Equality Commission Northern Ireland

INTRODUCTION TO EQUALITY IN THE WORKPLACE

This webinar 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.

RECRUITING FAIRLY 

This introductory course is for those who plan to sit on recruitment and selection panels and those involved in the development of equality related policies such as equal opportunities, harassment and bullying and recruitment and selection. 

As noted, this course prepares learners for sitting on recruitment panels 

EQUALITY CASE LAW UPDATE FOR EMPLOYERS

This webinar is for those who wish to gain an understanding of recent equality case law developments and to examine what the implications might be for employers’ policies, practices and procedures.

This course will inform learners about the case law updates and provide advice and support for employers who then develop or review equality related policies.

PROMOTING EQUALITY THROUGH FLEXIBLE WORKING

This webinar will identify the current legislation on flexible working in Northern Ireland and the opportunities and challenges of implementing flexible working to promote equality of opportunity for women and disabled people.

PREVENTING SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT WORK

This webinar will examine the types of behaviour that can constitute sexual harassment in the workplace with a brief overview of recent caselaw. 

The takeaways will focus on the good practice measures employers can put in place to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace and build a more inclusive workplace. 

REASONABLE ADJUSTMENTS IN RECRUITMENT

This webinar aims to highlight the importance of complying with the reasonable adjustment duty of the Disability Discrimination Act, in the context of recruitment and selection for disabled people.

It will assist HR practitioners and business owners to review policies and practices in relation to reasonable adjustments. 

PRACTICAL GUIDE TO REASONABLE ADJUSTMENTS

This webinar will focus on the step-by-step approach to making reasonable adjustments under the DDA for the recruitment and retention of disabled people.
 

EQUALITY AND MENOPAUSE

This webinar will explain the equality law implications and lessons from case law affecting women with menopause in the workplace.

This webinar will help employers to identify policies, procedures and practices to consider when promoting equality for women affected by menopause. 

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:
 

• Setting out the monitoring questionnaire
• Common queries over definitions
• Collation of data and completion of the annual monitoring return
• Employer questions & answers

Workshops are limited to 20 places, book now to avoid disappointment.
 

SECTION 75 AND EQUALITY IMPACT ASSESSMENTS

This webinar is for those who wish to gain an in depth understanding of Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act and the process of equality impact assessments. It explains the reasons for conducting assessments and how to undertake an assessment.

This course prepares learners to participate in and conduct equality impact assessment exercises subject to the requirements of their organisation’s equality scheme

SECTION 75 AND SCREENING

This course is for those who wish to gain an in depth understanding of Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act and the process of screening. It explains the reasons for screening, how to screen and the relationship between screening and equality impact assessments.

This course prepares learners to participate in and conduct screening exercises subject to the requirements of their organisation’s equality scheme

BULLYING AND HARASSMENT
 

This course is for those who wish to understand the concepts of bullying and harassment at work and wish to know how to put in place an effective strategy to counteract them. The course will also advice learners on what constitutes an inclusive working environment and how to develop such an environment.

This course will enable learners and their employer to develop effective policies and procedures to counteract bullying and harassment and to develop an inclusive workplace culture.

INTRODUCTION TO SECTION 75
 

This introductory level course is for those who wish to gain a basic understanding of Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act. It covers the basic concepts associated with S75, including equality schemes, screening, equality impact assessment and monitoring. 

This course prepares learners to participate in the writing of equality schemes, conducting screening and equality impact assessment exercises and establishing monitoring arrangement 

REASONABLE ADJUSTMENTS FOR PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILL HEALTH IN THE WORKPLACE

This webinar will identify the reasonable adjustments for people with mental ill health with examples of recent case law. 

This webinar will help HR practitioners to identify policies and procedures to retain people with mental ill health in the workplace. 

COMPLETING AN ARTICLE 55, 3 - YEARLY REVIEW

This webinar will support employers to complete the 3-yearly, Article 55 Review. Employers will get an overview of key aspects of the review process and the opportunity to ask questions relating to the review.

Session overview:

• Fair Participation as an underpinning theme running throughout the review process
• Identification of geographical catchment areas and related comparator ranges.
• Assessment of fair participation
• Analysis and evaluation of Workforce Composition and Workforce Flows

VOLUNTARY EMPLOYMENT EQUALITY MONITORING
 

This introductory level course is for those who wish to gain a basic understanding of voluntary equality employment monitoring which covers those equality groups not covered by the Fair Employment monitoring regulations. The sessions looks at the reasons why an employer would monitor and how to monitor.

This course prepares learners to participate in the development and implementation of voluntary equality monitoring.

PROMOTING EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY IN EMPLOYMENT IN 5 STEPS

This course is for those who wish to consider putting in place the Commission’s 5 step process to assist their employer to work towards being a good practice employer. The course explains the importance of having a corporate commitment to equality and diversity, an inclusive organisational culture, effective policies and procedures and professional training.

This course will enable learners to position their employer as a good practice employer.