to recent case law developments, legislation and future changes
- consider a range of interventions to enable organisational compliance
- reflect on emerging developments and anticipate future legal changes.
About this course
Course length: One day
Delivery: Online classes and self-directed learning
Suitable for: Professionals who are already familiar with aspects of employment law and who want insight into recent and upcoming employment law changes.
Topics for Autumn 2024
The UK Government intends to bring in significant changes to employment law through its plan to ‘Make Work Pay’. The centre piece of this is their Employment Rights Bill, introduced into parliament on 10 October 2024. We’ll explore all the proposed changes in depth, including:
Facilitator-led session 1: Getting us to the starting point
- changes to the law from the last government
- an introduction to the plans of the new Labour government
- Employment Rights Bill
- how law is formed (to give an explanation of the timescales for the government’s plans).
Facilitator-led session 2: Employment Rights Bill
- working through everything that is in the Bill
- recent case law.
Facilitator-led session 3: Discrimination
- Draft Equality (Race and Disability) Bill
- a round up of recent discrimination case law.
Facilitator-led session 4: ‘Next steps’ document and everything else
- a look at the government’s ‘next steps’ document
- everything else that is planned, including longer term reviews
- recent case law.
What to expect from this ‘employment law’ course
“Very informative course, extremely interesting, facilitator was very professional, did a great job in making sure that we understood what discussed, providing detailed explanations with understandable examples (cases).”
Eleni Apoxoudi, Employment Law Update attendee, October 2023
In this full day course, we’ll work through the implications of all these changes, and help you identify what you need to do to prepare. The workshop content will vary depending on what is topical.
We’ll focus on practical insights and teach you a hands-on approach to dealing with changes constructively and confidently. You’ll explore examples, share thoughts and consider the impact of legal changes on your organisation.
The workshop predominantly covers England and Wales employment law and will have references to the law in Scotland. It will not cover the law in Northern Ireland.
What you’ll need to do on this ‘employment law’ update.
This is a one-day online course. You’ll learn through facilitated online lessons, activities and group discussions.
You’ll need to complete a short pre-course activity in preparation for the course. Following the workshop, you can use the course workbook to embed your learning and support future planning.
What you’ll get on this ‘employment law’ update.
You’ll receive a resource pack to help you support or lead effective implementation of employment law changes in your organisation.
At the end of this employment law update course, you’ll receive a certificate.
Taking part in this course gives you access to the CIPD Learning Hub for 12 months. Here, you can access your course content together with other valuable resources and tools. When you finish your course, you can enjoy an additional 12 months of access to other resources on the Learning Hub.
Learning outcomes
By the end of this ‘employment law’ course, you’ll be able to:
- implement employment law changes or support others to do so
- demonstrate an increased awareness of the complexities of employment law
- fully appreciate employer and employee rights
- share the latest thinking about the ever-changing world of work
- incorporate the latest evidence-based practice into your organisation.
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