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Employer training sessions for January - March 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.
More and better jobs for disabled people in the Retail and Hospitality Sectors - NEW (inc. guest speakers)
MORE AND BETTER JOBS FOR DISABLED PEOPLE IN THE RETAIL AND HOSPITALITY SECTORS
To raise awareness of how the hospitality and retail sector can employ more disabled people and the support available to help the sectors.
Webinar overview:
- Reasonable adjustments in the recruitment process - Tim Hortons, Coleraine (Jordan’s experience)
- The recruitment and retention of people with disabilities - Helen Hamill, HR Manager, Newell Stores
- Paul Oakes, Advisory Services Manager, Equality Commission NI
- Action Plan for Reasonable adjustments in recruitment and positive action - Una Wilson, Equality Officer, Equality Commission NI
This will be followed by panel discussion and the support provided by Department for Communities, Triangle Housing, NI Union of Supported Employment, ECNI, Tim Hortons and Newell Stores.
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Thurs 9 Feb, 11am - 12:30pm
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Making it work - Public procurement & social value - NEW (inc. guest speakers)
MAKING IT WORK - PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AND SOCIAL VALUE
This webinar will raise awareness of the types of positive action measures and support available that will assist organisations to obtain government contracts.
Contributors will include:
- Jeannie McCann, Strategic Investment Board
- Ashleigh Robb and Helen Whiteside, The Recruitment Co.
- Jude McVitty, Social Value Manager, Version 1
- Michael Blair, Service Manager, Cedar Foundation
- Martin Christian, pre-employment Participant
- Leo Quinn, Department for Communities
The webinar will be concluded with a panel discussion about social value, adopting positive action measures and support available in Northern Ireland.
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Mon 20 Feb, 11am - 12:30pm
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Promoting equality of opportunity - Flexible working (focus on Dads) - NEW (inc. guest speakers)
PROMOTING EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY - FLEXIBLE WORKING (FOCUS ON DADS)
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.
Speakers and topics include:
- Una Wilson, Equality Commission NI, The Benefits of Flexible Working: Promoting Equality of Opportunity for All
- Aiden Flynn, CEO, Exploristics - Overview of why flexible working for dads and paternity leave are important issues for Exploristics
- Oliver Dewhirst & Jason Leigh, Exploristics - The challenges faced by working dads/management
- Sam Miller, Exploristics - Paternity leave and sharing parental leave
- Gareth Burns, Exploristics - 4 day working week
- Jamie Inshaw, Exploristics - Working from home
- Aiden Flynn, Exploristics - The benefits of enabling more flexible working for dads from a business perspective
Followed by Q & A’s
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Tues 31 Jan, 11am - 12noon
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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
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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Tues 24 Jan, 10am - 12:30pm - cancelled
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Lough Neagh Discovery Centre
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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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Tues 17 Jan, 11am - 12:30pm
Tues 7 Feb, 11am - 12:30pm
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How to develop a recruitment and selection policy
HOW TO DEVELOP AND/OR REVIEW A RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION POLICY
This webinar is aimed at those employers who wish to develop a recruitment & selection policy or review your existing policy.
Session overview:
- The need for an up to date recruitment & selection policy
- How to develop a recruitment & selection policy
- Equality Commission template policy
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Thurs 16 Mar, 11am - 12noon |
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How to develop and/or review your Equal Opportunities Policy
MAKING SURE YOUR EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES POLICY IS CURRENT
This webinar will help employers develop, audit and review their Equal Opportunities Policy against the Equality Commission’s template Policy, to ensure the employer’s policy is both current and reflects emerging good practice. Employers without an equal opportunities policy, will be advised on how to develop such a policy.
Session overview:
- Good practice advice for developing an Equal Opportunities policy
- Key elements that a policy should include
- How an Equal Opportunities policy should be implemented
- The Equality Commission's template policy
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21 Feb, 11am - 11:45am
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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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Fri 27 Jan, 10am - 11:30am
Thurs 9 Mar, 10am - 12:30pm - cancelled
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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
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Thurs 9 Feb, 11am - 12noon |
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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
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Wed 11 Jan, 11am - 12noon |
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Thurs 23 Mar, 11am - 12noon
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The disability reasonable adjustment duty in the recruitment and selection process
THE DISABILITY REASONABLE ADJUSTMENT DUTY IN THE RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION PROCESS
This webinar will examine the management of disability in the workplace with a particular emphasis on the reasonable adjustment duty and promotion of equality of opportunity for disabled applicants and employees. It is aimed at employers who already have a knowledge of the key provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 1995.
Webinar Overview
- The requirements of the reasonable adjustment duty in the DDA
- The importance of the duty to promoting equality in employment for disabled people
- How to develop an action plan to facilitate compliance with the duty and promote good practice
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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 12 Jan, 11am - 12noon
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Pregnancy and maternity at work
PREGNANCY AND MATERNITY AT WORK
This session will focus on informing employers of their responsibilities in relation to equality law related issues regarding pregnancy and maternity.
It has been designed to provide employers with the key advice they need to ensure they are complying with their legal responsibilities following a recent investigation into pregnancy and maternity conducted by the Commission.
Session overview:
- Brief overview of equality and employment law, with a focus on their application to pregnancy, maternity and maternity leave
- Issues of discrimination that can arise from the management of pregnancy and maternity leave
- Best practice examples
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Promoting equality in employment for women affected by the menopause
PROMOTING EQUALITY IN EMPLOYMENT FOR WOMEN AFFECTED BY MENOPAUSE
This webinar is being hosted by the Labour Relations Agency, ICTU and the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland to introduce you to our new guide on Promoting Equality in Employment for Women Affected by Menopause. In this webinar we will:
- Introduce the guidance and outline the findings of the ICTU survey on menopause and work
- Outline steps that employers should take to fairly manage women experiencing symptoms of menopause
- Set out the equality law implications in Northern Ireland and lessons from case law
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Tues 28 Feb, 11am - 12:30pm
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Race equality in the workplace
RACE EQUALITY IN THE WORKPLACE
- Delivered by Business in the Community and the Equality Commission NI
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RACE AT WORK - WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK LIKE?
Tues 14 Mar 2023, 10am - 11:30am
This workshop will discuss, promote and celebrate action plans for addressing race in the workplace and will be delivered by Stephany McConnell Head of Wellbeing & Inclusion at Business in the Community, and Paul Oakes, Manager, Advisory Services Team, Equality Commission for Northern Ireland.
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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
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Fri 17 Feb, 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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Thurs 16 Mar, 11am - 12noon |
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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.
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Tues 24 Jan, 9:30am - 11:45am |
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Tues 7 Mar, 9:30am - 11:45am
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Tues 4 April, 9:30am - 11:45am
Tues 18 April, 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.
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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.
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Tues 14 February, 9:30am - 11:30am |
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Tues 14 March, 9:30am - 11:30am |
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Public Sector: Section 75 equality monitoring
PUBLIC SECTOR: SECTION 75 EQUALITY MONITORING
This webinar is for staff within public authorities who have responsibility for developing and maintaining Section 75 equality monitoring systems and procedures.
Session overview:
- Section 75 duties
- Section 75 duties regarding monitoring
- Equality Commission guidance on S75 equality monitoring
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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
Training Video on Equality Screening for those who have responsibility for developing or reviewing policies.
Download the script (pdf).
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
We are also now providing training for local councils
QUESTIONS?
Please contact the employer training team on 028 90 890 888 or email training@equalityni.org
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