Employment Law Training for Charities

Key Legal Concepts:

• What is discrimination? – everyday versus legal definitions
• What is a disability? – Equality Act definition
• Basic employment rights – such as the right not to have unlawful deductions from salary, and the right not to suffer unfair dismissal – when will a dismissal be fair?
• Equality Act rights:
• • Direct Discrimination – how to identify this
  • Indirect Discrimination
  • Reasonable adjustments (including what happens if there are changing demands?)
  • Discrimination Arising from Disability
  • Victimization
  • Harassment
• Disclosing disability – the legal position
  

Practical Aspects

• Whether to disclose a disability when applying for a post – pros and cons
• When to disclose a disability if you are offered a role
  • Do you need adjustments to do the job?
  • Do others need to know of the disability in any event?
• Help – for example, Access to Work
• Getting adjustments made when in work
• What to do if you have a job and become a disabled person
• Sickness absence – practical considerations and adjustments
• Raising complaints – grievances and the Employment Tribunal

Duration: 2½ hours

We charge very competitive rates to charities and other third sector organisations, please enquire if you are interested by contacting Eric Appleby at eric@dls.org.uk