Employing People

Date: Tuesday, 2nd September 2008
Time: 12.00-14.00 hrs
Venue: Buchanan House, seminar room K505, 58 Port Dundas Road, Glasgow G4 0HG

Programme
12.00 Registration and buffet lunch
12.30 Welcome
12.35 Presentation
14.00 Close

Abstract

This workshop is aimed at newly promoted line managers and other supervisory staff that wish to learn more about good practice in managing the employment relationship.
In a highly participative environment participants will gain a basic understanding of the impact of legislation in the employment relationship that will enable them to reflect on the potential consequences and effects to employee relations of their actions as line managers.
The main areas covered will reflect the importance of statute and common law in underpinning the employment relationship.
Central to that relationship is the contract of employment which will be examined through formation, making changes during employment and finally the effects of termination of the relationship. The importance of employers issuing a written statement of terms and conditions of employment will be discussed and its relationship to the contract of employment.
During employment line managers are increasingly expected to manage discipline in the workplace and ensure the effective application of company rules and procedures. The implications of ineffective behaviour and practice can have severe implications both for the organisation and staff. An explanation of the law in relation to discipline at work is offered together with actions to ensure compliance with statutory minimum procedures and standards of best practice.
Successfully handling employee grievances assists in the management of conflict in the workplace and can avoid staff resignations and situations becoming complex and difficult to resolve. Again an explanation of the law in relation to employee grievances is offered together with actions to ensure compliance with statutory minimum procedures and standards of best practice
Finally, line managers interventions in managing employee absence will be discussed,  including initiatives that encourage employees to attend by holding return to work interviews, setting trigger points for action and conducting reviews of attendance.

Speaker: Ronnie Caddow, Caledonian Business School
I have been a visiting Lecturer at Glasgow Caledonian since 2002 and was appointed to a full time position of Lecturer in Employee Relations in October 2007. I am currently the module leader for Labour Relations on the PGD/MSC in Human resource management programme. I also lecture to undergraduate students on both the Perspectives on People at Work and Human Resource Processes & Practices. I previously worked for the Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) as a conciliator and advisor and was extensively involved in dispute resolution and advising organisations on good employment relations practice. I have been involved in over 1500 complaints to employment tribunals including unfair dismissal, breaches of contract, breaches of working time regulations and discrimination in employment. I have delivered talks, seminars and workshops to diverse audiences including senior managers, HR managers, solicitors, trade union officials and small employers. I have also designed and delivered nation wide programmes of updates on sexual orientation and religion and belief discrimination regulations, statutory dispute regulations and employment law updates. I have been lead adviser in management training programmes for the Ministry of Defence, Hewlett Packard and Highlands & Islands Enterprise. I am a chartered member of the Institute of Personnel and Development and hold a Masters Degree in HRM.

Booking

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Lunchtime Seminar - £40

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