The workshop is aimed at small and growing businesses, as well as those who may be employing staff for the very first time. The session will help businesses to become a ‘good employer’ and understand their obligations under employment law.
The workshop is aimed at small and growing businesses, as well as those who may be employing staff for the very first time. The session will help businesses to become a ‘good employer’ and understand their obligations under employment law.
Within the session, we will look at the current and relevant issue of employment status; outlining the differences between ‘employee’, ‘worker’ and ‘self-employed’ and what the individual rights and employer obligations are under each type of these statuses. We’ll move on to explain how to manage recruitment practices such as advertising vacancies, conducting interviews and providing feedback to candidates. During the workshop we’ll explain the obligations that employers have when carrying out standard HR procedures such as onboarding new starters, managing probations, monitoring employee performance and dismissing staff. Importantly, the workshop will also look at risk areas in all of the above procedures and how to avoid discrimination and unfair dismissal claims.
At the end of the session there will be a quiz and time for questions.
About the facilitators:
Kimberley Wallace
Kimberley is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (MCIPD) with over 12 years’ professional HR experience working across numerous sectors. Kimberley provides a range of services for EmployAssist including operational HR advice, strategic HR solutions, psychometric profiling and coaching. Kimberley holds a Psychology Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Kent, and is a certified psychometric tester in SHL and Hogan. She has also attended further courses in CIPD career coaching and mediation skills.
Ezra Moffatt
Ezra is a qualified Associate Legal Executive with the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEX) specialising in Employment Law. Ezra has several years’ experience advising and assisting companies across many sectors with various aspects of HR and Employment Law. Ezra has worked for EmployAssist since its inception in 2015 providing a range of services to SMEs. Ezra has attended various further courses including qualification as Mental Health First Aider.