This 2½-hour seminar offers experienced Headteachers and senior Managers, who already have a good knowledge of the essential ‘basics’ of employment law, an exploration of some commonly-arising, more complex issues.

Led by Philip Lott, a Solicitor and trainer with 30 years’ employment law experience in the educational field, the approach will be lively, non-technical and essentially pragmatic. Via real-life inter-active case studies, we will address issues such as:

• The ‘Boundaries of Banter’ – the evolving rules as to what is now acceptable (and unacceptable) language in the workplace;
• Changing Contracts: Do you have discretion to change staff’s duties?
• Contracts and notice – What if staff leave without giving proper notice?
• Harassment – The employer’s (new) duties;
• When is ‘reputational damage’ a valid reason for disciplining/dismissing staff?
• The law on references;
• Redundancies: Avoiding pitfalls when addressing the prospect of reducing staff numbers;
• Liability for accidents in school sports and school trips;
• and:

‘Coming Soon’: A detailed review of the new Labour Government’s plans – and the major Employment Rights Bill.

This seminar will help you to identify (and simplify) some complex issues, before they ‘go critical’; to take wise decisions – and to know when to take specialist advice.