Employer training sessions for March - August 2024
• New webinars now available
• Convenient online sessions
• FREE & can be credited to CPD
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Online Webinars
We are now be providing a number of training sessions as online webinars. These will focus on a number of important equality issues for employers and will expand to cover additional topics over the coming months.
Paul Oakes, Manager of the Equality Commission's Advisory Services Team said, "We are looking forward to delivering these new webinars which are aimed at both the private and public sectors. Equality considerations apply to employers of all sizes and it's important that they know their responsibilities and rights, to safeguard their business, staff and customers by complying with the law."
Please note: These webinars are based on Northern Ireland equality law and are therefore of relevance, primarily, to employers and service-providers who employ staff in Northern Ireland or who provide services there.
Introduction to understanding equality in the workplace
INTRODUCTION TO UNDERSTANDING EQUALITY IN THE WORKPLACE
Basic – for beginners in employment equality
This seminar is designed to give employers an awareness of the principal anti-discrimination laws and explores the concepts of direct and indirect discrimination. It also looks at the particular requirements of Northern Ireland's fair employment legislation.
Webinar overview:
- The role and function of the Equality Commission
- Introduction to anti-discrimination legislation in NI
- Definitions of discrimination
- The reasonable adjustment duty
- Fair Employment Treatment Order (FETO)
- Good practice
Please note: We recommend this course first if you are new to equality. It provides an overview of anti-discrimination law which is beneficial before you undertake other sessions.
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Wed 10 Apr, 1am - 12noon
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Recruiting Fairly
RECRUITING FAIRLY
Systematic, fair and objective recruitment and selection procedures increase the likelihood that the most suitable persons will be appointed and significantly reduce the possibility that unlawful discrimination will occur. This session looks in detail at the various aspects of the recruitment and selection process and aims to provide employers with practical guidance and support.
Session overview:
- Recruitment and selection and the law
- Developing an effective policy and procedure
- Avoiding common mistakes
- Practical examination of key aspects of the recruitment and selection process (including job documentation and reasonable adjustments)
- Case law
- Good practice
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Wed 15 May, 11am - 12:30pm
Tues 18 June, 11am - 12:30pm
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*You can request to be on our reserve list. We will notify you of any cancellations and can run additional sessions if there is sufficient demand
Equality training for line managers
EQUALITY TRAINING FOR LINE MANAGERS
This webinar will focus on good practice regarding employment equality issues for those with line management responsibilities.
Webinar overview:
- Overview of the legal context and types of discrimination
- The role of the line manager in relation to creating a harmonious working environment
- Flexible working – the right to request and the duty to consider
- Managing poor performance
- Disability and the reasonable adjustment duty
- Summary and overview of management responsibilities
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Wed 8 May, 11am - 12:30pm
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Reasonable steps defence
REASONABLE STEPS DEFENCE
This webinar is designed to give participants an understanding of the statutory defence that they have taken all reasonable steps to prevent acts of unlawful discrimination in their workplace.
Session overview
- Overview of the reasonable steps defence in practice
- Discussion of the key tools which may be used to promote equality of opportunity and a good and harmonious working environment
- An examination of the concept vicarious liability
- Examples of good practice
If you have any reasonable adjustment requests please include them when booking your place.
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Thurs 23 May, 11am - 12noon
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Flexible working
FLEXIBLE WORKING
This webinar will examine the concept of flexible working in its broadest sense. It will examine this relationship in terms of the law and also provide recommendations for employers in respect of good practice.
Webinar overview:
- What is meant by the term flexible working?
- The business benefits of flexible working
- Flexible working, its relationship to equality law & employment law in Northern Ireland
- Promoting Good Practice
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Thurs 6 June, 11am - 12noon |
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Managing harassment and bullying at work
MANAGING HARASSMENT AND BULLYING AT WORK - PROMOTING AN INCLUSIVE WORKPLACE
- Delivered by the Equality Commission NI and Labour Relations Agency
Harassment and bullying at work continue to be an unpleasant fact of life for many employees. Employers can work to change this by putting in place policies and procedures to create and help sustain inclusive workplaces. The Equality Commission and Labour Relations Agency have produced guidance (pdf) that outlines some steps that you can take to help build an inclusive workplace.
This webinar will examine the types of behaviour that can constitute harassment and bullying and the impact of these behaviours in the workplace. It will highlight the legal position in relation to harassment and bullying as well as issues liability, and what actions employers can take to promote diverse and inclusive workplaces.
