Search tagged employment law

Advanced employment law: sex discrimination

Date
19 November 2024 9:00am–4:00pm
Location
Online

This one-day course is part of an expanding set of nationally provided sessions on discrimination under the 2010 Equality Act. Intended for activists who have already completed an introductory employment law course, it provides a solid understanding of the concepts of direct discrimination, indirect discrimination and victimisation, which will help activists analyse and discuss social […]

Event on the UNISON Eastern site.

Advanced employment law: age discrimination

Date
12 November 2024 9:00am–1:00pm
Location
Online

This half-day course is part of an expanding set of nationally provided sessions on discrimination under the 2010 Equality Act. Intended for activists who have already completed an introductory employment law course, it looks at the meaning of ‘age’ under the Equality Act; the unique defence to direct age discrimination; and common age-related stereotypes. It […]

Event on the UNISON Eastern site.

Advanced employment law: race discrimination

Date
18 September 2024 9:00am–4:30pm
Location
Online

This one-day course is part of an expanding set of nationally provided sessions on discrimination under the 2010 Equality Act. Intended for activists who have already completed an introductory employment law course, this will give practical skills for discussing members’ concerns and recognising potential cases. More generally, it will build skills of interviewing members and […]

Event on the UNISON Eastern site.

Advanced employment law: religion and belief discrimination

Date
8 July 2024 9:00am–1:00pm
Location
Online

This half-day course is part of an expanding set of nationally provided sessions on discrimination under the 2010 Equality Act. Intended for activists who have already completed an introductory employment law course, it looks at discrimination on the basis of religion or philosophical belief. The session will cover direct discrimination against workers because of their religion; […]

Event on the UNISON Eastern site.

Advanced employment law: sexual harassment

Date
3 July 2024 9:00am–4:00pm
Location
Online

This half-day course is part of an expanding set of nationally provided sessions on discrimination under the 2010 Equality Act. Intended for activists who have already completed an introductory employment law course, it works through a film and discusses how to interview a member sensitively, how to prove that sexual harassment happened, time-limits, and the […]

Event on the UNISON Eastern site.

Advanced employment law: disability discrimination

Date
21 – 23 May 2024
Location
Online

It can be difficult to recognise when members have a realistic chance of proving disability discrimination and activists may lack confidence in this area. This nationally provided course will give practical skills for discussing the matter with members and recognising possible cases as well as building skills of interviewing members and analysing evidence which can […]

Event on the UNISON Eastern site.

Advanced employment law: gender identity discrimination

Date
4 April 2024 9:00am–1:00pm
Location
Online

This half-day course is part of an expanding set of nationally provided sessions on discrimination under the 2010 Equality Act. Intended for activists who have already completed an introductory employment law course, it looks at the protection against discrimination in relation to gender reassignment and the limitations of that protection in terms of gender identity […]

Event on the UNISON Eastern site.

Advanced employment law: sexual orientation discrimination

Date
7 February 2024 9:00am–1:00pm
Location
Online

This half-day course is part of an expanding set of nationally provided sessions on discrimination under the 2010 Equality Act. Intended for activists who have already completed an introductory employment law course, it looks at the protection against discrimination in relation to sexual orientation. It covers how to interview a member sensitively; what constitutes legal harassment […]

Event on the UNISON Eastern site.

Advanced employment law – contracts, redundancy and TUPE

Date
11 – 14 March 2024
Location
Online

This nationally provided course will help seasoned activists gain a good understanding of contracts of employment and members’ potential rights when facing redundancy. Intended for activists who have already completed an introductory employment law course, It will help identify relevant legal issues when dealing with casework, campaigning and negotiating. It also covers unilateral variation of […]

Event on the UNISON Eastern site.

Q&A: Who could be entitled to thousands in unpaid wages?

UNISON’s head of legal services, Shantha David, explains what the union’s recent Supreme Court victory means for workers

Article, News on the UNISON National site.