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Employer Training Programme


What you need to know

 
Employer Training Programme   Employer training sessions for Sept - Dec 2023

•  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. 
 
  Law and best practice
 
 
  DATE / TIME LOCATION REGISTER
       
 

Thurs 23 Jan, 11am - 12noon
Thurs 28 Mar, 11am - 12noon

Online Webinar
Online webinar

 

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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
 

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

 

 
 
 
  DATE / TIME LOCATION REGISTRATION
       
  Tues 12 Dec, 11am - 12noon Online Webinar BOOK NOW
       
       
*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
 

Managing flexible working in a post pandemic context

MANAGING FLEXIBLE WORKING IN A POST PANDEMIC CONTEXT

This webinar will examine the practice of flexible working in Northern Ireland and the challenges to ensure equality of opportunity with new working practices such as hybrid working and increasing requests for flexible working from employees.

Webinar overview:

 

  • What is meant by flexible working (hybrid working is one example)
  • Business benefits of adopting flexible working to attract talent from under- represented groups
  • Flexible working and its relationship with employment and equality law
  • Promoting good practice

 

  Managing your staff
 
 
  DATE / TIME LOCATION REGISTER
       
  Thurs 9 Nov, 11am - 12noon
 
Online Webinar
 
BOOK NOW
 
*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
 

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

 



 
Law and best practice
Managing your staff
 
 
  DATE / TIME LOCATION REGISTER
       
  Thurs 16 Nov, 11am - 12:30pm
Thurs 14 Dec, 11am - 12:30pm




 
Online Webinar
Online Webinar




 
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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
 

Promoting age equality: what can employers do?

PROMOTING AGE EQUALITY: WHAT CAN EMPLOYERS DO? 
 

This seminar is designed to give employers an awareness of age discrimination in the workplace and explores some of the key issues in relation to recruiting and retaining employees.

Webinar overview:
 

  • Scope of the legislation
  • Types of Discrimination
  • Objective Justification
  • Recruitment
  • Benefits based on length of service
  • Retirement
  • Redundancy
  • Good practice recommendations
     

 

 
 
  DATE TIME REGISTER
 
Thurs 7 Dec, 11am - 12noon

Online Webinar

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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

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.

Session overview:
 

  • Discuss completion of the annual monitoring return
  • Address employer queries


Workshops are limited to 16 places, book now to avoid disappointment.
 

  Law and best practice
 
 
  DATE / TIME LOCATION REGISTER
       
  Wed 8 Nov, 9:30am - 11:45am Online webinar BOOK NOW
  Wed 22 Nov, 9:30am - 11:45am Online webinar BOOK NOW
  Wed 6 Dec, 9:30am - 11:45am Online webinar BOOK NOW
 

 

 

 

*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
 

Article 55 Review - Key aspects

ARTICLE 55 REVIEW - KEY ASPECTS

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.
 

  Law and best practice
 
 

It is intended that we will cover the analysis and evaluation of:

Session 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.

 
  DATE / TIME LOCATION REGISTER
     

 

  Wed 15 Nov, 9:30am - 11:30am Online webinar BOOK NOW
  Wed 13 Dec, 9:30am - 11:30am Online webinar BOOK NOW
       
   

 

 
*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


Screening videoSection 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 training 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
 
 


Event: More and Better Jobs for Disabled People

The Equality Commission, in partnership with the NI Union for Supported Employment (NIUSE) and Belfast City Council City Deal Project, invites you to 'Making It Work - more and better jobs for disabled people'. 

Venue: Belfast Castle, Antrim Rd, Belfast
Date: Tues 5 December, 9:30am-12:30pm


We will be presenting useful guidance and information on positive action measures in recruitment and procurement, pre-employment training and work trials for disabled people, social value measures, ring fencing jobs and retention, and lived experiences of disabled people finding employment. Register Online


QUESTIONS?
Please contact the employer training team on 028 90 500 600 or email training@equalityni.org
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