Webinar overview:
- Types of harassment
- Bullying and harassment behaviours
- Differences between bullying and harassment
- Legal context
- Nature and consequences of workplace bullying and harassment
- Developing effective policies and procedures
- Building an inclusive workplace
- Equality Commission workplace research
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Wed 5 June, 11am - 12:30pm
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Managing sexual harassment at work
MANAGING SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT WORK
This webinar will examine the types of behaviour that can constitute sexual harassment in the workplace.
Webinar overview:
- The types of behaviour that can constitute sexual harassment
- A brief overview of recent caselaw
- key learning for employers
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Thurs 27 June, 11am - 12noon
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Promoting equality in employment for people with disabilities
PROMOTING EQUALITY IN EMPLOYMENT FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
This webinar will examine how employers can promote equality and employment for disabled people with an emphasis on the reasonable adjustment duty.
Webinar overview:
- Barriers to recruitment and retention of those with disabilities
- Effective strategies to reduce and minimise these barriers
- Types of discrimination
- The reasonable adjustment duty
- Reasonable adjustment examples
- Positive action
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Thurs 13 June, 11am - 12noon
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Equal opportunities monitoring
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES MONITORING
This webinar is for those employers wishing to develop voluntary systems of employment equality monitoring.
Session overview:
- The reasons for employment equality monitoring
- How to establish a system of employment equality monitoring
- Equality Commission guidance on employment equality monitoring
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Wed 26 June, 11am - 12noon
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Article 55 Review - Key aspects
ARTICLE 55 REVIEW - KEY ELEMENTS
To provide support around completion of the three yearly, Article 55 Review, we are offering an overview of some key aspects of the review and the opportunity for you to ask questions relating to the review process.
Webinar overview:
- Fair Participation as an underpinning theme running throughout the review process
- Identification of geographical catchment areas for your organisation and related comparator ranges. These are key to the assessment of fair participation and as benchmarking tools, help the analysis and evaluation of the following points
- Workforce Composition
- Workforce Flows
These aspects of the review are interlinked.
Our expectation is that you may be working towards completing an Article 55 Review for your organisation. That being the case, we hope you will be in a position to identify questions arising from your initial work on your review. Please have these questions to hand and we will address them during the meeting or shortly after.
Please note, the time allocated for this webinar is approximate. Workshops are limited to 16 places, book now to avoid disappointment.
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Thurs 18 Apr, 9:30 - 11:30am
Tues 14 May, 9:30 - 11:30am
Tues 4 June, 9:30 - 11:30am
Thurs 27 June, 9:30 - 11:30am
Tues 23 July, 9:30 - 11:30am
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*You can request to be on our reserve list. We will notify you of any cancellations and can run additional sessions if there is sufficient demand
Fair employment monitoring workshops
FAIR EMPLOYMENT MONITORING WORKSHOPS
These sessions will advise employers on how to comply with their legislative duty to collate and retain monitoring information for inclusion in the annual monitoring return.
Webinar overview:
- Discuss completion of the annual monitoring return
- Address employer queries
Workshops are limited to 16 places, book now to avoid disappointment.
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Wed 24 Apr, 9:30am - 11:45am
Tues 30 Apr, 9:30am - 11:45am
Thurs 23 May, 9:30am - 11:45am
Wed 12 June, 9:30am - 11:45am
Tues 18 June, 9:30am - 11:45am
Wed 3 July, 9:30am - 11:45am
Wed 7 Aug, 9:30am - 11:45am
Wed 14 Aug, 9:30am - 11:45am
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*You can request to be on our reserve list. We will notify you of any cancellations and can run additional sessions if there is sufficient demand
Public Sector: Equality screening - training video
PUBLIC SECTOR: EQUALITY SCREENING - TRAINING VIDEO
Section 75 is the law, and it's good governance – public authorities must consider equality and good relations when revising and developing all their policies.
Screening is one of the key tools to enable public authorities to fulfil their statutory obligations and mainstream these duties into policy development.
To assist with this process, the Equality Commission has produced a t
raining video on equality screening for those who have responsibility for developing or reviewing policies.
We would be grateful if you would share this with your policy colleagues and hope that they will find it a useful resource to refresh on the key aspects of equality screening when they are developing or reviewing policies. If, after watching the video, there are areas you would like to discuss, please get in touch. We're also interested in any feedback you or your colleagues have on this resource. Email us at
enquiries@equalityni.org
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Please contact the employer training team on 028 90 500 600 or email training@equalityni.org
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