Advanced Employment Law – Contracts, Redundancy and TUPE 2025

10 – 13 March 2025

This course will be delivered online via MS Teams over four consecutive morning sessions on Monday 10th, Tuesday 11th, Wednesday 12th and Thursday 13th March 2025, 9am – 1pm.

This is a particularly demanding course and only suitable for reps and branch officers with considerable practical experience of both employment law and casework.

The training will help activists gain a good understanding of contracts of employment and members’ potential rights when facing redundancy. It will enable activists to recognise relevant legal issues when dealing with casework, campaigning and negotiating. It also covers unilateral variation of contract in the context of changing contracts; redundancy and TUPE.

It does not cover unfair dismissal in the areas of capability and misconduct.

To apply, you must:

  • Be an accredited representative and senior steward, convenor or branch officer
  • Have previously attended an Introduction to Employment law course or equivalent
  • Be able to commit to attending all of the above dates for the full session (9am – 1pm)
  • Be prepared to spend approx. 1 hour on pre-course exercises
  • Be prepared to spend approx. 1 hour on homework during the afternoon/evening of the first three days of the course
  • Have agreed facility time (time off) from your employer to attend the full course if attending during working hours
  • Be able to participate fully in the sessions, which are highly interactive
  • Have agreement from your branch to attend

A charge of £180 will be made to your branch should your application be successful.

To apply for a place on this training please complete and submit the following form:

Contracts Redundancy and TUPE March 2025

  • We will send hard copy resources to course participants in advance for this training. Please tell us where you would like these to be sent, including the postcode.
  • There is a charge to the branch of £180 for this course. If you meet the minimum requirements to attend we will contact your branch so that your attendance can be authorised.
  • We will use this information to check your UNISON membership, to seek approval from your branch for your attendance on this course, and to send you course information. If we are able to offer you a place on this training, you will receive an email from us with further information.

  • UNISON Learning & Organising Equality Monitoring Form

  • This section of the form is entirely voluntary; however your co-operation would be appreciated. UNISON gathers this information so that participation in education and training can be monitored. This allows us to identify where there are areas of underrepresentation and work with our colleagues in the wider union to address any barriers to equal access.
  • We appreciate that some of the categories below are limited, but within these constraints, please give the answer most applicable to you.
  • This information will be used to update your UNISON membership records and will be treated in the strictest confidence.

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