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Employment Law - What you need to know

Programme Aim

This programme is designed specifically for small businesses to address the workplace legal obligations of the employer and implement ‘best practice’ human resource management.  Participants will receive helpful handouts and templates that they can use in their business immediately. At the end of this programme participants will  receive electronic letter/policy templates and contracts with staff handbook for all staff members.

Programme Content

  •  Ensuring employees receive basic employment rights
  •  Terms and conditions of employment
  •  Contract of employment
  •  Payslip
  •  Average working week
  •  Breaks
  •  Annual Leave
  •  Payment for public holidays
  •  Minimum Notice Leave
  •  Compulsory Human Resource Policies and Procedures
  •  Redundancy paperwork
  •  Alternatives to redundancy
  •  Preparing for a NERA inspection












    Dealing with redundancies

    -    Dealing with reduction in working hours / days

    -    Reducing employees pay and other employment terms

    -    Key requirements for employers to defend claims under     Employment Legislation

    -    What an employer needs to present when faced with an NERA Audit

    Terms & Conditions of Employment
     Contract including Employee Statutory Rights
     Variations of Contract
     Contract Template
    Statutory Employment Procedures
     The Disciplinary Procedure
     Grievance Procedure
     Bullying / Harassment Procedure
     Fair and Appropriate Application of Procedures
    Applying Employment Law Toolkit into each participants business
    Trainer produces and issues participant with electronic versions of draft contracts and an employee handbook template for their business

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    Westmeath County Enterprise Board Church Avenue, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath Tel: 044-9349222 Fax: 044-9349009 Email: info@westmeath-enterprise.ie Company Registration: 229546