Managing the employment relationship

Overview

Now more than ever, employers simply cannot afford to ignore the complex implications of diversity, equal opportunities and disciplinary issues at work. This course provides a solid foundation of understanding for managing the employment relationship.

Learning objectives

  • Understand diversity in the workplace
  • Know how to maintain discipline in the workplace

Who is it for?

Anyone with line management responsibility or managers stepping up to an HR repsonsibility for the first time.

Course content

  • Definition of diversity and its impact on the organisation and its activities
  • Legislation as it affects employment –  sex, age, ethnicity, disability, etc
  • Own organisation’s policies and procedures
  • Significance of diversity in the market place
  • The consequences of non-compliance for own work area and the organisation
  • Organisational employment policies, (eg relating to time-keeping, absenteeism, conduct, level of performance, attitude and behaviour, gross misconduct)
  • Records and other means to support and monitor the disciplinary process
  • Legal aspects of disciplinary processes
  • Interpersonal behaviour and support skills to maintain discipline at work

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