Employment Law in Education 2016 - Manchester - Programme

09:00 – 09:45

Registration and refreshments

09:45 – 10:00

Introduction and Welcome from the Chair
Dai Durbridge, Partner, Browne Jacobson LLP

10:00 – 10:30
Keynote 1

Employment Law Update 2016/17: 8 top tips for managing business risk to your organisation and how to avoid common compliance pitfalls
Heather Mitchell, Associate, Browne Jacobson LLP

10:30 – 11:00
Keynote 2

Planning for restructures – what do you need to know before you start?
Legal guidance to ensure your restructuring procedures and consultation with unions are compliant, robust and avoid costly mistakes
Naseem Nabi, Partner, Veale Wasbrough Vizards

11:00 – 11:10

Questions

11:10 – 11:40

Morning refreshments

11:40 – 12:40

Streamed Sessions 1

1A

1B

Restructures & Redundancies

MAT Terms & Conditons

Learn how to critically look at your staff structure and create a plan that is fit-for-purpose and efficient
Peter Woodhouse, Partner, Stone King

A strategic look at the opportunities available in changing term and conditions and practical advice on how to implement this whilst minimising risk
Heather Mitchell, Associate, Browne Jacobson LLP

12:40 – 13:40

Lunch, Exhibition & Networking

13:40 – 14:10
Keynote 3

Managing short- and long-term absence: Understand and meet your legal duties towards staff and know what options you have to minimise the cost of absence to your school
Peter Woodhouse, Partner, Stone King

14:10 – 14:20

Questions

14:20 – 15:20

Streamed Sessions 2

2A

2B

Capability & Disciplinary

Safer Recruitment

Legal guidance on addressing underperformance using capability procedures and know how to run a legally binding disciplinary procedure
Richard Hewitt, Senior Associate, Veale Wasbrough Vizards

Ensure your safer recruitment procedures are robust and compliant: meet the latest DBS requirements and ensure you effectively vet candidates
Plus, take away a best practice
template of a Single Central Record
Dai Durbridge, Partner, Browne
Jacobson LLP

15:20 – 15:40

Afternoon refreshments

15:40 – 16:40

Streamed Sessions 3

3A

3B

Sickness absence

Performance Management

How to build a robust sickness absence policy which protects all parties: ensure you meet your legal
duties towards staff and know when to involve Occupational Health
Naseem Nabi, Partner, Veale Wasbrough Vizards

Review your performance management procedures to ensure they are robust, consistent and effectively link performance to pay
Tom Wallace, HR Consultant,  Browne Jacobson LLP

16:40

Conference Close