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Employer Training Programme


What you need to know

 
Employer Training Programme   Employer training sessions for May - July 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.

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.

Session 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

 
 
  DATE LOCATION LOCATION
       
 

Fri 30 June 2023, 11am - 12noon
 

Online Webinar
 

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* You can register 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
       
  Wed 28 June, 11am - 12:30pm
 
Online Webinar
 
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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
     
  Law and best pratice
 
 
  DATE / TIME LOCATION REGISTER
       
  Tues 27 June, 11am - 12noon
 
Online Webinar
 
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Promoting mental wellbeing at work

PROMOTING MENTAL WELLBEING AT WORK

This webinar will examine the responsibilities placed on employers under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, such as complying with the reasonable adjustments duty. It will encourage employers to review their employment policies and procedures and examine how to implement good practice/positive action measures which are permissible under the law. You can find further information on the Mental Health Charter

Session overview
 

  • The legal, human and business case for healthy workplaces
  • Managing mental health successfully
  • The reasonable adjustment duty and examples
  • Positive action.


If you have any reasonable adjustment requests please include them when booking your place.
 

  DATE TIME REGISTER
 
Thurs 15 June, 11am - 12:30pm
 

Online Webinar
 

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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

 

 
 
 
  DATE / TIME LOCATION  
       
  Fri 9 June, 11am - 12noon Online Webinar BOOK NOW
       
       
 

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 24 May, 9:30am - 11:45am Online webinar BOOK NOW
  Wed 7 June, 9:30am - 11:45am Online webinar BOOK NOW
  Wed 21 June, 9:30am - 11:45am
Wed 5 July, 9:30am - 11:45am
Wed 26 July, 9:30am - 11:45am

 
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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 14 June, 9:30am - 11:30am Online webinar BOOK NOW
  Mon 19 July, 9:30am - 11:30am Online webinar BOOK NOW
       
       
 

Public Sector: An introduction to the Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act

PUBLIC SECTOR: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE S75 OF THE NORTHERN IRELAND ACT 1998
 

This webinar is an introductory session for those new to Section 75. It provides an overview of the key concepts and examines the role played by S75 in informing the development of public policy. It may also be of value to those who are consulted by public authorities in relation to the duties.

Webinar Overview

 

  • The two Section 75 Equality duties i.e. equality of opportunity and good relations
  • Responsibilities placed on public authorities by these duties 
  • Key responsibilities in relation to policy screening, policy impact assessment, consultation, data collection, training and monitoring

 

 

  Law and best practice
 
 
  DATE / TIME LOCATION REGISTER
 
Fri 2 June 2023, 11am-12noon
 

Online Webinar
 

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Public Sector: Section 75 Duties - A focus on screening

PUBLIC SECTOR: SECTION 75 DUTIES
- A FOCUS ON SCREENING


This session is aimed at those who already have a basic knowledge and understanding of Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 and its key concepts. To gain a basic understanding of Section 75, we recommend that you attend our ‘Introduction to Section 75’ course.

This session will explain how screening should be conducted, using practical examples of real policies.

Session overview:
 
  • Why Screen-link to equality scheme commitments?
  • When, how and by whom should screening be undertaken?
  • Screening and equality impact assessment
  • Challenging the myths around screening
  • Good Practice Screening
  • Summary of our S75 advice on screening and EQIA's (pdf, 409kb)

     
 
 
 
  DATE / TIME LOCATION REGISTER
 
Fri 9 June, 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
 

Public Sector: Section 75 Duties and Equality Assessments

PUBLIC SECTOR: SECTION 75 DUTIES AND EQUALITY ASSESSMENTS
 

This session will explain how screening should be conducted, using practical examples of real policies.

Webinar Overview
 
  • Why Screen-link to equality scheme commitments?
  • When, how and by whom should screening be undertaken?
  • Screening and equality impact assessment
  • Challenging the myths around screening
  • Good Practice Screening
  • Summary of our S75 advice on screening and EQIA's (pdf, 409kb)

 

  Law and best practice
 
 
  DATE / TIME LOCATION REGISTER
 
Fri 16 June, 11am - 12noon
 

Online Webinar
 

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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
 

Recruiting Fairly - *Newly Added*

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
 
  Law and best practice
 
 
  DATE / TIME LOCATION REGISTER
       
  Thurs 22 June, 11am - 12:30pm
 
Online Webinar
 

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